The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-19

The new shaft on the south end OF the
Dunn mine has depth OF eighty feet,
with cross-cut OF one hundred feet,
which only shows one wall though signs
OF the hanging ore are beginning 20 be
seen. The ore is raised from this shaft
by cage and trammed TO the pocket at
the shaft located near the middle OF the
workings. The open pit which con
stitutes the first level is being evened off
and as soon as this is done the floor to
a depth OF fifteen feet will be removed
from the whole OF the open pit. Then
the work viii be carried TO the second
level and raised from there until all OF
the ore is removed from that part OF the
mine, leaving an open pit 130 feet deep
after which the work will all be done un-
der ground The ore body mas been
traced considerable distance south and
from what is learned by the work done
in the working shaft mt the south end, il
seems that the vein is widening. As be-
fore stated, the width in the cross-cut OF
the south shaft is one hundred feet, while
at the north end the width is supposed
20 be much less, although the east wall
has not yet been clearly defined. The
ore now being broken in the open pit is
raised by means OF the skip mt the mid
die and n three ton tram carin the north
end, ut which point skip road is soon
TO be put in. II is the present intention
TO send out 100000 tons of ore; the
daily shipment now Is six hundred tons,
but this will soon be increased to one
thousand, the facilities at the mine for
shipping viii permit OF much greater
daily output. A new 120 horse power
engine will he placed in short time. The
railroad track ON the south is 20 be ex-
tended one hundred feet and will be
doubled, 30 that fifty large ore cars can
be stored. The mine is i'm excellent shape
and is coming around 90 soon lead the
list as a property in which the mining
can be done economically.
The four north forties OF section twenty
two. 1882, under option TO III. ID. Fisher,
OF Florence and Others, are 10 be given
another oyerhauling IL IL the general
belief that body OF ore exists on the
land, buta years exploratory work here
tofore failed To show up anything OF
worth. John $. George, of Milwaukee,
Mr.. Fisher aud other capitalists, began
work there in June, 1886, and after
spending a large sum OF money and
patience, abandoned the work in the
summer OF 1887 During the work in
Vulnerable test pits were put down, none
OF them being lowered more than thirty
feet when water would interfere and they
had TO be abandoned. Later some
machinery was placed on theground and
"A shaft carried down distance OF nearly
one hundred feet and still no body OF
iron ore rewarded the searchers and they
quit. IL was the original intention TO
put the shaft down one hundred feet and
then croes.cut the formation at that
depth, and IL IL quite probable that the
work will now be done, as nothing can
be gained by sinking test pits, one reason
Tor this is that, there are now 80 many
pits ON the land that there IL hardly any
room left TO comfortably locate any
more. Mining men say that II body OF
ore exists there IL win be found very deep.
The indications are most excellent and
IL Is earnestly hoped that the new work.
ers will find large and valuable body OF
ore.
The situation is one OF doubt and un-
certainty, and several large sales which
had almost reached termination, were
prevented by idol rumors which had the
tendency Of soaring both ore dealers and
vesselmen. Thus, for instance, one ma
licious busybcdy started rumor that
2O0,OOO tons OF $5.25 ore had been sold
at S4.65, which resulted in IA panic until
the truth could be established. Not
withstanding the announcement ofprices,
the sales have been ninconsiderable owing
to the fact that the furnacemen have not
yet been convinced that ore will not be
sold any cheaper. The negotiations for
the sale OF a large block OF Lake Superior
ore for an Eastern market, 10 take the
place Of Spanish ores, do not seem To
have been concluded. At least, no such
sales have been reported as yet and, On
the light Of reliable information. none