The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-02-18

Tsme--Ofher Nofes-HaTkef Reports.
The owners OF the Monitor mine are
negotiating for the sale Of 10, 900 tons of
their ore TO Cleveland parties, and il il
quite likely that the sale will be- consum-
mated before the first OF next month
The property IL now idle but n force oi
men will he put on next month and the
main shaft put down an additional forty
feet, which will thengive ita depth OF one
hundred feet, and the raises will be com
menced at that depth; The mine is
equipped with "A full plant Of mining
machinery and no delay viii be oc-
casioned by reason OF waiting for spur
track TO be built, as il is located within
few feet OF the Paint River mine spur
track and viii build pockets TO it. The
property IN new one, never having made
shipment, but a large quantity OF ore
il now i'm sight and will be raised very
rapidly when necessity demands it. The
ore is very desirable grade OF nom
Bessemer and one that will find a ready
market.
A recent ANALYSIS from nm average
sample OF ore taken from the "old"
north pit of the HOLSTER find ON section
thirteen, 1892, shows metallic iron TO
the amount OF 90. .93 per cent. and phos-
phorus .53 This ore is taken alta depth
oi only eighteen ieet-comparatively on
the top OF the ledge-and il it runs i'm
accordance with other veins of ore, viii
make considerable better showing when
greater depth is reached. Exploratory
work is being Systematically carried on
and the find ~ showing mp greater and
greater every day There isno disputing
the fact that the ore is a Bessemer and
when the known length and bradth oftbe
vein is taken into consideration IT looks
as though the Hollister IL destined to be-
come n rival to some OF the great ore
producers OF the Upper Peninsula.
A stated amount of ore is being raised
every day from the Paint River mine and
everything IL going on as smoothly us
could be desired. The shaft now being
hoisted through ia located on the south
wall, between the timber and "a" shaft,
ore IN being taken from stope which IL
being driven westunder the open pit, now
to alength ofninety ieet. The skip road
extends across the open pit, which Ia
partially filled in, and quite stock pile
has accumulated. The new hosting bent
and shaft house h rapidly nearing com
pletion, though theexcessive cold weather
has somewhat retarded progress The
management, il seems, is making due
preparations for very active seasons
campaign. The Paint River Is asubstan.
tial mine and capable OF making large
shipment.
Mining Editor Campbell, of the Flor
ence Mining News, has this To say of the
Hollister property ON the new range
"The ore formation ON the Hollister
property, section thirteen, 1882, enst ol
Crystal Falls, has been shown up almost
the entire length of the west hall Of the
southwest quarter of the section
/ Numerous testpits have been put down
along the vein, and ore found i'm almost
every one Of them. IL is doubtful il a
more continuous body OF ore has been
shown up ON any new property in th,
Menominee district The exact width oi
the deposit has not yet been sa tisfactorily
established, but il is known TO be lnrg,
enough To insure "a large mine"
Never since its opening has 80 many
men been employed AT the Mastodon min,
as at the present time, and IA natural
consequence n great amount of work ID
being done in and around the property
A contract was recently let to lower the
new shaft an additional one hundred feet
which will bring IL under the workings ol
the other part of the mine from which II
will be connected by means OF raises
The work IL going on very rapidly and il
is expected will be completed In May,
which will put the property In the best
possible shape for rapid and economical
mining. No ore has yet been sold.
The Lee Peek mine has been closed
down and will probably remain so for a
period oi two or three months. The
mine has been developed TO such an
extent that il ;s beyond a doubt but
that IL IN "A large one. Az soon as the
property is provided with railroad facili-
ties "a plant Of machinery will be put in
and the mine actively wrought.
A drift IN being driven southeast ut a
depth oi one hundred and fifteen feet at the
south Mastodon mine. The ore contin.
ues In good form and gives evidence that
there * quite AN extensive body oil the
material. The ore broken in the work
OF drifting is hoisted and quite a stock
pile has been formed.
Capt. G. II. Roberts did not report very
iavorably on the East Tennessee Besse-
mer Iron Co.'S property in that state,
and the company have abandoned the
work and will turn its attention To
the Crystal Falls district.
IL now transpires that G.. M. Wheeler,
Of Marquette, and n Mr.. Chase, of Cleve-
land. are negotiating for the purchase of
the Juniette mine and il Is expected that
the affair will soon be settled one way or
the other.
The Mastodon minc has stock pile OF
| 900 tons and will continue TO rnise
ore for a month yet, when IL Ia expected
that hoisting viii be discontinued until
! the movement OF ore commences.