The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-02-08


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The Armenia mine is following the
course pursued by all Of the other large
mines in the district, that 81 preparing
for an increased output this season.
During preparatory work which has been
done since winter set in a stock pile 81
almost 5000 tons have accumulated, and
will probably be- doubled by the opening
a. the shipping season. AS il IL probably
too well known tO reiternte, the Armenia
WAS worked open cut hast season Co a
uepth uf one hundred and twenty ieet.
AT the center al the east side skip road
enters the pit, a sLait, No. ! WIS started
AT the bottom and run down 300 fcet
from the surface At the south end ofthe
nit Is No. = shaft which irgOlng downand
will rest at $50, about forty feet of which
remains Ca be- lowered. No. 2 at lSOfeet
will bc in even line with No. shaft, the
difference being ON the surface, caused by
the location OF the mine ON "A side hill.
The two shafts will be connected hy a
drift aud when the time comes level Twill
bc STOPPED out, thus making tie first
active mining carried ON under ground.
There still remains five or six thousand
tons OF ore IN the lace OF the open PIT,
which will he removed as soon as the
weather becomes hard enough 10 war
will then bc filled; in fct the PIT has
been divided about midway by ctibbing
and the south end is being iilled in. At
the bottom Oi No ] shaft some work has
alrcad, been done, an east cross-cut
being twenty feet in beautiful ore, the
breast being the same material. The
extensive preparations going on under
the careful supervision Of Supt. Florada
and Capt, Carln, bospcak that the Ar
menia can If necessary double the 80
shipment 81 30 ,275, the coming season
At the north end OF the pit the vein has
"a width Of 20 feet, which plainly shows
that the Armenia is n large property I;
the ore, too, Is 90 excellent quality, find
Ing a ready market At the present
writing no estimate of the probable 80
output can be- reached. Five hundred
feet north Of the pit an exploring shalt
was commenced some time ago aud now
has depth ~ eighty feet, greater part
al which H. ia ore 81 the same excellent
quality as that from the south, giving
strength 90 the belief that the vein cx
tends IA workable magnitude a length OF
seven oreight hundred feet The shaft will
he lowered to one hundred feet and the
vein cross-cut after which drifts will be
driven On the length. AZ present the
work h resting until machinery can be
placed, which will be IN IA few days The
development OF this shaft will bcwatched
with considerable interest; should the
vein prove 81 good width nc That point
and the drift show the body To becontin-
nous, the measurements of the Armenia
will certainly be a lively rival Co the
Dunn The conditions very favorable
that the vein has width and continual
ton
Supt. w II. Calhoun, OF the Mansfield
was in the city a day or two early ia the
week, having just returned from Chicago,
where he went 90 arrange Tor the purchase
of quite an outfit Oi machinery. Among
the various articles OF machinery ordered
by the company are AN eighty-horse
power steel boiler and two siX-iOot hoist
ing drums Of the very latest and most
improved pattern. Operations az the
new working shalt are progressing favOr-
ably, but, az u matter OF course, not AS
RAPIDLY as would be the case II u larger
force OF men were employed The reason
why Sdpt Calhoun does not materially
increase his force is because OF The inade-
quate living accommodations. sub
Stantin addition, however, r. being
to the boarding house and othor houses
~ this character are TO be built at the
location at once, the lumber Tor which
has been contracted for The working
force nt the mine will be increased from
time 20 time ns the facilities for their
keeping ARE enlarged, and fully 100 men
will certainly be upon the pay roll AZ the
opening OF navigation. In the meantime,
the work of shaft sinking and stopping is
going steadily on, stopping being done at
either side OF the SHIFT, commencing at
"A depth OF about twenty feet. Astockpile
has already been commenced, and this
10y May | , a. 10 will not be very long now
when 100 OF more tons OF ore can be
hOistcd daily. The superintendent ~
Gently purchased Of W. A. Curry, 81
Florence, a small hoist, pump and con
siderable other exploratory machinery.
The ties Tor the spur from the Armenia
20 the Mansfield mine were delivered ON
the ground this week. and the work OF
grading Tor the road bed has or is about
Go be commenced. The Mansfield folks
have completed a carpenter and black
smith shop 2OxiO feet, and an engine
house 81 ample proportions will be built
ut once 30 as to be ln readiness 10 receive
the new plant 81 machinery When IL mr.
rivcs. Capt Ed Ball, mining captain Of
the iiOcncc and one ui the ablcst aud
most experienced miners In the Lake
Superior iron district, paid an under
ground visit o. the property on Sunday
last. After "a thorough inspection al the
lunc. Capt. Ball remarked that, having
read glowing accounts Oi the Mansfield
ia both THE DIAMOND nIuIIs and the
Mining News be expected 60 see nice
little mine; but it was very much better
than he anticipated The quality 81 the
ore, the magnitndcof the deposit, and
the facilities for rapid and successful
mining, be declared. were unsurpassed by
a