The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-15

An UNJUST AND CScAII.ED FOR ATTACK on
LEADING CRYSTAL FALLS MINE

range recently contained the appended
scurrilous article, relative To one az the
most promising young mines la the great
Crystal Falls iron district:
THE DIAMOND DnILr says The labor ofclear-
ING out the open pit or removing the ore from
the sides thereof. At the Armenia mine. was con-
pleted this week aud new Stope started In the
north which shows an abundance 81 iron ore,
Preparatory work In the second level y going ON
nicely and the property IL inst shaping for III
90 race" Will the editor Of rHE DIAMOND DKii.is
give its readers some idea oi what position the
Armenia will hold In the 90 race, and where the
ore l. coming from 10 double the output 81 last
year. asserted VA a former splendid descrip.
tive article" win II bee possible unless some
thing new Il struck for the mine to equai the
product 81 So Talk j. cheap but IL take money
To buy whiskey. and lots of iron ore 10 weigh
lOO.OOo tons.
The writer 81 the above, which any
man who endeavors 60 conduct a mining
paper should beashamed Ia father, knows
absolutely nothing 81 the workings or
showing uf the Armenia mine ON his own
account, having never made a thorough
investigation 81 the property, and even
hnd he done So u q decidedly doubtful he
would bc ANYTHING the wiser Theattack
is certainly very untlmely on the part al
a. man who pretcnds 60 be a practical
miner and also an editor of a mining
newspaper, rs he will have il. The ar
ticle rs of poor taste and ~ gross insult
TO the excellent management the minecn
joys and just why i was written Is a
mystery To Supt. Florida and Capt.
Cariin.
The writer of the article has OF late
made series ~ personal attacks upon
the editor 81 THE DIAMOND DALI. which
have been treated with silent contempt
~ il were. IL may be possible, in fact is
probable that the niner-edtor has
adopted this course tu bring about a.
controversy which TIE DIAMOND pRiII.
has positively refused To enter IN
Co II such Is the ease the nature
81 the man u most contemplate and his
ranting- are not worthy of notice, and
will not hereafter be after the Armenia
mine has been cleaned Of his spleen.
Supt. Florlda was in'ei yiewei and
snid In Substance: "Ihe mine i, hooking
Well. and ! cannot see apY reason why
the shipment 81 1880 cannot be duupied
this season. Of course there are things
unforeseen that nay arise 10 the dctri-
mcnt oi the mime bit at present we an
ticipatc nothing 81 the Kind We viii
endcavor To do oar best with the mine
and think wc will make e barge addition
To the shipment oilast season. ltSoundS
quite absurd 20 say TINT the property
cannot equal it's 50 product You I'M
dcrstand that ~ estimating u season Is
output the task Is more or less 81 the
nature OF a conjecture; one man cannot
see ANY greater distance into the solid
cnrth than another, but We always figure
on what is in sight, likely to hc on stock
dock aud rom the nature 81 the ground
we are working ~. ! entertain NO fears
but that the Armenia will do all that is
required 81 IT, /"
The estimated output for 1890 has
never been placed at 1000 tons. but
from the excellent condition ~ the prup-
ertv IL is Thought quite probable that it
can be done. Tue DIAMOND DRn.L ~ Il
recent date contained writr-up Of the
property which Is here rcprodnccd
The Armenia mine - following the course pur.
sued hy all oithe othernree mime. IA the district
that ~ preparing for an increased ont ut this
season. During preparatory work which has
been done since winter set ~tockpe oi almost
5000 tons hive been accumulated. uud viii
probably be doubled by fir opening 81 the ship
ping season. A. " IL probably too well known
10 reiterue, the Armeuin WAS worked open cut
last season to depth 81 One hundred and TWEEN
~ feet ~ the ccuterof the eaSt side a skip road
enters the pit, shaft No was started ~ the
bottom and run down 200 feet from thesurtace
At the south end of the pit Is No. shaft which
X going down and VIII rest az $50 about forty
feet oi whirh remains 90 be lowered No 2. 40
80 feet will be la even line with Ma. shnit. tlie
difference being nli the surface tHil~tu 10y iNr lf
cation ~ the mine on side hili. The Two shafts
viii De- connected hy u driit aud when the time
comes level VIII be STOPPED ont, thus making
the first active mining carried ON under ground
There sill remains five or SIS thousand tons ~
ore on the lace ~ the open pit which viii BE- r.
moved "a soon as the weather becomes hard
enough 10 warrant the removal with safety. The
pit viii then be- hlled in fact the pit has bten
divided about midway hy erhbingnnd thes IA
end is being hrd IN. AZ the bottom oi No.
shaft some work has already been done, an enrt
I.,ligl A. fNf iu
breast being the same naterf. The extensive
operations going onunder thecnrciu supervision
~ snpt. Florda aud Capt. Cariin. hespeAk That
the Armenia can Il necessary douhlet the Nsrhip-
ment ~ 5n.210 the coming season. AZ the
north end Of the pit the vein has width 81 20
lret which plainly shows that the Armenia j. a
large propcrty; the ore. too. h Of excellent put.
ty. finding ready market 81 The present
writing no estimate ~ the probable 90 OUTPUT
can be reached. Five hundred feet north oi the
pic an exploring shaft WIS commenced SOME time
ngo and NOW has depth ~ eighty feet "a greater
part al which isin ore az the ~nmerXceilcnt unnl
ny ~ That 20 the south, giving strength 70 the
belief that the vein extends in workable mneli.
fude distance 81 seven or eight hundred ievt
rne shaft will be- lowered 90 one hundred fget
aud the vein croes-cut after which drifts ISL De
driven on the length. ~ prr~cnt the WORK ~
resting untll machinery can bc placed, which Viii
be in "a few days The development II this SHAFT
viii be watched with considerable Interest ;
should the vein prove of good width ~ that
point aud the drift show the body 10 Dc tonfiu-
nous the measurements ot the Armcnn VIII Ger
tniny be a lively rival 60 the Dunn. The rondl
tious arcvery favorable that the vein has width
aud continual ION.
Since the above WIS pcnned the work
Co the north has greatly improved the
appearance 81 the mine, and the second
level work il further along. showing a
much greater amount ~ ore. The Ar
mrnia mine * decidedly all right and
mining men are not backward IN saying
so.
THE WEEK IN IRON CIRCLES.