The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-01-18

Capt. Tobin has suspended work con
the Wcmer property. Iron River dis
trict, and will not do any thing Tor az
least two months. In the meantime he
will go to Hot Springs, Ark, TO recuper-
nte his health. On his return he will put
in steam pump and rush exploratory
work until he finds ore or is satisfied
that there is none there. The work
already done consists of "A row ~ test
pits about twenty rods Southwest oi
the northeast corner OF section thirty
five. 43-35, running southeast and
north-west, the deepest of which Is down
about thirty-iiyc feet. La this tine ledge
WIS struck at a depth 81 about thirty
feet and the workmen were unable 90 go
more than five feet In the ledge on nc
count OF the amount OF water encoun-
tered. The shafts put down 10y Capt.
Tohin are done in agood andsulstaniiAl
manner, showing that the captains idea
Is in accord with the good old maxim
that what is worth doing IL worth doing
WE'LL That ore exists here all mining cx-
perts are agreed. Where the work has
been done is i'm direct line between the
Sheridan and NanaiinO mines. The caD-
tain also had charge 81 the exploratory
work ON the northeast quarter OF the
seven, 43-35, and has also stopped work
there. When he returns he will put u
diamond drill to work aud IL will not be
long before he develops "a mine there or
demonstrates that there is no ore Co be
found. The pits put down show good
signs, some being in mixed ore and
quartzand Others i'm graphite. The pres
ence of graphite is a good Indication that
there is a body al ore near. Considerable
ore WAS found ON the 'forty" east of
this property by ID. &. Mackinnon, who
owns the Zee thereof. while the forty
ON which the Nannitno Co. developed
the mine OF that name. lies just northeast
Of and corners ON this property. The
winter season, however, Is poor time Ca
explore, ~ men cannot work with adj
vantage in thesnow. Mr. Buchholtz has
two other "forties" that he will option
the northwest quarter of the south east
quarter and the southeast qunrtcr OF
the southeast quarter ~ section twenty
seven which are also adyantlgeously
situated.
General Superintendent j. n. Porter,
OF the. e.FlOrence-Iron RIVER mines, Capt.
III. j. l'olwell and Anton Odill. OF Norway,
and Jacob Buchholtz, Paul HOhlleldt
and Peter Gross, commenced work last
week ON the option ON the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of
section twenty.seven, 1895, Iron River
district, and will continue the work until
they either find ore or are satisfied that
none exists there That the Indications
are good. the inct that such excellent
Judges AS Capts. Porter and Colwell have
taken nm interest i'm the option, Is SUI
ficicnt 90 Batisiy the most doubting
Some time ago the proprietor. Matthias
Buchholtz, found several out-crops of q
fine blue hematite ore. specimens 81
which were shown Co the writer hereof,
that looked considerable like the Chaplin
ore at Iron Mountain.
Arrangements have been made for n
strong company TO work the Gilman OPP
tion ON section twenty, 42-35. known as
the jas. Sheridan property. Nick Gilman
sunk shalt on this property 20 u depth
of aboutecventy feet, over two years ago,
and found large amount 81 lean soft
hcmatite ore which analized from twenty