The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-08


nation will be cross-cut at the south
end. The new shaft it will be remem-
bered IL located about one hundred ieet
west Of the exploring shalt and IL in the
hanging wall. When down a cross-cut will
he carried To the vein, which together
with the openings already made, will give
"A good deal Of ground in which To com
mence active mining. Material Tor the
spur track is fast arriving and so soon
az the snow begins To 60 the road will bc
commenced and completed within the
shortest time possible; the spur is but
three miles long and the time occupied in
putting IL in will not be great. The man
agement expects Ia have considerable
stock pile TO commence the seasons
shipment.
Since the advent Of Escanaba capital
ists at Iron River, many rumors have
been set afIoat concerning the Sheridan
mine; SOME TO the effect that they had
purchased controlling interest in that
valuable property, while others are that
Mr.. Sheridan still owns the greater por-
ton but has given the minority the right
To control it's management. Everyone
who has taken the trouble To go down
into the mine are satisfied that IL
will eventually become large yielder
Up to the present time the sinking has
been done mostly in the ore, evidently
for the purpose 81 making the mine an
immediate producer, and to pay it's way
as far as possible. Had Mr. Sheridan,
after locating the body oil the orr, sunk
a working shaft in either wall and from
this shaft drifted To the ore ut different
levels, il would have shown grander pro-
portions with the same outlay, and
would have been in "A position by this
time TO be an extensive shipper. Under
the new management, however, all will
soon he cured, and the mime shown up to
he what il il claimed that il is-one OF
the best mining properties in the district.
Capt. j. H. Schwartz, of this city, one
OF the most indefatigablc mining men IN
the Lake Superior basin, has associated
himself with Supt. +. Il. Foster,D III. g..
Fisk and Hugh Mclaughlin, all moneyed
gentlemen, Of Iron Mountain, and taken
an option on the property known az the
Little Commonwealth, in Wisconsin, sit
uated in section thirty-two, 40-1S, two
miles southwest OF the Commonwealth
mine and owned 10y the same company.
The property has been considerably ex-
plored, but not developed. 1t is the IN
tention Of Capt. Schwartz and his ns-
sociates To thoroughly develop the mine
and make IL possible 90 ship u round
output this year il il 80 pleases the
operators. The location OF the Little
Commonwealth is most favorable TO a
large mine and in Tact the captain is firm
in his belief that such IL will eventually
prove up. Mr.. Schwartz says there will
be much exploratory work carried ON in
that vicinity during the summer.
From private source this journal
learns that Col. n. Boardman has sold
the Lake Chicagon mine property to
George NJ Wakefield, OF Milwaukee, and
that gentleman proposes to start work
there soon and develop the mine more
extensively. This is the result of the
certainty that the Escanaba, Iron Noun
tain 4 Western railroad will be built
Col. Boardman has tried for years to
get the Chicago 4 Northwestern Railway
company to build n spur 10 the mine
but their parsimonious course 81 bust
ness has prevented this much desired
result. IL Is expected that the new rail-
road will be built from the Dunn mine
west TO Iron River aud will thus pass
near the Lake Chicagon property. There
is more ore in that vicinity which will be
shown up in the near future. The Lake
Chcagon mine is located about nine
miles west 81 Crystal Falls and six miles
east 81 Iron River, being ON section
twenty-six, i3-3i.
The Atlas shaft is now sixty feet deep
and shows good ore-Thursday night six
drill holes at the bottom all were in ore
and il certainly looks M though Capt. c.
r. Roberts will soon have mine of his
own. The formation at this point has IA
north aud south course, or nearly SO,
with black slates south, which have been
traced four miles. Near the Atlas works,
the soap stone, mentioned elsewhere,
cuts directly across the formation and
butts up against the black states, forming
"a junction. Next week drift will be
commenced from the bottom OF the .hnft