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

At the MaHtOdOn mime ~ a StOck-plle
of u 900 tons Of ore, and this too. ac-
cummuIating without special effort In
that line The shaft IL still going down
and Is now 335 81 the proposed $50 feet.
The shaft is in the foot-wall but the ore
is known TO extend far beyond the depth
uf 800 feet the fact was made known
several years ago by diamond drill work
which cut clean body Of ore 10 "A depth
of 400 feet and the drill was still In the
ore at the time its use was discontinued.
The present daily output averages about
100 tons, "A greater part comIngfrom the
shalt and the remainder from the open
pit. Work in the open pit will bee con-
tinued until the spring thaws commence
when operations in that part OF the mine
will be discontinued until the freeze-up.
At three hundred feet in the shaft cut
was made across To the ore and after the
! 9th instant stopping will be commenced
at that point; which will start the third
cor three hundred foot level; this level
will be- raised nifty feet to the one above,
giving great AREA Of new ground To be
wrought. IL is stated that the shaft was
in the foot wall but short time ago the
shaft was supposed TO penetrate the
hanging. The shaft was started i'm cap
rock and on going down the hanging be-
came defined as the management sup
posed, but now a change Is noticed and
IL develops that the shaft pcnetrates the
loot, thing very gratifying to the OPP
orators. The MastOdon (the name tells
the tale) is "A giant deposit or lenze Of
ore and has NO regular course, but
is regarded az n rich and heavy yiel,ler,
the 80 output has not been set, but
Capt. G. r. Roberts thinks il will easily
reach 100000 tons. At any rate, the
opening OF the shipping season will find
the mine in condition 20 achieve such an
output, and II necessary, even better.
Excavating ground for the locat ion Of a
new boiler was commenced this week
The boiler is being made Ia special order
in Chicago and is AN 100 horsepower
steel marine boiler, containing but two
pieces Of steel. IL will be encased i'm
brick. A No. 10 Cameron pump, recent
~ acquired, Will he placed at the bottom
81 the shaft to take care Of the increased
flow OF water which makes i'm during the
spring months. At other times 81 the
year there is very little water Co contend
with. The mine has 1900 cords OF
wood cut and is in better shape every
way to handle larger amount Of ore
than at any time since IT was opened,
all OF which speaks volumes to the per-
fectness with which Capt Roberts does
everything he undertakes.
With the good news TO Iron River peo-
people, Of new explorations in coutem-
plation and the starting up Of old ones,
comes the assurance that the Nanaimo
mine * soon TO Ice pumped out and
worked. Several gentlemen have been Of
late looking the property over. and
while some have been discouraged by the
over-ofIiciousness Of a certain person who
informed them that the ore had all been
mined out OF the property before il was
closed down, others have made inquiries
of men who worked in the mine az the
time work was suspended-men who
could tell more about ore in one hour
thnn the ofiicious individual could in his
life timc-and learned the truth TO be
contrary Ca the information voluntarily
given by the overzealous, seli-styled
mining official; and consequently they
are prepared to put ia their capital. The
truth is that at the time the mine was
closed by the attachment oi all its prop
crty, IL was producing more ore, and bet
ter ore, than IL produced since II passed
from under the superintednency 81 Capt
Thos Luxmorc. In sinking the working
shalt they at one time passed ont Of the
ore into the wall but Capt. Josh May
was too old aud experienced n miner To
he discouraged, but after sinking his
shalt To the required depth he driited
towards where he believed the ore To be,
and found IL, found IL good and strung,
and commenced 90 mine IL, and had he
had moneyed backing 20 enable him Co
pay his men he would have soon showed
mp the old mine in better shape than
ever. fWt
The Manshcld's working shafts finding
It's level ns fast as possible and in "a short
time will be down the required depth.
The big boiler Is encased aud win soon
he rendy for use; the smoke stack h
eighty feet high and was raised Co posi-.