The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-22

NttV W tHt htsttf eAIst'"<''r @'N'
River district, a cross-cut was carried
west toward the river. and at a distance
of ten feet struck fine quality al ore
which ON ANALYSIS shows 90 contain six
ty-iour per cent. metallic iron. The OPP
orators have been putting down with
churn dill ON the west side al the river
for the.past two weeks and struck the
ore Mt depth Of little over forty fect
on Wednesday. This esta blishcs the iact
beyond dispute that one oi the Iron
River veins passes under the river. ltun-
undoubtedly posses from the northwest
quarter Of the southwest quarter oil sec-
ton twenty-five, To the southeast quar-
ter OF the southeast quarter al section
twenty-six. 43-35. the property known
as the Sheridan mine, although little
north ofthc present working. A diamond
drill would undoubtedly establish the
TACT that the vein extends under the
village OF Iron River.
The Proctor Iron Mining Co.. was or
ganiaed Monday at Iron Mountain, with
capital Of 81, 100000 aud is Differed
az follows: T.. T.. Foster, president; j. Il.
Schwartz. vice president; III. q. Fisk,
secretary; III. Mclaughlin, treasurer.
The object OF the newly organized com
pany il TO develop mining properties AMI
the work will he under the immediate
supervision Of III. q. Fisk. The company
liz now operating the Little Common
wealth property and will have several
more in hand before long. The work will
not he confined To one locality, but will
be carried on at any point where there Is
a likelihood of the existence 81 iron ore.
The officers OF the company are gentle
men OF great experience in the business
and are besides men OF great push and
enterprise. Vice President Schwartz re-
sides in this city and is the superintend-
emit Of the Lincoln lion Co.'s operations.
The other officers are solid Iron Noun
tain business men.
Work on the property conducted by
JOS Gibson, and in which he is also in
terested the northwest quarter of sec
ton nine, ABB, in the Hcmlock district,
is moving along quite slowly at present.
A working shaft measuring 6x6 feet IL
down twenty-five feet. A large body 81
quick sand WAS penetrated by the SHIFT,
but yesterday, this. they had gone
through. A No. 3 Knowles pump wres-
ties the abundance OF water which works
into the shaft Capt. Gibson expects TO
uncover the ledge nt depth offorty feet.
For the fiuding OF "A second liemlock,
great hopes are entertained; the explor-
alton being located sixty rods in direct
west line from that property aud from
which. in this direction, the ore body
makes It's course. A commodious engine
house and good exploring plant OF
machinery is located at the property
A good showing OF iron ore is reported
from the southwest quarter OF the south
west quarter 81 section twenty-four, AZ
81, being but short distance east 81 the
Armenia mine and Under exploration 10y
j. L. Buell. A pit Is down forty feet
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quantity is not az large M desired but
is developing right along. Drifts and
cross-cuts will be started from the bot
tom ~ the pit. Mr.. Buell. ALSO has u
ter 81 the southeast quarter 81 section
twcnty-thrce. That parcel of land has
been extensively explored by different
parties during the past three years and
ore body remains TO be located. Mr.
Buell. and his assistant, Mr.. O'Dwyre
are doing the work very Systematically.
The Monitor mine No. shaft il dowI
for the present, the latest drop beinI
. iifty feet, from which stopping is to b
commenced at once. this will open th
second level. In the level above tw,
/, large rooms, one i'm each end, have beer
worked out and will be filled in, afte
which the work will be- driven ON in tn
, east where an abundance 81 ore is II
sight. The ore body in the west end q
the first level has tendency 90 max
deeper into the earth, going Co prov
that the second level will open up
great body oi iron. A new $50 hors
power fire box boiler is soon Co b
added to the machinery; the compresso
in use .is too small and one Of mucI
larger capacity will be put in.
, Yesterday morning one of the larg
new boilers for the lIemlock River Minin