The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-01

work well. being experienced in the BUSH
ness and guarantees satisfaction. He
will make occasional trips TO the Crystal
Falls district and 1t will be for the inter-
est Of mining men to reserve orJers Tor
him.
Any person desiring tabulated state
mcnt OF ore shipments from Menominee
range mines, from their opening up to
December 81, 1889. will DO supplied,
gratis, by application to THE DIAMOND
DRILL. The table also contains recap
itulation OF shipments from the other ore
ranges in the Lake Superior basin.
Supt. G. A. Bennett, Of the Morris
County Machine 4 Iron Co., Dover, j.,
was in the district this week. His com
pany recently placed one ofits celebrated
air compressors ut the shafer mine and
Mr.. Bennett il looking over the district
10 see II there are not other mines in need
OF like machinery.
Thos l.. Chadbourne, Of Houghton,
advertises for option the following Iron
county lands: The southwest quarter
Of the southwest quarter dissection seven.
40 80; ~ Of swh OF SO. 4l-27; ell OF
swh Of IL, 1882; WI OF seAo ~, 1892 !;
NJ OF neH OF Is, 44-33. See advertise
ment elsewhere.
Messrs. Paul Kelley, G. w. Sessions
and NJ. T.. Main. OF Escanaba, looked
over and into the Sheridan mine. Iron
River district, Tuesday, with view to
becoming interested in the property and
IL is quite likely that before another week
the mine will be in new hands.
The new ore find ON section twenty-one,
1892, in which l.. Florada, b. ~ White
aud others are interested, is developing
Indications OF a large ore body. The OPP
orators naturally feel quite iubilant over
the splendid outlook.
The new work ut the Lee Peek mine is
showing up considerable body Of ore,
the present width being thirty-six feet.
The ore is very rich and the operators
expect the mine to make it's mark.
The company which is to work the
fIollistcr mine, was recently organized
and is known as the Hollister Iron Mining
Co., with head office at Milwaukee, Wis,
room No. 81. Hathaway building.
The new shaft at the Mansfield mine il
down close TO fifty feet and still going.
The new boilers arrived and are nearly
incased. The rush OF preparatory work
is continued without abatement.
A chun drill is being worked at the ex-
ploration on the Miller property, Iron
River district, on the west side OF the
river, to ascertain IL the ore extends
across under that stream.
A seventy-fve-horse power boiler and
other machinery was this week placed at
the Lincoln mine. Timbering and other
necessary dead work is progressing favor
ably.
For SALE.-A good second hand TWEEN
ty-five horse power, fiity-two flue, tubu-
lar, iirebox boiler, cheap for cash.
Inquire at this Office.
The Cleveland Iron Trade Reviews
resume OF the week IN iron circles: General
Featurcs.-There Is but little change in the gen
era condition OF the market Prices remain firm,
and while most OF the sales are for small lots,
there are an increased number OF inquiries for
round lots, and the prospects are encouraging as
viii be seen from the reports from ourcorrrspond-
ents from the leading trade centers OF the central
west The market is steady at Cincinnati, but
exhibits no buoyancy. The business Of the week
has been chiefly IN small lots. at figures satlsfac-
tory 90 sellers and buyers Some speculative
lots OF southern irons passed of the market at
figures somewhat below those demanded by the
stronger furnace companies. While not bad
rubbish" II is good radiance" The large nd
vance in coke and stlncning Of prices OF Lake
Superior ore necessarily tend Co harden prices OF
northern pig iron, and the depression so appar.
ent In Bessemer last week has been arrested by
these stimulants Most ofthe southern furnaces
are still comfortably sold ahead, and are not
urging sales except az full prices. The strike OF
the miners Mt the DeBardeleben mines threatens
60 spread and become general. which would close
down in consequence perhaps twenty stacks.
The inactivity Of the market az Detroit for
nearly all grades of metal. write VIM ~ Jar.
wis 4 Co, has apparently come TO an end, for
numerous inquiries have been made. aud these
for considerable lots OF iron OF almost every
grade Many OF the eastern buyers Of Lake su.
perior charcoal seem imbued with the fact that
now IL the appointed time. and n their inquiries
are satisfied by the sellers, some large blocks oI
this iron will be placed before the first day OF
March. There has been an undercurrent DISMAL
orders all the time but no large business has been
ia prospect for Lake Superior charcoal DURING