The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-02-15

TO get II in working shape great lot OF
dead work Is necessary. Supt. +. J.
Gilbert Is in charge Of the work and Ia
III. ii. Phillips has an able assistant.
noIlLsrER MINE.
Work was resumed at the HOLSTER
mine Monday. The property has NJ
manned inactive since last summer. This
mine is situated on tho southwest quar-
tartcr OF the southwest quarter OF Sec
tion -, 1892, three and one-half miles
from this city and but a short distance
from the Armenia mine. The property
is owned by s. ID. HOLSTER, Sr., Of Mil
waukee. who has interested capital and
the mine will he forthwith equipped with
suitable machinery and added 10 the
list OF shippers from this district. Mr..
HOLSTER made the discovery i'm the
latter part OF the summer OF 1887 and
after thoroughly testing began developing
SO that now the mine is In such shape
that ii can be wrought without further
ado. Testing has shown the vein ON
length 1000 feet and the width runs
from forty-five To sixty feet. Samples OF
the ore have. by analysis given sixty
seven per cent. metallic iron and .0l3
phosphorus. but whether it will hold TO
that remains TO be seen. :. ID. Hol-
lister. Jr., is at present managing the
work.
MINING NOTES.
Capt J. Il. Schwartz has associated
with himself in the Fairbanks property,
Messrs. A. X. Northrup, III. A. Barr, Ike
Harring, j. n. Mead and several other
Escanaba gentlemen. The property will
be mt once placed in the best Of order for
mining. Capt Schwartz, who superin-
tends the work, went 10 Milwaukee
Wednesday to purchase new machinery
and other necessary material. The Es-
canada gentlemen were here Monday and
express themselves as well pleased with
the outlook OF the property.
The Iron River Manufacturing Co, has
"a lot OF mining machinery for sale and
advertises it in The DIAMOND Dull this
week The machinery is in excellent con
dition and will bc sold cheap. Payments
arranged TO suit the purchaser. To per-
sons about to begin exploring this Is a
rare chance 60 get machinery at a bar
gain, as il will be disposed Of ant about
one half cost. Write to i. n. Mincker,
manager, Iron River, Mich, for particu-
lars.
In section twenty-four, 44-35. near
Iron River, is reported TO be an out
cropping OF Iron. Several gentlemen Of
this city and elsewhere have crew of
miners at work and will try To locate
the vein, the Indications are said to be
excellent. These interested ARE T.. Il.
Dunn, ii. w. IIarte, c. Z. Crandall, j. III.
Parks, J. j. McGillis and X. H. Percell
&. A. Taft has opened repnir shop at
Florence and will repair all classes OF
mining and mill machinery. He does his
work well, being experienced in the bust
ness and guarantees satisfaction. He
will make occasional trips TO the Crystal
Falls district and il will be for the inter-
est OF mining men TO reserve orders for
him.
Any person desiring tabulated state
ment OF ore shipments from Menomincc
range mines, from their opening up TO
December 81, 1889, viii be supplied,
gratis, by application Co The DIAMOND
DRIrL. The table also contains recap
itulation OF shipments from the otherore
ranges in the Lake Superior basin.
Thos. l.. Chadbourne, OF Houghton,
advortises for option the following Iron
county lands. The southwest quarter
OF thesouth-weSt quarter OF sections seven,
40 30; "a Of swh Of SO, 41-27; ck OF
swl4 Of u, 1882; WI Of sc4oi IL, 1892;
NJ Of nell Of 10, 44-33. See advertise.
ment elsewhere.
Mine Inspector Morgan ON Tuesday
and Wednesday visited, officially, the
Dunn, Great Western and Paint River
mines, and reports all To- be in the very
best working condition possible.
Messrs. Wheeler q Kingare negotiating
FOR nm option on the Nanaimo mine, In
the Iron River district