The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-02-22

found the bottom all in one, hard, heavy
and blue. From the appearance itlooks
as though the last work done in the bot
tom WIS the firing Of a shot, the miners
not looking tn see what il turned up; or
il may have been case OF .'ffceze out, I"
such things do sometimes occur in the
best regulated mining districts. Capt.
Roberts will waste no time In looking up
the history Of the ease, but Will proceed
todevelop the find into a mine. The vein
is In the same section ~ the Alpha mine
-12, 42-33-one ON the enst and the
other ON the west and il is the belief that
the two properties are working the same
vein.
No / shaft AT the Monitor mine is going
down To ground for the third and fourth
levels and a Wine is also going into the
same ground. The shaft down ore will
be mined from the bottom from large
rooms and that broken in the levels
above viii be miIled TO the bottom. The
same arrangement covers the work at
No. ? shaft AZ one time in the progress
OF underground work il was thought the
vein divided at the west end, but later
developments show that such is not the
case; what WIS thought to be the south
branch is nothing more than big swell
in the vein which at that point takes n
little more northcrly course. Anew four
foot hoisting drum was "A recent addition
Co the machinery. The compressor is
working admirably and taken all in all the
property is as well fixed for rapid mining
as any in the district The compressor
Is now operating three Rand drills, but
has a much greater capacity. A small
stock pile is on hand, but no especial
effort Is made i'm that direction. Ore
shipments have been made daily since
the close Of navigation and will continue
by land and water from now ON.
Messrs Joseph Gibson, Matt Gibson,
Robert Hart and NJ Gleeson, Of Republic,
are still vigorously prosecuting their ex-
ploratory work in the northwest quarter
Of section nine, Abb, the Ilemlock
country. with good Indications ofcntting
the ore vein. Exploring in that locality
is very difficult and slow by reason OF the
greHt depth OF surface One pit was bot
toned in the ledge, showing that the work
was not just in line and last week a pit
river, sixty rods due southwest of the
Hemlock mine, directly on the trend of
the ore vein OF that mine; the operators
are very confdant ~ getting the ore at
the point where work is now conferred A
NoteInan rotary exploring plant is on
the ground and the interested gentlemen
are determined To continue until the ore
ia found or fully demonstrate that the
vein does not cross their option. They
do not work with vain hopes Mr.. Jos.
Gibson, who has charge OF the operations,
was in this city Monday, TO engage the
services Of nm engineer and several
miners.
The Bohemia explorers aren now sinking
a shaft due south OF the old working and
expect To cut the ore vein nc that point
\ number OF holes were put down in the
river with a churn drill, showing that be-
tween the Mansfield aud Bohemia shafts
the hanging wall had northwest and
southeast course as true as line can
be drawn. According TO the regulation
OF things this would carry the vein into
the Bohemia property and they began TO
dig for il Mt a point stated. IL is certain
the vein crosses the Bohemia possessions
at one point or another and from what
WAS learned by the churn drill work, the
operators are quite confident the ore will
be found at or very near their new work
ings. Those interested are a determined
set OF gentlemen and will not give up.
The outlook IN the old shaft is so good
that they have been offered 1.5O for
every dollar that they have spent in the
work but they think just ms much OF il
as the would-be buyers do and therefore
will not SELL
At the exploration being conducted by
Messrs. T.. Florida, b. N. White and
Others, "A clean body OF ore was pene-
trated this week. Nothing wis said OF il
until the operators were pretty sure they
had the ore in place. The exploration IL
ON the east half OF the northeast quarter
oil section tweuty-one, 1882, ON the trend
OF the Great Western vein. The shaft at
thirty feet bottomed in a clean white
quartz which continued seveuilfeet, when
the ore came in as clean as could be de
sired; the shaft is now sixty feet deep,
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