The diamond drill., 1890-01-25

a representative of ofTHHDIAMoND DRITT.
visited the Mansfield mine Tuesday nfter-
noon. The property, as has frequently
been stated in these columns, is located
ON lot five, section seventeen and lot
eight, section twenty, 43 81, ON the west
SIDE oI the MichignmThe river i'm the
! Crystal Falls district and six miles
rom this city. The six-mile drive
from that village 60 the Mansfield was
thoroughly enjoyable, even with "below
zero" temperature. Arriving mt the
Mansfield THE DIAMOND DRIrr. man and
hls companion, the genial editor Of the
Florence Mining News, were heartily well
by that prince OF good fellows, the veter-
an Supt. Calhoun, more familiarity known
throughout the Lake Superior iron dis
trlct and also all over the Colarada
silver fields as Captain Cal" The Mans
neld Is located IN an exceedingly pretty
hardwood country, the grounds immed- |
ately contiguous TO the mine affordinQ an !
excellent site FOR the village of"Calhoun. /"
winch rs surely destined to exist at this /
point In the not far distnnt future. In. |
deed an embryo village already has an
existence, although IT ~ yet modestly |
dubbed location" The Offices. dwell /
ing houses, boarding houses, barns. etc.
now constructed, are neat, commodious
and comfortable The superintendent
informed the writer that two additional
boarding houses, more residences, an
engine house, blacksmith and carpenter
shops, are TO bc erected this winter. and
these will probably De followed by stores
oi various kinds, as was the case at the
Dunn mine. After inspecting "all points
OF interest," upon the surface, the pencil
pushers, accepting the kindly invitation
oi 'Chl. TO visit the underground work.
Ings of this already famous baby" pro-
perty-and an exceedingly healthy kid
mine she ~, too-prepared for the trip.
indeed were one TO visit the Mansfield
and not inspect the immense body Of
beautiful ore which has been opened up =
10 velw IN less than two months time
night as well have remained at home
The tenderieet, therefore, encasinp their
precious, journalistic forms" i'm yellow
'ou' u'westers, stepped into the small. iron
bucket Ht the mouth OF the shaft and /,
we're instantly dangling in space. They [
'oon, however, landed safely ~ the bot L
ON OF the nihety-foot shaft and made a Z
our of inspection through both thesouth Z,
Ind north drifts and into the two twenty q
Dur~ioot cruss-cuts. The entire length c
u the workings up 60 date is 175 feet. 4
ividcd as follows: North drift ninety a
set, south drift seyentvseven feet. width n
! shalt eight feet, all OF which. with the N
roSs-cuts makes total Of 223 ieet Of b'
round opened upon this. the only level. r.
very inch of this distance is perfectly n,
ean ore. just stop to think of IL. h,
'teemed reader, 223 feet 81 ore living in G,
lrce directions, and ore, too, that XII
verngcs over sixty-four per cent. in IN
Ictalic iron and wonderfully low in that III
uch hated Ingredient, phosphorus. IN
nu, WHAT ~ even more extraordinary, In
thin less than two months-a far au
eatcrshowing than that made by mines pr
'arer TO homeafter years rsofindustrious. rel
pensive work. The ore, AZ n rule. Is pr
ccedingly soft and greasy and of nc
N color. That encountered In the last a
irty or forty feet of the north drift. We
'wever, Is very hard aud consequently TO
ich more difficult 20 mine. This quail wa
?, though, as shown by recent ANALYSIS.