The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-07

pany has also "a camp on the property
that shelters ten miners. For visit
about the property the writer is thank
ful TO Capt. Alex. Leushek.
When the writer visited the Mammoth
mine in the Caledonia country Wednes-
day morning, he found the ever industil-
Gus Capt. Morrison at blacksmith's
forge sharpening picks for his miners. A
trip about the property showed consid-
erable work done since last winter. Their
main shaft is 5llx7is feet and is forty-iive
feet down. I he working Is in direct
line with the Mansfield and Bohemia
properties. Considerable ore IL encount-
erred. Last week a blast WIS put in and
the color Of the water changed and early
this week ut every blast put in the water
would change color; at one blast 1T
would be rcd, at another black, then yell
lowish, and 20 on, clearly demonstrating
that some great change would soon take
place. The shaft is located about 400
feet from the south line ~ the property
aud IL about 300 feet from the north line.
A drift In shaft near the main working
place prosecuted east toward the river
and went through ten feet Of nice, clean
ore.
At the Iron River Co.'s mine at Siam
bnugh. work is being pushed with the
usual vigor and would be pushed much
stronger il men could be secured To do
the work. Although they are shipping
over two trains day and have been
for "a month past, but little has been
taken from the vast stock piles. Another
train--possiby two morc--will be put ON
Immediately which will rapidly increase
the amount Of shipments. The new en-
CINE house on the north end OF the prop
erty will soon be in course OF construction
and when completed will be used TO hoist
ore out Of No. 3 shaft. 1t is rumored
that it will also be used for pumping
engine for the Stambaugh village water
works. At present men are engaged In
breaking mp slhty kind 81 stone that IL
to be usedior purifying water presumably
for the water works system.
The Lake Chicagon mine is looking
well, not only in the main SHIFT but in
several exploratory pits recently sunk
by Capt. Wood. s. ;. Curry visited the
mine recently and expressed himself well
satisfied with the outlook. lie is so
we'll satisfied that he has opened nego-
tiations with both the G. & NV R'y Co
and the Schlesinger syndicate TO get a
spur track TO the mine. The first com
pany that starts 60 building will get the
handling Of the ore.
Five hundred buckets OF water is what
were hoisted out of the pit being worked
by Capt. Jas. Tobin, Tuesday. This
place is between the sand pit and the
Shaier mine. Two shifts of men are
working there and are hardly doing any
thing else but hoisting water. The pit
is down about thirty feet and Thursday
evening one bucket 81 dirt WAS hoisted
while three buckets OF water came up.
Machinery must be had to accomplish
anything.
With one hundred and twenty-five men
the contractors on the Mansfield mine
spur are making things hum and il looks
as though trains will be able TO run by
the intended time. The right-of-way
starts Co the right from the MAN track,
a little this side Of the Armenia mine
This will leave Y at the place and the
track thence runs east 70 the Mansfield
mine where there is To be Y-back.
The Shafcr mine is showing up greater
and greater every day. Three different
drifts are being worked ON the first level,
one OF which is in the cave-n that oc-
Cured some while ago and are getting
out considerable ore. Most of the ore
shipped, though, is taken from the stock
pile. A winze is being put in from the
main drift very near the open pit and
was forty-ive feet Yesterday.
The work Of pumping out the upper
shaft Of the Nanaimo mine is about COM
pleted and the work 81 hosting ore will
be commenced before another issue OF
THE DIAMOND Dull reaches it's readers.
The work Of urwatering the mine or
lower shaft will not Ike commenced until
the upper shaft and the Beta shaft are
both under good Roadway.
The work ut the Sheridan mine shaft
Is progressing satisfactorily. anu the ore
is getting cleaner as they 60 down. An
other week or t~o will undoubtedly
show mp good shipping ore in the shaft.