The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-01-25


machinery was given life Tor the first time
Monday morning last and worked like a
charm A word concerning the sand
shaft east "a and near the old engine
house. IL was reported some weeks since
that this shaft had been put down, but
later developments show that such Is not
the case and furthermore that to put the
shaft down without the aid OF the Ger
man freszing process employed at the
Chnpin mine "D'' shaft, rs an utter inn
possibility. The shaft was commenced
several years ago by a man named
Lawrence, who stated he could open the
grounI. He worked indnstriously, but
his strength of body and brain was not
adequate To the requirements. To the
north lies large swamp, under which
stretches for miles sand and water. Sand,
when dry, can be easily managed. but so
soon az IL comes IN contact with waterit
becomes quick-sand which Is about AS
unmanageable ~ the flashes OF tightening
that penetrate the skies. At one corner
Of the shaft i'm question, post was set
ON the ledge, while the remaining three
had no support from that quarter.
the consequence being that as fast
as bucket Of sand was removed, an
other from the great sand-lake 20 the
north took it's place and all the efforts OF
Lawrence TO stay the entrance at the
lower part of the shaft proved futile and
week before last he gave up In dispair
and the work oI putting down sand
shaft has been practically abandoned.
The mine, however, is none the less vnlu-
able bv reason OF the failure The Iron
Star Co, in it's selection OF Capt. Hooper
as its superintendent made no mistake
The peculialities Of the property require
a man well up in matters pertaining to
mining, not this alone. but a man ofrare
Judgment and skill, necessary TO cope
with the disadvantages encountered. and
in its present captain the company has a
manager that admirably fills all OF the
requirements.
The Bohemia folks, whose very prom
Using exploration is located on the frac-
tlonal forty directly east OF the Mans
field, ON the opposite side OF the Michi-
CANINE river, have temporarily
work in the shaft and in the
drift under the river They are satisfied
with the work already accomplished,
but deem it wise to do some further
exploring before sinking a permanent
working shaft They intend, therefore,
Co 20 down with several churn drills and
force OF men will be employed i'm this
Tuesday, but owing TO the temporary
absence OF Capt Rowe, who has charge
OF the work. did not 60 underground.
The pump was removed from the shaft
the same evening. The gentlemen inter
ested i'm the Bohemia, including among
Others, A. Justified, Adolph and Emil
Guensburg, Will Curry, Billie Moore and
X. Il. Webb. are enterprislng, perseyering
men, and deserve ultimate success, and
THE DIAMOND DRILL trusts they will
strife n big vein OF iron. They possess
wel-equipped mining outfit aud are
carrying on their work systematically
and carefully. Supt A. Il. Guensbufg
makes daily visits to the property, and
has direct supervision az operations.
LATER The churn drill was put 90 work
Thursday in the middle 81 the river. the
first hole penetrating the ore.
The survey for the spur track TO the
Mansfield and other Michiganmc river
mines was completed Tuesday, by the
Chicago q Northwestern Railway Co.
The work OF construction will he com
menced forthwith. the company guaran-
teeing that ore shipments can be com
menced from that locality as early as
May next. The length Of the spur rs
surveyed coveres about three miles,
beginning at the termination OF the
Armenia spur it follows u straight due
east course across sections twenty-thrce
aud twenty-four, 1882, to the quarter
post Of section nineteen, 43-3l, thence
north TO section twenty same town and
range, TO the Mansfield location. The
same railroad company has "A line sur.
viewed from the Armenia mine, section
twenty-three, 43-32. in northwest
direction to the Hemlock mine ON section
four, ABB, the distance being about
fourteen miles. This survey passes
eighty rods to the west of the HOLSTER
mine. line has also been run from
Metropolitan in the extreme east end
uf the county, TO the Armenia, bearing
little south Of east from the latter pro-
perty. This road built would form n
loop and shorten the distance between
Esca ma a and the Crystal Falls district
considerably.
The Dunn mine now has stock pile OF
nearly 1000 tons. The pillars at the
north end OF the open pit are being rapidly
removed and that part OF the mine will
soon cut no figure in the workings. The
north drift is progressing finely and will
soon reach the point where the cross
cuts are TO be made. Some delay in
getting material for he new iron engine
house are experienced, but when work is
commenced mo- stop will be made until
the great structure is completed. This
done the surface east OF the pit will he
stripped and more workable ground
opened. The Dunn will have stock pile
of upwards az 75, 900 tons To commence
on next spring and with that aid will
make it's 80 shipment surprise Co
those who do not know what "a huge pro-
perty IL really is.
The Tobin, ct nl., exploration, ON the
east half Of the southwest quarter OF
section thirty, 1892, just west OF