The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-01-25
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has the satisfaction Ofleuvlng the breasts
81 his drifts in ore, and IN all proba bility
this would be the case were he To extend
them hundreds ~ feet in either direction,
more particularly Co the south. Work
was commenced Tuesday night upon the
working shaft, which has been located
ninety feet due west OF the exploring
shalt md west IN the hanging wall. The
new shaft will be vertical i'm character
7x11 feet inside ~ timbers, and provided
with double skip road and ladder way
The present force ~ twenty-one men will
shortly be increased 10 fifty orsixty and
a much larger number ARE 20 unemployed
during the season OF navigation. There
is a great deal OF surface work TO be done
between now and May /, such as the
building OF shaft houses. docks, etc, be-
sides the'crcction Of AN engine house and
other buildings mentioned above. The
Northwestern railroad completed it's
survey To the Mansfield Tuesday alter
moan and track laying viii Recommended
i'm a few weeks The line will be- acontinu-
alton Of the spur TO the Armenia, the
distance from the latter property being
"A little less than three miles. Alter leav-
ing the Arneni A, the road will run due
cnst almost 90 the river and thence north
hy east 20 the mine. striking the latter
from the south. When the writer and his
companion reached the surface, pleased
with their visit underground and fully
satisfied that all reports which have pre-
viouslv appeared in THE DIAMOND DRILL
and the Mining News concerning the
wonderful find at this now celebrated
property, they were accosted 10y Supt.
Calhoun with. "Well, what do you think
Of the Manslicld2" The visitors said
words were inadequate 90 express their
admiration ofthe property and ventured
the prediction that the great world Of
mining would hear favorable reports
from the property during the coming
shipping season. and such il the belief OF
THE DIAMOND DRiI.L and oiall the mining
men who have visited the mine. The
NJ ansfield IL an embryo giant. A yonng
prince now, the Mansfield will one day
be the acknowledged king OF the Crystal
Falls iron district.
The writer in company with George c.
Youngs of the Florence Mining News,
visited the underground workings az the
Great Western mine early the current
week, under guidance Of capt. VIM.
Hooper and his able assistant Henry
Chellew. The workings OF this property
have not been given TO the public for
years for reasOns--good ones, too-best
known TO management. A little history
of the valuable mine will prove OF interest
to many: The Great Western mine was
closed down the 26th Of June, 1887 and
remained closed until February :, oflast
year, when the pumps were again started
and the water removed. So great was
the volume of water that IL required the
united energy OF four pumps to take out
the water and hold il. The mine slavery
wet one bat with the excellent pumping
facilities now employed the water can be
..t,1 A
sent the depth il 326 feet, divided in six
levels by the following measurement: To
the the third level. 100 feet, fourth,
eighty feet; fifth. ifty-one feet; sixth.
sixty feet, with ten foot stump. giving
the total az above. The first and second
levels have been worked out and all 81
the work is carried ON below TINT and 10
the east end of the mine, where force Of
ninety men Is employed. The bottom
level has only been commenced and
shows "A fine pocket of ore To the north Of
the SHIFT. In the working levels above
are shown pockets az the splendid grade
characteristic Co the Great Western, the
whole arguing great output for the sea-
son just opening. A peculiarly Of the
property, and by which IL differs greatly
from amy mine in the district, is that the
ore body does not lay in regular vein,
but rather in IN extended series 81 peck
cts, which have now been opened in
length distance 81 nearly 700 feet.
These pockets range I'm size from eighteen
Co eighty feet wide and OF comparative
height, with rock intervening. The orei h
81 the very highest grade of non-Besse-
mer, and in many instances comes within
the Bessener limit, but so close that
sorting would not admit of enough addi-
fionnl margin 20 make itan object. The
@ If lao fftt
6S.70 per cent. metallic iron with phos-
phorus just over the line. The diRad-
vantages 90 be encountered ia the man
agcment 81 n mine 81 such peculiar
measurements ~ this one, are plain Co
every one at all acquainted with mining
matters. There ARE no leads Co follow.
In one level "a splendid body al ore may
exist, hut in the next level above or below
not pound ot ore of that particular
pocket can be i0und. And so IL Is all
through the great property. To find
additional bodies OF ore there is abso-
lutely nothing but the excellentiu judgment
~ it's careful and conservative captain
t0 follow So far his Judgment has
proven equal to the emergency, IL seems,
inasmuch AS there N now "a large area Of
ore IN sight. No estimate oi the future
product can he even coniectured, but as
one pocket has not failed 90 take the
place 81 another during nine years OF
activity there seems to be NO basis for n
contradiction Co the statement that the
Great Western ore will be upon the mar
ket as long "a that ~ some Of les neigh
bom with regularly formed vein. The
ore formation To the east Is unusually
hard and the management Will use power
drills Co assist in moving IL. Six No. 2
Rand drills will soon be la Use Tor that
nllrnl.an On the fifth level a lnrnn