The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-01-18

The. Paint river mine has a stock pile
OF about $500 tons and considerable
preparatory work In being done. "B''
shalt In bting put down Tor another level.
Capt X. Phillips Is in charge and placing
the property In the best possible shape
for q large output la 30.
Bohemia folks, are getting more and
better ore every day, Is the burden oi
reports from that property. The manage
ment putting down "A winze
In the west drift, IL is also reported
that some new work is soon TO be started
on the property.
4 The CRYSTAL Falls iron district Is all
life and neighboring contemporaries
realize that to have their thinning col
umns''well filled they must not omit a
say Of the workings being carried on here.
They are ali anxious to get news from
this district because they know it rs
wanted; some come after IL. Others send
for it'and an occasional one gets a crazy
item from the daily papers and make
capital OF IL, but generally they get good
news and give IL straight Appended is
several items taken from the, Florence
Mining News, Norway Current and Iron
County Reporter, the subjects OF each
being properties in the Crystal Falls
district: l.,
The Mansfield mine. in the Crystal
Fails district continues 10 attract the attention
81 mining experts from all over the country, and
every additional days work performed NJ this his
opinion heretofore expressed by the Mining News
that the mine viii eventually rival the big Cha
pin IN MAGNITUDE Of the ore deposits and surpass
the latter IN the quality OF the product yielded.
Up 20 Thursday OF this week the various drifts
aggregated q total distance OF 175 feet, every
ioot'oi which was In good. clean Bessemer ore,
unusually high In metallic iron aud exceedingly
low ir phosphorus. Capt. Calhoun has yet TO
encounter his first rock IN any OF the three drifts.
besides which, II will be remembered, the shan Is
eighty feet In the same quality OF ore. Thesouth
drift II fortyeight feet Ia ore, but at "A distance
OF fQrty-two feet cross-cut was run across the
veih twentysfour feet 10 the hanging wall, the
west drift 20 the wall being the same length
both OF which are IN ore. The wall takes
north-easterly course from point nearly OPP
poslte the shaft, and was encountered by the
dbrth DRIFT at hdistance 81 thirty-eight feet Drift
Ing Ii still going on along the wall the last report
showing seventy feet IN ore, and II is now be-
lieved that Capt. taihoun would Ind no change
were he to continue drifting Tor hall mile In the
same direction. Rapid work Is the order OF the
day nc THE Mansfield, the entire rs OF drifting
having been performed since the tenth OF Deem
her. or during just twenty seven working days
TITS doubtful whether any new mine IN the Lake
Superior district can equal this record Mining
News. M
The Dunn mine has q stockpile Of about
12,O0Otops and the milne Is being put In good
shape for much greater product this year than
last. We had only few minutes conversation
with Capt Bennetts, as he was as busy as a hen
with two broods Of chickens. II possible we
shall visit the underground working Of the Dunn
and armenia next week and give our readers an
idea of what Il being done. Supt. Florida. after
"a busy years work Is enjoying few days vaca-
tion in the outside world. and Capt Carlin OF
the Armenia has Just returned from short
trip.-Current.
AT the Shafer we were favored with
"A few minutes talk with Supt Jennings, who IN
putting In two new Rochester drums and AN air
compressor He reports IL 600 tons Of ore in
stock anu lots more IN sight Capt Jones. late
Of the Iron River mine and one OF the most
competent miners In the district. has assumed
charge a the underground work. and there seems
no question 10 the future Of the Shafer--
Current.
At the Youngstown about / 80 tons 81
ore Is being shipped per day. by rail. aud several
thousands Of tons are In stock. Capt SAM
brother G. r., the lessee. seems to be working
the property FOR all there IL In &C. About forty
meu are employed but the holiday season has
made the daily force very uncertain one
Current.
Dr. u. NJ Bond. who is still interested
In the Caledonia mine, Ia the Crystal Falls dis
trict, received "A letter on Thursdays
Ed. keyes, OF Florence, who Is also interested IN
the same property, which stated that a drift
had been run 20 feet In the finest quality of
ore Reporter The Reporter should have said
Mansfield ms tead of Caledonia.
Lack 81 time prevented us visiting the
Great Western and passing greeting II all we
had with supt. Hooper. but therecent additions
20 the machinery and new openings being made
are evidence that the mine Will do It's share 90
swell tina output oithe district for 'DO.-Current
AT the Monitor the addition az new
machinery and "a continuation OF the work OF
opening, argues a larger output Tor this year
Considerable ore h In stock.--Current
T.. a. i.
"a before noted. been unw1itered and as soon as
enough additional opening has been done, stop
ing VIII begin Current
The Cleveland Iron Trade Review in
giving it's weekly resume of the iron busi-
ness has the following in its issue OF
last week.
GENERAL FEATURES Prognostica-
4ions for 1890 being In order, IL
can be truly said that never before
in it's history has the iron" trade en-
tered year with more encouraging
omens. The businesses on u sound basis I:
our markets. are now independent Of
foreign supplies and prices, though stiff,
have not gone above n boom mark. III
no sharp advance supervenes during the
first quarter al the wear, nothing can
hinder year OF the greatest prosperity.
VIM r. Jarvis q Co, Detroit, write US
that by long odds, the most sensitive
grade ~ pig iron ON the entire list, at the
opening of the year Is Lake Superior
charcoal Prices advanced round
dollar last week, and while some small
lots 10 regular customers may be OBJ
taincd at present figures, the purchase Of
fairly'largc quantity would send prices
up from 81 To SO per ton, in proportion
10 the amount asked for. IL rs certain
that there II very little iron anywhere to
bc had, and coupled with this fact. il the
inquiry which WAS nude during the past
M..ek Jim inhibition 20 mimi Anlna Mhich