The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31
FROM THE MINES.
NOTES FROM. THIS AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS.
Az EXCHANGE SAYS THE PAINT RIVER NINE
rs IDLE-FAcrs REGARDING THAT WIDE
AWAKE PRoPERTy-A NEW FLOR
ENcE COUNTY MINE--cAPr. JAS.
ToBIN'sPRoMIsIEc CHARGE
TO he SUPPLIED WITH
ADMINISTRATORS.

The Lake Superior Mining and Manu-
featuring Review reports the Paint River
mine idle, which is evidence the paper
knows little about the property; tits not
likely IL would knowingly make such "a
report, rs Il is splendid class journal
and aims 90 be- reliable The Paint has
shipped quite 10000 tons OF ore this year
and IL all works well the 80 output will
not fall far, II any, short OF $4,000 tons.
A ten thousand ton contract was closed
this week. Mining is still confined 10 the
lower level where an immense amount Of
ore is shown up and ready TO be mined.
A scarcity OF ore cars hampers rapid
progress to a considerable extent. The
railroad company is adding ears as fast
us possible and it will not be a great
while before there will be enough TO sup
ply the demand. From now on ore will
be taken out and forwarded TO lake
ports as rapidly a. possible. A fine, new
boiler seventy-two inches by sixteen feet,
was added TO the surface equippage this
week. The Paint il busy spot and
there is no construction OF language that
can be used that would place il on the
list OF idle mines.
The Fisk mine, or the Proctor Mining
Co.'S property, on section 33, 40-1S,
near the Commonwealth mine, in which
Capt. j. Il. Schwartz, OF this city is ex-
tensively interested, is Shocking better and
better every day, and continues TO at
tract great attention. The shaft, now
down twenty-threc feet, is bottomed in
thoroughly clean, high grade ore, and all
Indications point TO n big body OF IL on
the property. Supt. Fisk intends to car
~ the shaft down to a much greater
depth and then drift and cross-cut This
weeks developments at the Fisk has ex-
cited men Go the highest pitch, and now
even the most skeptical recognize the
Fisk as mine. The property was form
erly known AZ the Noyes-IIallett explor-
alton.
The exploratory work on section thir-
ty-one, about mile west Of the city,
being conducted by Capt. James Tobin,
!. +. shafer and C. ID. and George Shell
den, presents a very encouraging out
look. A pit twenty-five feet deep is in
ore Of a fair grade though not sufficiently
high in iron TO render il marketable
Considerable trouble has been had with
the surface water oi hate, which made
sinking Go greater depth almost impos-
sible. A plant of machinery has been
purchased and will at once be put up on
the property, when the shaft will be run
down 20 "a depth that will show what
the land contains in the way OF metal
sought. The work SO far shows the ore
TO better with depth.
A reporter 81 THE DIAMOND DRILL
visited Damn * Co.'S exploration, near
the Armenia mine, the fore part OF the
week and found Capt. 0'Dwyer with
force OF three men getting along nicely
with the work The shaft, 5Hxz feet i'm
side, was down forty-hve feet and as has
heretofore been mentioned in these col
ulnns, the ledge was struck at twenty
feet; IL il now over twenty-five feet in
very promising ore. When they reach
aixty-fve foot depth they will com
mence drifting TO the north, probably.
The new shaft at the Alpha mine has a
depth OF sixty feet and il giving better
acturns than any 81 the former work.
At seventy-fve feet IL IL the intention TO
run cross-cut south in order to ascer-
tain the width Of the vein at that point
Future work will depend some ON what
a shown.
ID. NJ. Bend and son Frank, oi Iron
Eiver, havoan option con lot No. 2 ,d3-31,
north oi the Mansfield mine and will
start an exploring crew 20 work az once.
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