The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-01


The Manganate mine il now where il
WIS expected 10 lie some time ago--at
the point oT shipping, but very little ore
can be sent bs water this year. Two
slerricks and "A hoisting plant are in posi-
ton at the open pit. The deposit of
manganese in NJ. ! shalt continues to
improve and will NO doubt yet prove the
best part Of the mine The property
will be in such shape next spring that a
very large output can he made--iln out
put which win probably distance that
heretofore made from any one mine IN
the district. The ore is there and the
management knows its business.
Tie first shipment OF ore from the new
Crystal Falls mine was made Yesterday.
ten car loads being sent 90 Escanaba
The mining X being done from the open
pi5 and there is very little stock room,
mining hats been rather SLOW. but now
that they can make away with the ore
mined. some tall work will be done. The
foundation for the new hosting plant IL
about ready for the machinery which II
daily expected. The open cut shows be-
tween 10000 and 10000 tons of ore
and everything in connection with the
property is well ia hand.
The output OF the Great Western mine
llllS Ntilf VIII itNfU llbhllN III tbl Uuttt
10000 tons The greatest output here
tofore ever made by this property ia one
season WAS that OF last year, which was
600 tons less than 10000. There is
am abundance of ore in sight, the mine Il
in AN excellent condition aud would not
create much OF surprise II I'M output OF
100000 tons could be achieved next
year
The Dunn mine is another property
that was behind an it's improvements.
which causes the output to fall short OF
that estimated, but will hold up e. that
OF hast year, which was l5l 600 tons.
The Dunn Is now provided with "A hoist
ing plant and other operating machinery
second TO none on the range. The Dunn
will be i'm line next year and will surely
cut wide swath in shipments.
The robin find, near the Shafer mine,
is proving greater every day The ore
ON analysis shows u per cent. of metallic
iron Of from siXty-iive To seventy and
low enough in phosphorus 10 take IL into
the Bessemer market. At "A depth OF
sixty feet the vein has been cross-cut
thirty feet and but one wall shown. The
ore is clean and really beautiful and
Capt. Tobin has a bonanza.
The Shaier mine will hardly reach the
output cHtltnattu nut III VIII make a. pet
ter record than ever before by nearly six
times. The property had "A run Of hard
luck during the summer which curtailed
shipments materially. That the mine is
a large one the work of this season has
fully demonstrated.
new boiler is being put in position al
the Alpha mine. The property is looking
well and will add It's quota Co the 81
output from the district. The spurirom
the Mastodon track is not yet com
pleted.
The machinery at the May mine il in
operation after an idleness 81 several
months A side track * all that il nee.
cssnry Go connect the property with the
main railroad.
The tilidden mine il now right down "a
business; the new machinery Is in good
working order and developments are
progressing finely.
Capt. c. Il. Roberts contract work al
the Youngstown mine Is fast nearing an
end. AT present the ore mined is being
stocked.