The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-04-26


the Iron River district, are being prose
rnted with vigor and push which j. highly
sommendable 20 the present manage-
,nent. II there ever existed a doubt IN
the minds Of a few a. 10 the future OF
this property developing into a large
paving producer. its present promising
,,ppenrance would entirely dirpel them.
Very little work il being done IN the old
levels. the management giving their entire
attention TO the sinking 81 the main
shuit, which has now reached depth oil
s.eventy-iive feet. being in size Sxl2 feet
and will be- lowered 10 a depth of at least
$50 feet, at which point drifts viii be
ran with and across the vein and the ore
stopped out as fast as opened. II will be
loisted by two and one-half ton skip,
which will be worked 10y "A Rochester dn-
plnx hoist az four feet in diameter, in
stead Of hoisting it by derrick, rs hereto
lore. The old stock dock is bcinggeatly
enlarged by the rock which il hoisted
from the shaft, aud will, when completed
have a frontage ON the side track Of
about forty feet by about seventy feet
wide. The stock pile Of ore Is beginning
to assume favorable proportions; while
the ore il unquestIonably a No. non
Bessemer. some OF the analyses show
Bessemer returns. and il il continues its
present uniform style, will be the best
ore mined in the Iron River district.
Maternal for the erection Of large engine
house. Office aud ware house is being
lill,oed ON the ground and carpenters will
at once begin erecting the same. The
hcnelits 20 be- derived blythe community
of Iron River from the working OF this
mine are beginning Go attract no little
attention. IL is quite apparent that
when the main shaft, which Is now being
rapidly hurried forward. reaches the de-
sired depth and Slopes are opened up,
the fall length Of the vein it win give en-
ploymcnt to very large force Of men.
The Florence Mining News has the
following Co say 81 our Mansfield mine:
"W. Calhoun Of the Mansfield Mining
Co, Crystal Falls, passed through the
city, Yesterday, on his way down the
line. lie informed Mining News re-
porter That dovclopmental work was
rapidly and satisfactorily progressing at
The Mansfield, and was confident that
everything would bc ready tu commence
shipping just az soon as the spur 60 the
mine IL built, which will be early in June.
The south drift is now POI feet in ore, Of
the Same excellent Bessemer quality
encountered at the earlier stages OF the
drifting The working shaft is down
reventy-two feet, and is To be sunk TWEEN
ty-cight feet deeper when connection will
ln made with the ore drifts seventy or
eighty feet east. but ia the meantime
Supt. Ball is prosecuting in the direc-
ton Of the working shaft. An immense
cribbing, lGx1s feet, hns been built
around the old working shaft 10 a height
AZ ten or twelve feet, the Aills of which
rest upon solid one. This has been done
10 thoroughly protect the shaft from uny
possible overflow Of the river, which is
only Blk or eight feet distant"
Water is being kept ont Of the Grove
land mine, ia the l'cch Mountain dis
trict. but no mining orexploraiory work
is being done. Al the Groveland prop
ctty there seems Ia bc considerable ore
but 81 such poor grade that IL cnnnot
De- disposed OF to a profit. Members Of
the company proposed the erection Of
concentrating works az the mine, and "a
special meeting 81 stockholders WAS
called ia February for the purpose 81
considering the advisability 81 the
scheme. The result az the meeting has
not been given TO the public ,s yet il is
quite proUablc that the scheme fell
through, as IL WIS not one that wise
men would readily consent TO. even il
tho money was az hand wherowith 90 go
on with the work. IL Is not known
whether any work will be- done there this
ycar on not. The property has excel
TENT machinery and Is well equipped to
do heavy work The company asked
the Milwaukee Il Northern for four
mile spur aud WAS refused, 30 It went on
and slDent upwards Of $4,000 in put
4ing in the track, that 50 far never has
boon Of any use 20 them
At the Nanaimo mine they are placing
their boilers as fast as IL rs possible "a
get men To do the work, but 1t will be-
Two weeks yet before they get the pumps
started To pump 10 out Capt. May