The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-04-12

notice oil the writer, occurred at the Shafer
mine Thursday morning Thedrop took
place at a point near the open pit few
rods south OF the blacksmith shop. The
surface Is mostly sand and the ore below
has been worked out to the sand, leaving
nothing To support il. Surface water
worked through and a block Of dirt Of
several thousand tons went down. That
part OF the mine has been worked out
resulted, as the dirt rests on the first
level The open pit is no longer an active
part OF the mine and in about ten days
all work there will be- discontinued.
Drifts in the lower levels are all in readi-
ness for stopping and will be used hard
from now on.
substantial new shaft sin course Of
construction at the Scofield mine, says
the Florence Mining News, and when com
pletcd. the work OF shait-sinking will be
commenced and actively prosecuted.
The shalt which is now forty-two feet
deep, has been enlarged and widened six
feet one way and eight feet the other and
timbered for distance Of thirty feet.
The shaft is to he put down 100 feet, ut
which depth considerable drifting and
prosecuting is TO be done. The new
plant Of machinery is upon the ground
and will be set up and placed in position
early next week. The present working
force will be increased from time 10 time.
and things will begin TO hum, at the
Schoheld before the lapse OF many weeks.
Maj. Scoield and Supt. Policeman, the
owners, are bound to make the property
a shipper this season.
Messrs. III. Nunnemacher and II. NJ.
Benjamin, OF Milwaukee, and A. +. Will
lard OF Escanaba, three OF the incorpo-
rators of the Nanaimo Iron Mining Co.,
arrived at Iron River last Tuesday to
look over their mines-the Nanaimo and
Beta--and start work in earnest. The
work OF hosting ore ut the Beta will
commence in about ten days. They
have secured n fine battery al new and
improved boilers and their hosting
machinery will be Of the best and inn
proved kind. Capt Jones, who WIS to
take charge of the property, is now sick
and will not be in condition for several
weeks to assume the superintendency.
The spur tracks, which were mostly
taken up for the Sheridan mine spur,
will be reaid in few days.
Already several mining companies are
being worked up and will soon be organ
lied and active exploring will be com
menccd as soon as the snow leaves the
ground. The Brule River Mining x Ex-
pIoling Co., will be organized in this city
tonight, and will be ofiiced AS follows:
Il. A. Morrison, president G. C. Hanchett,
vicc-president; C. McDermott, secretary.
The company, which is also composed
Of outside capitalists, have secured an
option on the south hall 81 the north
east quarter, al section twenty, 42-35.
and will next week set an improved drill
to work to find the ore. The outlook for
striking ore is said to bc first-rate, and
the men behind the movement have the
necessary cash To push the work Tor all
there is in it.-Reporter.
Charles Herself and Il. Lund OF this
city. who have four year contract with
the Commonwealth Mining Co., to sort
the rock piles mt the Commonwealth
mine, paying the company twenty-five
cents a ton for all the ore they obtain,
have now 420 tons of ore in their possess
sion. They assorted the ore themselves
and were Just two months engaged in the
tedious work Charley and his partner
arenow looking for a purchaser and eN-
pect Go net So or more per ton which
will make pretty good thing FOR the
boys. They will continue their labors
throughout the year. Their ore pile Is
entirely free from rock, and IL high
grade non observation-disclosures Mining
News.
The work at the Miller exploration,
Iron River, Is progressing finely After
drifting a few feet west they passed
through the ore, which they had pre-
viousIy struck. and got into rock. After
drifting several feet in the rock they
abandoned that drift and commenced "a
drift southwest from the shalt. After
going a few feet they struck the ore again
and AT the present writing have driited
about sixteen feet in ore. There cannot
be the least doubt now but what there ~
a large body OF ore at this mine.
Mcssrs. Gibson, Hart and Others, who