The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-02-08

Bc~Scmef, and worth nearly double III
value the proulltt OF mnny OF the money
making nnn-Bessemer properties.
The exploration By Messrs. f. Florada
and Byron White, on the east hall Of the
northeast quarter dissection twenty-one,
I:,-32. presents very ilattefing prospects,
In shaft near the east line, or adjoining
the tnlbertrOn property operated an
1887 by Luke Welch, a pit cut the ore
and several Thousand tons oil merchant
able ore was taken out. When down
forty Teet water mnde in very rapidly
and ~ tie work Is being done under
windlaAS, the shaft could not be- contin-
uud. Another shaft WAS started some
five hlndnSl feet This shaft bottomed
in fine ore at about twenty-five feet.
which proved to bee only a scale; then
came clean quartz which on Wednesday
AZ depth oi fOrty-iive ieet had been leit
and the one waSngfin makingin In splcn-
did condition, giving the operators much
encouragement. The shaft will he put
down one hundred feet and II the ore H.
not found la place the shaft will be used
as a center of action from which drifts
and cross-cuts will Inc driven in search Of
ore, Which il j. almost certain exists
there, from the fact that the land covers
the trend OF the Great Western formation.
The option wis explored ip 1887, con-
siderable ore found, but none in place.
II developments 81 the next few weeks
warrant, the operators will put I'm some
machinery.
Capt. c. r. Roberts expresses the belief
that wien OF Iron ore exists ON the south
west quarter Of the southeast quarter of
section twelve, I2-33, and has made pre-
parations to do on extensive line OF
delving. lie began work there i'm the tall
with windlass and as far as he coolidge
with the means az hand the Indications
were good. Water prevented any great
depth and this week he placed machinery
ON the ground, the plant having power
enough to keep the shaft clear az water
and do the hosting strong hoisting
bent has been placed over one of the old
SHIFTS, which WAS put down seven or
eight years ago 10y the Atlas Mining Co
The shaft * supposed To be about sixty
feet deep. The water will he removed,
the shaft rctimbered and put down to
100 feet, drifting aud cross-cuttting To be
carried con- from that depth The Alpha
mine j. on the west side OF the same
section, the vein having an east and west
course. This fact gives Capt. Roberts
reasonable assurance that the vein will
be found ON the land covered by his
option. lie i "a very systematic aud
explorer and viii not stop until
he is fully satisfied the ore is not TO bee
had there.
Capt j. b. schwartz reports this week
q very favorable outlook at the Fair
banks 4 shaft at the south end az the
workings has penetrated ore Of AN excel
lent quality. Tie shaft mentioned is
down about seventy five feet and after
cutting into some of the old work bot
TONED ia ore. The dip at this point is
to the south, but very slight The shalt
will be continued down until IL strikes
the loot wall, when some arrangements
Tor future work will be made, provided,
OF course, the quantity OF ore ~ sufficient
TO warrant. Capt Schwartz has firm
belief that the east line OF the property
cuts an ore lenze, but of course at what
depth cannot even be guessed After n
certain depth * reached a drift will be
driven east Co determine a thing that
many mining men have long been anxious
to know. Capt Schwartz is doing the
work alone aud doing IL well That the
Fairbanks property will yet send out
lots OF ore, no one, after visiting the
mine, will question. fair plant of ma
chincry Il on the ground and the G. * n
w. railroad track has "A spur 10 the stock
dock
The property known as the Night
Hawk. on the northwest quarter Of the
northwest quarter az section eighteen,
42-33, near the Mastodon mine, is
developing rapidly. The main shaft is
now down sixty-two feet all but ten OF
which Is ia ore az excellent grade. The
shaft will rest at It's present depth until
the width and. "a suitable length has been
cst0 blishcd The work OF cross-cutting
and drifting WAS inaugurated Tuesday.
AZ thirty-iivc feet this vein was cruss-cut,
showing a good width, with n tendency
TO widen with depth The ore is hard
aud blue. not unlike the product az the
Night Hawks neighbOr, the Mastodon.
The ground is very stiff and NO water of
account binders the work, making IL a
very desirable property tooperate. The
owners OF the Night Hawk are Henry
Dixon, ThomAs Trvona and X. ID. Perkins
all Of Mastodon; the exploratory work
is being done largely by their own hands.
The prospects Of their owing valuabl
mine ARE good The property Is within
Western railroad.
The South Mastodon mine Is soon TO
be equipped with a larger aud more com
plete plant OF mining machinery, that
now Ia use having been placed only for
exploratory purposes and Is now made
quate to- the requirements. The working
shaft Is now 1875 feet deep, still going
down and will not rest until the depth
shows l25 feet; the sinking being the
only mining going ON az present. The
shaft Is in good ore and the property is
looking all that could be asked From
the proposed depth a drift will be driven
south where IL Is almost certain q larger
body 81 ore will be cut. The South Mas
tndnn's shipment last year was only