The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-03
FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
Brief Mining Notes from along The McaoEiln'
and other lfoa Ranges.


Thecurry stockpilcshnyehl been load
cd and shipped.
Sinking wil H. resumed ia the main
shnit at East Nulcnn, next month.
A diamond drill will soon Ice set up on
section Twenty-Five, 1910 The showing
there is very encouraging.
The Aragou continues 60 acnd ont CON
siderable one, aud h fully sustaining the
predictions oi its friends
some exploratory work Is being done
by diamond drill la the Fclch Mountain
district near thctifoycland mine.
Last Saturday, some oI tie stock 81
| the Appleton ws,s sold Tor The nonpny-
ncnt III assessments. Secretary Ol'rlcn
81 Chicago came Ia Norway and CON
Quoted the fnlc.
Exploratory wn,l, on section thirty
three has been suspcndelbs the Austrian
syndicate and tlr diamond drill out.it
/ has lArn shipped 10 Masiodon. 1t Is
not lnobahle that any more work viii
he done there this year.
r'he new shaft at West Vulcan hns
reached l,uttom, for the time being II
| IL about u;if,i,et deep and the crupHctit
south Ia the old shaft win Recommended
about twenty Icet from the bottom leav-
-ing that depth Tor a stnll'.
1 The cre,sScut az the Harrison will
prnbnhly have reached the Aragnn line
a distance al about 2T5 lcct from the
shalt, hy the time this Is printed. II Is
now the intention 81 the management
10 drift west from u point ~ the cross
Gu, whore small scam oi ore wits cut
through.
The crowell 4 Company shalt at
Ouii n are hns reached ledge and was
fnrfy-iwo icrt deep, Wednesday. A
small upright boiler aud afhoistiug drum
have been placed, with which TO tIO the
hoisting. The sinking OF the SHIFT and
itsrvnltsarr lTsng anXiunaly watched by
Quinnescc people
Al The llidingtm. ~ shalt A. down 10
The fifteenth level and opening ont Will
legin at once. "l}' shaft is being sunk
below The twelfth level but the work
from this point viii w. much slower than
heretofore, because IL must lac sunk.
There is 30 chance 10 "rnisc." A new
system Of electric Signals will soonbe put
IN.
The force at the Chaplin is somewhere
near 100 men and the output for tlis
month will be about 10000 tons. At
the enst end the work recently done has
been very satisfactory. while at the west
end the work * not being very vigorously
pushed. The output from the mnin
levels IL seemingly satisfactory. ID"
Shaft is about twenty feet below the
eighth level and Is finished ready for the
cage runners This shaft could he made
ready for hoiStine in a short time NJ the
engines are in place and the hosting
frame IA up.
FLORENCE MINING NEws.
"A the Wcbler- Peterson find, ON the
northwest quarter Of the southwest
quarter al section wcniyiour, 1O-lT,
HE shalt now going down IL
eighteen feet deep and eight icct in clean,
rich-lookipg understandable ore, the
quality 81 which Is known 90 he excellent,
being IN the ncgllborhood OF sixty per
cent Of metallic iron and comparatively
low in phoephorouS. The water is
botherng to such an extent tho equip
mcnt of machinery having yet been sup
plicdl that Supt Wcbhrr WILL after to-
day stop sinking for u time and drive
another Shalt down a lew rods further
To the northwest across the formation
or near the banging wall This property
hns now been pretty thoroughly tested
and the results are highly pleasing Co the
lucky option holders and also 60 Abel
Reyes, the principal i,r owner. All that
IL needed now Ia prove beyond the
shadow ~ a doubt theexiSinnce of n valu-
able mine IL tornlafrc nndf ink one uf the
shafts down at lcnst one hundred feet
and then crOssciit Ore has been found
ten TO fourteen feet from the surface in u
number ~ pits catered here and there
over the formation, the foot aud hanging
wallis have been CLEARLY located, and all
that Is now needed u GREATER depth. in
order to accomplish this, u plant Of
machinery is n paramount necessity
A. Il. Guenshurg * giving hispromising
property on the south hall ui the north
west quarter of section twcnty-four a
thnroughnn systematic testing, aud the
results so far obtained cqual la import
nncc all that has been said concerning
the twin property 'aeross the line"
He has struck solid lrdgcs oi ore i'm
three or four shafts but the metal lies
n little deeper than II docs az the
Wcblrr-Peterson property. The water
has Also bothriod 10 such an extent ns
Ia compel the cessation 81 sinking oper-
atinflS for u shout time. or until the
establishment ~ plant OF machinery
which has nlrudy been ordered. la the
meantime SIR ,iuonAlmig who has ident-
icaily the same formation al states and
soaprock ~ his nciphborn, isquietly sink
ing iesipi.e here and There with view
~ determining tho proper locations for
pcrmenint shafts, engine house, etc.
Although the Florncchns only shipped
about 10000 tuns 81 ore this season.
she has na,ln I'M excellent output record,
~ il shown by the following interesting
table;
Mlnrtl in 80 ............Hi .s.5u AH6 n5222
A., stock January -. iV.S2i sd.DaH 1891
Total. ...75.iT7 aG.7na 1896
Balance on hand ...72.S;ia 1910 S1ai2|
The Flonnce IL steady mining ore
and considerable new ground has boon
Opened updufing tilq current year. a force
81 about 100 men being constantly en-.
ploycd. With hail way prosperous
SEASON next ycnr. this reliable property
cnn lie counted upon ngnin taking her
position as the second inigcat producer
on the Mcnomlnec range
The Commonwealth Mining Company
has :,Go MINES upon its payroll, 225 |
~ whom arr employed atil,e new Bad |
,cr mine Shipmfuia anil sn,ring opcf-
atoms lmtc lccn temporarily suspended |
M the Davidson, bat 900 toms of orc /
are daily l,uiaicd az the Bndgor nnd /
Commonwealth mines, and AhipnrntsI
ire going mcrri'y on.
shait-sinkine 60 y second level Is stead
lv and myotnllv progressing az the
buckeye. Iwcniy-one men are now en-