The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-08-22


now Thoroughly testing the property and
| will. according to all human probability,
sooner or latter strike the true vein. No
sane man can look upon the immense
pile OF mixed ore taken ont of the shalt
and say that there IL mo mine upon the
property. A large number of mining ex-
perts have examined the Baird .Guens-
| burg property, and all have unhesitat-
/ ingly declared that "A mine exists some
whrre upon it.-Florence Mining News
Charles Peterson aud Frank Webber. 80
the same journal states, have made n
big discovery 81 ore Un the north west
quarter 81 the southwest quarter of the
same section, and that the length has
/ been tested | 600 feet, width forty feet
| and Of ore that analyses AZ high ~ : SO
per cent. metallic iron. thought Ia he low
/ in phosphorus. That district has been
explored more or less since 1880, the
! first work being done there hv Nelson
/ HalSey for the Menuminee Mining Com
pany, but heretofore all 81 the ore
unearthed WIS of a very poor grade, the
| percentage of iron not being high enough
/ To warrant development ia the most
easy market known during the history
Of the range.
The first train al loaded ore cars nin
over the Escanaba, Iron Mountain 4
\ Western road, Go EScnnaha, Thnrhday
/ The Florence Mining News is informed
! TINT the North Western company Will
! Immediately uegin the work of ironing
\ the new road from Iron Mountain to
/ Florence. The bridge across the MenOm-
inee river will be- constructed as soon az
the necessary filling Tor the approaches
is completed. This is being done by Me
! Gayock Brothers. whose contract calls
! for the filling OF $4,000 square yards Of
dirt. The tracks 81 the Norili-A cstern
and the new road have been connected by
a half-inile spur ut "A point near Vulcan.
! lt is expected that the Nortll-Western
/ folks will extend the new road 10 Crystal
! Falls nextyear. Agood thingall around.
Sinking in No. shaft hns been sus-
pended in order To make preparations to
cut out room for the electric pump
and performs other necessary work before
| dropping the shaft further linnge. The
above is evidently siock item kept in
| type Co save the mining editor of the
Range any hardship that might be
endured by reason oi getting a move on
/ himself once in awhile The reader can
! fix the item To bear ON amy mine lac sees
! fit.
! The Commonwealth Company is hoist
ing at the rate OF ! 300 toms OF ore per
dry from it's three mines, OF which
amount 600 tons is credited To the Bad
ger, the new find A second skiproad
/ began hOisting Yesterday, and in about
two weeks the Badgers daily output will
average from 300 To 900 tons. The
new find * destined 10 become one Of the
largest and best paying non-Bessemer
properties on this range Mining News.
No. = shaft az the Hamilton * twenty
! feet below the bottom 81 the 18th level
1 in M. | shaft, aud work WAS commenced
! hast Tuesday to open ont a station aud
| TO put IN new hearers Tor the shaft. No.
| Is working smoothly IN every respect. As
for ore there * lots OF il. In every direc-
! tun seemingly, aud surely plenty down
wards The Hamilton will take the
front rank as shipper one OF these days. -
Range.
Capt Bryant al the Appleton, was i'm
| the city Wednesday,, and had in his
possession some specimens of soft blue
ore which had been taken from tile cross
cut north from the hottom ui the shalt
! The cross-cut il all in ore Tor "A distance
OF five feet.
Supt. Banks, Of the Ludington. return
| ed from eastern mining districts where
/ he inspected conveying plants aud u c',n-
yinced that the cheapest method is by
cable trainway and will bring them into
use az the Ludngton.
WorSmen are ON with the foundation
! lorthe new boiler housent the Hamilton,
| the dimensions ARE 36Xll6.
Norway Current: The exploratory
work beingdone un section six, 1923, un-
der the direction uf Capt. Richard Lowry
| il giving very satisfactory results. A shaft
being sunk north az the highway near
Il
| very fair ore, although depth enough has
not yet been attaind To warrant any
estimation az To the size OF the ore body.
On section thriy-three, the standpipe
| Tor "a diamond dull hole had reached Il
depth Of l5l feet Tuesday and the con
tractcr Mich. Mullens, informed the r..
porter thnt a large boulder ON the ledge
had be, u reached.
The totil shipmentsfo Tor the season from
the mines OF the Penn Iron Mining
Company will reach very nearly lOO,-
600 tons nnd the shipments from both,
stockpiles and mines are going on very
regularly.
The crnsscut north from the hnttom
az the Harrison shaft is in about 2lO
feet and * still IN the same formation of
! Jasper with small seams OF good ore rum
ming through a..
AZ Southeast Vulcan, the station is
being cut ont ~ the fifth level aud no
ore X being hoisted through tie shalt ut
/ the present time.
The Hamilton X shipping only the
ore that Il. bclng mined each day, leaving
/ the stuckpile intact on account of high
i ifrigits.
The cage has been putinto "B'' shaft at
7 the Ludingtou and Will souu be- doing
duty The shaft is finished TO the
! twelfth level.