The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-09-26

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three feet. and at five feet the Gre
had cleaned up. giving evidence
OF body. A FIVE foot drift gees
IN to the east from the bottom of
the shaft.
Ii is the aim of the Hope Mn
ing Company TO send out some
ore from its mine, the Hope. for
merly Lee Peck. in this district,
this fall. In conversation with
Mr.. John McGavock, one of the
contractors. il is learned that the
spur track will be completed DC
tober 10, or very near that date.
The track takes in from the Ar
menia spur about one mile this
side of that mine and its length
is one and three-fourths miles,
A force of sixty men Is now en-
ploycd ON construction. and II
Mr.. McGavock completes the
work 40 the time stated, IL will
be remarkable example of hus-
tie.
The Lincoln mine will have
ore TO sell next year, il having
passed from an exploration TO n
producing mine, as shown by the
recent developments. In the
north cross-cut clean ore fifteen
feet wide was shown. The vein
was drifted sixty feet west in the
ore and again cross-cut, proving
an increased width OF twenty
five feet Messrs. Northup,
Mead, Erickson. Haring and
other Escanaha gentlemen in
tercsted. have worked long and
faithfully with the property and
are deserving OF rich returns,
which now seem not very far of.
Nothing new TO report from the
exploratory work at the Masto-
don mine this week, other than
that the work is progressing very
nicely, with q slight change in
the formation noticeable. The
mine has forwarded 10000 tons
OF ore for the season OF 81 and
has eight thousand tons in stock.
Some work has been done in the
open pit during the summer, but
has been discontinued, to be
taken up later. The present
working force is seventy men.
The Glidden exploration, by
Mr.. G.. III. Phelps, near the Mich
igamme river, is sending some
very fine ore 60 the surface,
though il is not absolutely clean.
At a depth Of l25 sect cross-cut-
ting was carried north and south,
the ore being found in the north
side. Mr.. Phelps is quite icon.
fident that a body of orc exists
there. but is OF the opinion that
il will be necessary 90 carry the
shaft TO a greater depth in order
to reach il.
The Shafcr mine is just laying
in 20 IL. seeming TO strive 10 make
up for lost time, and gives en-
couraging hopes of catching up.
The output 20 dhte isnei for from
30. 600 sons. which is only about
3 096 tons short of the entire pro
duct Of last year. From 700 10
900 tons OF ore has marked the
daily shipment since the mine
came into the hands OF Messrs.
Lindsay & Ross, the new con
tractors.
The Paint River Mining Com
pany is preparing TO do some eX-
atory work at or near their mine
of that name and will employ a
diamond drill for the purpose.
The mine has sent out 40, 600 tons
of ore this season and is moving
four hundred tons per day, on an
average. The stock pile meas
ured 1000 at the opening of the
season and still retains that
weight, or very near it.
Shaft sinking al the | zee Peck
property will come 10 an end, for
time. this week. Sinking was
started from n level eighty-four
feet deep and will rest at about
100 feet tonight. from which point
drifts and cross cuts will be at
once carried. The work on the
first level was very satisfactory
and il is thought that the present
depth will show a much greater
quantity Of ore.
One cargo OF the product of
the Roberts extensive man
gancse mine, near the Mastodon
has been shipped 10 the Illinois
Steel Company. nj Chicago. and
more OF il will soon follow. Five
hundred tons OF the rich mater
ial has been removed and placed
ON stock dock
Supt. j. N. Porter. for many
years tho leading mining man of
Iron county. Is now located at
Colorado Springs. Colo, where
he is in charge OF extensive min
ing properties.
A lay og until December has
been granted the Great Easteip