The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-31

ne fof1}n< winter NONE ~ Which Now
tytr VIII bt delivered uni the cI1>4. 81
navigation, tun,c time la <,,xtu.l..r
| 'i'c output 81 the badger during tho f;isf
YEAR ~ its cNistrncc as IA mine IA A re
nnfknblc ono, the work achieved bv The
,'n'e ANA hurtiing Young superintendent.
having, with possibly one or two excrp-
rfptions' never been c0uallcd by another
mime manager ON this or amy other
range. The ore is "A very hiqll grade az
-hefscmcr, and the deposit er..,ns ~
b. well nigh inexhnustible The Badger
indeed has a brilliant future before H..
ana as an ore producer bids mir 10 he
come y formidable rival of the rinnt Chn-
pin, within Few years, and tx nrodurt
nearly equal the mtter's IN excellence 81
quality.
The cnierpfising Commonwealth Min
ing Company laH Just purchased an ele.c-
trio light plant for it, three mines IA the
village Of commonwealth, near this CITY.
the improvement tO b. put la az once
The plant will be placed IN the engine
house at the old uinc. but has been pro-
cured morn particularly Tor the new Bad
ger ininc, which will heS supplied with most
nl the twenty nrc lights. Only one dynh-
mo machine viii IN ilsctl at present. but
ate another dynamo whenever II 4
needed. When the electric leht snsten
is ~ operntion. the immense pit az tho
lindecr will bc brilliantly Illuminated at
night, thus enabling men to work bet wcrn
shutdown and sunset AZ acknowledgements
ns in broad daylight Electric lights Ell
but n small figure underground, bat arr
almost Indispensable in mine working
open cut.
The Buckeye folks are testing their
property ON the hill about forty
rods or 80 northwest 81 the OLD workings.
Some good luuking ore, mixed with
quartz. has btyn encountered in some OF
the pits, this being sufficient encourage
mcnt to warrant the management in
sinking q shaft and crosS-cuttins. The
ore found resembles that Of the old Com
monwealth mine. The now exploration
is directly ON line with the latter prop
criy. and about a mile and a hall directly
south 81 Flurcncc.
Considering the dull state 81 the ore
market throughout nearly the cntirr sea-
son, the output of the Florence * a fair.
| ~ large one. though only u little more
than one-qunrter oi the ore mined has
been shpped. The record up 10 We'd
Ecslay hast was as follows.
Florence. Espe. Total.
Output .....................s2.7O 100 37.T70 i2OsnS
shipped ,...............,..... 500 2Vo2o 3i.al0
on hand..a...........,.Ti.sia 1870 S5.5o2
As first announced in last weeks Min.
inc News, "a special meeting OF the Buck
eve Mining Company will bc held at Me
nominee next Tuesday. The capital
stock will be- reduced and the company
will be- organized under the laws OF Wis
cOnsin.
NORWAY CURRENT
Wednesday afternoon. The drilcrs
working in the bottom oi No = shaft at
the Hamilton were somewhat surprised
by the striking of u body ~ water which
forced itself through a drill hole with
strength enough 60 knock one of the men
uIf the machine II WAS with difficulty
Tint the drill could he hcstcd ont al the
shaft before the water raised high enough
60 eicctnally prevent any further work.
While the How cannot b. accurately H.
ureh, IL u somewhere between 100 and
300 GALLONS per minute, lui whether II
viii ho continuous or not can only be
proven hy lapse oI time The now cleo
trio pump for the | ,32J.fout level has
not been placed and some other means
must be used 60 bring ihc water to sur
face. The shnit Is something more than
400 lcct deep
AZ the Millie, but little mining Is being
done except The driving al "a dlifi. Com
siderable repairing and cleaning mp is be
ing done, and the compressor will soon
be- doing duty.
The shaft ON section sis. $3.50. Is
down about thirty feet and the banded
jasper X slowly but surely cutting out.
There j. no query IN the minds ul those
interested ~ to the present future Oi the
prunerty. That their most slnguine a.
forts may be realized is hoped 10y all 4
recent analysis of ore from the shalt
gave more than siNty.fonr per cent. iron.
We learn that contract has been let
for the sinking al hetowcH. ZONES and
Biigll shnft at Quinncsec, 100 f,et IN the
ledge 'fha SHAFT * now down to u ledge.
a depth of something mnu than forty
( feet. IA noted heiorc la these columns,
IL II u two-compartmeut shalt each oNS
feet in size.
A syndicate has been formed Go con-
iinuc the explorations on section twenty
fye, 1890, and shalt will he com
mcnccd in few days. The work will be-
pushed vigorously, and We hope that
Messrs. Sicard. Wheeler and Huston viii
bc amply rewarded Tor their perseycr'
Ance.
The LAYING "a The track on thc grounds
for the several stoekpilcS 40 the l.udlng-
ton, Is being vigorously pushed. Tho
laying Of these tracks viii dispense with
the Use of temporary trucks Tor the
steam shovel TO work next summer.
The drift west from the bottom Of the
Harrison il in about ifty-fouriect. Some
ore shows ~ ibr drift but not enough Ia
make the outlook yory encouraging.
IL is probable that the work ~ Tia
Austrian x Company syndicate, on see.
ton thirty.threc has been permanently
abandoned,