The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-12-26
MARQUETTE RANGE.


1 lfDn Ore and Democrat.
At Winthrop 40. 3 shaft. sonill side
| explorations. there has ncccutiv been
considerable improvement. Nolk was
| but recently resumed nlscr cessation uf
several months There WIS a thrcr-ioot
vein al orc ia sight when the stoppapc al
operations Ras or,lercd, Since tl,c re-
sumption tliossc three lret have grown to
ten The ore y "a bluo granular. u hcma-
tite. and assays show Il 10 hold sixty
| five per cent. metallic iron and OlO IN
phosphorus The present depth 81 tie
workings 40 this point Is bat spyrnty fcOf
from surface, and the prospect Is most
cnenutaging.
The gentlemen who have hccn exploring
nc.r Palmer lake, under thetitleuf Buck.
eAc, have craSpsl operations with thcdia-
mnnd dgill. and viii probably sink a
shut, sufficient encouragement havinc
lHen lent la one nf the borings 90 20 to
this expense. They have only about
seventeen feet 20 20 Ca reach the ore---,l
lcmatitc. We trust the property may
develop beyond the most aangnne cx-
pcctations oi those interested.
Mcssrs. Samson and Gaynor, Of this
city, who have been exploring ON lands
owned by the Iron cliffs Company, to
the west 81 tho city, and on -thc range
east oil the American mine. show fine
specimens of hcmatite ore. and the pros
pect Is said 10 be ilattering one. Thclt
Is little or no stripping. They sunk ovef
forty tcstpits last lall, and believe TINT
they have something that warrants th
bclieI that a profitable deposit has bsci.
encountered.
"Fine blue ore in tho entire bottom ~
the shaft" Is The latest from the Fair.
balm option, just east OF the Mitchell.
The solid old iron company NAMED
after Lake superior itself. las opcnta
upon a series Of improvements both here
and upon tho shore oi Lake Erie. Which
means the expenditure 81 nj least 500.
600. This vast amount Of money * tu
be- raised 10y increasing the number "a
shares OF stock by the addition 81 %, OOu
which will make The total number al
shares 100000. Those who arc fortu.
nate enough to got these shares ut $50
each, will be lucky indeed; the old oripi.
nal share owners are the ones, 80 il II
understood. Upon section twcnty-one
the two large double shafts nre going
down at q steady rate one is already
over siXty-live feet deep nnd the other is
down fifteen feet, but Is just now await
ING the completion 81 steam hoist
which is nearly finished Shaft No. j.
IN banded jasper with seams ~ good ore,
some 81 which is being selected out to l,e
put unOn the stOckpilc. Shaft No. *
yet in DRIFT. An engine house is being
built only q temporary one, however, 81
rough boards. Compressed mir will he
used for drilling and both shafts nre cX-
pcctod TO reach the ore for the shipping
season al 1892. Not until hate in '93
will the permanent plant al machinoy
bc placed. On Lake Eric dock is 10 he
built expressly for this company where
they can store their ore aud await
market Co suit them. Two or more large
ore carriers are Ca bc built also All THE
will use up the 100000 very nicely.
The works ON section twenty-one are al
permanent and lnstirg Importance and
in time viii demonstrate the iruth oi
falsity oi DR.. Wadsworth's idea OF the
tissurc theory OF orc. The bodies 81 ore
90 l'c struck by the shafts have already
been mined out to the depth 81 i've hun
drcd feet by the Winthrop when the iii.
yiding line WIS reached and mining hy
this company had To ccasc. IL is on this
theory that the ore extends downward
to Indefinite depths That this work Is he
ing done. The Mitchell mine il nhao
quickly dipping onto lands belonging &C.
the Lake Superior Iron Company nnd ii
will not be long before other shafts fur
thcr east still will he sunk TO reach The
ore. Hnr specuIar ores will no doubt
be eventually struck MS these working,
extend nOrthward.