The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-27
FROM H MINES.
NOTES FROM THIS AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS.
Progress Of Of Operations at the SHAFT
er Mine-New Machinery aud
New Ground - Other
Mining Notes.

feet deep and is resting at that.
The new shaft, numbered three,
near the engine house. is down
10 the third level. $50 feet. and
will soon be ready for use. 1t is
a three compartment shaft and
has a ifty-foot shaft house. The
hosting power for this shaft is
supplied by a new plant OF ma
chine.y recently purchased from
the Morris County Iron Works,
Dover. N. j.. and consists of
engines with l4x1S inch cylin-
ders and two six-foot drums; a
new building is just completed
for the machinery. The sinking
of No. 3 shaft necessitated more
track room and a spur on the
norh side of the open pit, be-
tween No. 3 and the engine house,
will be ready for use next week.
With the many improvements
completed the Shafer will be
capable of achieving a surprising
output. So far this season about
90 900 tons of ore have been ship
ped; one-half of it coming from
the stockpile, which yet contains
20. 900 tons. The sales of Shafer
ore. il Is understood, is not far
from 100, 900 tons, which the
mine in its present excellent con-
dition can easily produce. The
new machinery recently put in
includes a Barr pump Of a capa-
city OF 900 gallons per minute.
Capt. Thos. Ball, Of STAN
baugh, was appointed inspector
az mines for Iron county by the
board Of supervisors at a regular
meeting held last Monday.
Capt. Ball is a Cornish miner of
the old stamp and the appoint
ment gives pretty general salts
faction. He is a very thorough
miner and believes what is worth
doing at all is worth doing well,
and lives up to the rule. In the
management of the Iron River
mines, the third r producer of
the Menominee range, he has
shown himself TO be n mining
man without any superiors. The
DIAMOND DRILL opposed his
appointment. not because he was
considered not qualified 10 dis
charge the duties Of the Office,
but because ii had a candidate
which IL thought more entitled
TO the Office by reason Of SER
vices rendered; that is all. The
writer has known Mr.. Ball
several years and is indebted TO
him for many kind favors shown,
and wishes him well in the new
work on hand.
Operations r soon to be re.
sumed AT the Lee Peck mine and
will be prosecuted on a large
scale. The old machinery used
at the Juniette mine is being re-
paired and will be set up at the
property. G. M. Wheeler, Of
Marquette, is interested together
with j. II. Parks,sH. w. Harte
and r. Florada, OF this city. the
latter gentleman has the super
intendency OF the property. The
Lee Peck is known TO have q
large vein Of rich ore and its
development means an addition
TO the shipping mines OF the
Crystal Falls district. II is
located less than half mile from
the Armenia mine track.
Late. Since writing the
above II is learned Messrs. King
Il Wheeler we purchased the
I'M rest OF Messrs. Parks, Harte.
and Florada.
Capt. II. Sholdise Is exploring
Tor iron on the Fence river for
Republic parties. Operations
we're commenced the fore part Of
the week. A crew OF ten men
are in camp.
In giving the 1890 output of
the mines OF the Crystal Falls
district last week 1t was stated
that the Great Western sent out
61,619 tons, but IL should read
71.7t9, making n considerable
better showing. The output of
last year was the greatest in
the history of the mine, in fact
doubled that OF any other year as
Is shown by the following table Of
shipments by years: 1882. 5s7;
1885, 90. 1925; 1884, 90. 722; 1885,
OK zO5. 1897 Oh 09Q. 1S9s 81 SRl