The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-17
FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
Brief Mining Notes from along the Menominee
and other Iron Ranges.
rLORENcE MINING NEWS.

llAlitlsNNf T. hlFlNN NtNN.
Snpt. s. r. Bcnttie and cx-Gcnernl
Snpt. j. ~ Porter, al the Florence, have
long entertained the idea that good
body of ore existed in the marsh inmcd-
intely west ~ the Chicago q North
Western Railway depot. A diamond
dim was put Co work there a year or so
nrp, hui thp drlllngwassuspcndcd before
q fair test had hnsn mgda. Al lhp pDrflr
est solicitation al Supt. Bcattie theCom-
pnnv has again commenced Ga explore
the mlrsh, and diamond drill operations
were resumed AZ u point about inrty
rods from tllo rniirnnd tracks ON Tues
day forenoon. The hole ~ now down
$50 feet, at which depth rock WIS on
countcicd whether ii is "a builder or the
ledge il not now known, though thcques-
ton will be determined shortly. Every
body X hopeful that ore will bc discov-
cred in the marsh, and il IL *, Florcncc's
epniipurd prosperity will certainly he ns-
Suled.
Supt II q. kisk Is hvsilinp along
things "a the Buckeye and Is WORKING y
lnrgrr iope OF men than were employed
three weeks ago. lie has suspended sink
Ing nt ihe old shaft az u depth 81 ~,
feet, owing 10 the undergraduates ~ the
pump now in use 10 keep out the water.
Another shaft, however. is going down
about POO ict west az No. | 7, with the
expectation oi cncountering the ore vein.
At last accounts the new shaft WAS down
forty feet and the ledge had not been
REACHED Unpwjipns viii again he ne
sumed ~ ibc 80 shgit ~ inp gelrIHlnrf
when another and q largo pump vii rs
pDt IN The south side of lie Shalt Is IN
good eIrnn ore and the management
I have lirm iaiil IN the belief that il viii
eventually clean up ~ % stlll Ercaier
depth.
They nre lIoisting ON an average al
900 tons per day az the Badger, and
tho ese0llepi product 81 this promising
new mine u gong forward as rapidly NJ
circumstances viii permit A acarpitypf
orc cars Is reported, however, opcr1 lions
having been practically suspended one
dpy this week on account al the non-ar-
rival ~ e8ts The Commonwealth com
pnny's annual output Vii rgsily reach
$4,000 tons. The bulk Of which colpas
from the Badger, which was only opened
up TINS Rp9r,
A. y. Gucnsbqiz and others interested
IN The tne pl9tai Nm, IorWerg Gpcraipd
by the Brown Pool, on seciiQD iwcnty-
four. tO-iT, nra BngOfiatipg for % first
speedily developing tmproporty, While
there * nothing absolutely certain ns
yet ns TO the existence OF u mine there,
tho management mud everybody else who
hasa eA, ulipo'l the numerous tcst-piis
already put ruNh, arp aanguine that
there n q body ~ good ofe gn lhp Pup
city.
NORWAY CURRENT.
cul is w about thirty feet with no favor
able chanec IN lbc ground.
Nothing X bcing done ut ti.r Ilcrkins ~
this time and the are now in stock viii
probably l~ bid oyer until NEXT ycnr
AZ the Mile ihrly mon wnrp diwlHgcd
cnrly IN the month. aud bat tw,dya nfr
now employed. The shipments Tor ihc
year aggregate 5000 toms.
Tie wo.l. at the Little Ones explra-
ton ON the sturgeon, near the Appleton.
haA not yet shown ANYTHING ~ grcni
value, but the outlook Is anything hat
fliacouraging Al. Phelps IN dong the
pfsk vii "A churn drill,
AZ ibr lipwgjac y nInit i lpins sunk Ia
the ledge NJ y point about a.Oniilsfl g4sl
and south 81 tie present shall, iiiln
which II ~ intended 90 put - diamond
drill e. test the formation preparatory
90 sinking another working shaft for the
mine.
tr,nD .yrs Davidson, 81 The Common
wealth mimic, NJ lragD thai superintendent
the Davidson PIT have ',e,p temporarily
discontinued bcrnuse ~ Tho Isci hat
an cunieacir Tor that nrhonki on hasn
been liIlcd. and Il " NOT by Ilt ndyisa-
hlr 90 stock nny. ~
AZ The Ludington The laytg 81 Trucks
upon the three stockpilc grounds u now
III order. There will b. nhdh completed,
moro than two milceoftra0 A Browns