The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-17

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Opinion ofcrystal Falls Iron Ore
Producers Mccusker's New aud
Apparently llifh find other Notes
from The District Mining Matters
PORTRAYED by Menonlince Range
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Many noticeable changes are
going ON in the mining work at
the Shafer and all give evidence
OF the greatness of the property;
IL was only a year on SO ago that
the Shafer WAS regarded MS mere
ly one OF iliessmaller mines of
the district and not capable OF
doing much IN the way OF pro
duction of ore, but during the
present and past seasons has
proved that IL is one of The larger
ones, and thorc is no let.up 10
the improvement No. 3 shaft
is 800 feet deep and ON that level
has stopped out q large room TO
the east which represents an ore
body distinct' from the other
three which compose the ore for
nation OF the mine, A south
cross-cut was carried l45 feet and
has just cut what is known as
the south vein. being the ore
which runs east and west and
that i'm which first operations
were conducted. The cross-cut
will be continued into the ore
body and raise made TO the
second level. Supt. II. j. Jcn-
nings IS now doing captain work
underground. and is proving that
lie knows q thing or two about
the business. Last week he
Blasted two pillars OF ore on the
40 foot leHcl,. which let down
one estimated at $4,000 tons, be-
sides "a vast area Of ground'from
the .tnsfacc. This. MIR Jennings
declares. is a caring system pure
~ his own. and aiiirms that il
works like n charm. The ore
broken in the $50 foot level is
taken 20 the surface through the
olyf'shaft known as No. >. Shaft
No. is idle now, but there will
I'm use for it before long. IL is
not generally know that the Sha
for mine. ohtsido of the south
vein. which runs east and west,
is composed. at present. Of three
distinct pockets or beds OF ore.
each one giving u different char
actor Of ore. The pockets lie
nearly Hat. the dip being to the
south. and they appear one above
the other. Pocket No. ! is to
the northeast OF No. 3 shaft, and
has been stopped considerably
from that shaft, but has not Civ
en it's full extent No. , pocket
Is TO the sonth. separated by u
body Of rock. and has shown q
much largerdcposii of ore than
Sta neighbor 10 the north. The
next pocket, known as No. ,, Is
more 60 the south and starts
above the preceding pocket. No.
. shaft passes through this peck
et. which has a depth of 100 feet.
but does not intercept pocket
No. > in the 200 foot level. though
a short cross-cut % tho north
shows IL. All OF the pockets
have the appearance OF much
body and will probably continue
in their full tota great depth.
The mine certainly was never in
better condition than today and
tho contractors, Messrs. Ross q
lindsay. are cleaning up a nice
output for the property. the
shipment TO date - nearly 10000
tons. Tho daily out pst ranges
from 500 80 700 tons and but lit
II ore remains on the stociSpile.
Cata .Thos. j. McCusker was
inter yiewcd by q DIAMOND Dui.t.
represei. tatiya This week, with
re1ard 10 his new ore find down
The Paint river. and from his ac-
count IL certainly looks like a big
thing. II Il situate in: a lot IN
section four. 1882. about four
miles from the city. Mr.. Me.
Cusl1er says he has uncovered
the ore n distance OF fifteen rods,
IL lying under from one to three
feet Of easy surface, and that he
has determined the width OF the
vein 10 be seventy FIVE feet be
tween the walls. which are soap
stone on the west and rod siatos
ON the east side. The ore seems
10 be a good grade and Mr.. NC
Quicker is Of the opinion. worthy
OF consideration that tbis,{s he
continuation Of the May vein ~
ore. Nothing is being done now,
Aeyclopment boing deemed suf-
fciept TO enable NeCusker to
interest capital with hial in
proving the~xtent Of the prop.
ertv. It is TO be- hoped that all
viii comerp 10 tho genial cap
tain's expec atoms and that he
will succeed h securing help in
the work. and that II VIII turn