The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
ls.cf Mining Noes rom along the Menominec
and other Iron haanSg.
TL0RENcE MININa NEws.

FLORENCE MINING NEWS.
At six o'clock hast night the diamond
dril on the Florence Mining tnmpany's
lrsplOmiion. in the swamp just west al
the a. a NV, depot, WIS down a depth
81 ~ feet, apd thr mgn iu charge Of the
machine was confident tha lrign had
been struck. Drilling for ghe past lew
dHya has hrrn very slow owing 10 the
hard md brnknn nature 81 the rock. The
Mining News hopes Ca he able neNi week
TO chronicle the finding Oi nomct,,.ng
more encouraging.
The Buckeye Mining Company will hold
@,sajll mectingat Menondncc. ON Tues.
day. Octoisr ~, for the purpose Of ne.
organizing under the h,Ws oi Wisconsin.
The capital stock ~ the company viii be-
reduced from 81 ,5OO,O 900 10 S3OOO0O,
~ CONSIST of 100 900 shares ne - cac,l.
The COMPANY Inns been operating undcr
llle laws ~ Michigan.
As befetofore sta esd in thc Mining News,
operations nt the Davidson have bepD
temporarily discontinued beenuse 81 tho
fact Tint all contracts for that grade 81
ore have been filed, aud ii not thought
advisable TO stock any.
NORWAY CURRENT
The com,6on@cYlfbis working but one
shaft, ID, az its old msne and about
200 tons per day is being added tO its
stockpilc, which now contains 10000 or
/ ~ .GgD Ions. Work at the Davidson has
leen icmpo.sry suspended, although
there Is plenty OF ore. ~ y mt copsid-
/ cred profitable To stOckpiIc, and the sea-
son's gnlcs al about 10000 tons have
been mined and shipped. At the Badger,
/ which although tho property of the Com
monwoalih Iron Coppapy, 10 virtually
nnoiher mine, being a hall mile rom The
old miup, about $4,000 tons have been
shipped, and tho daily output Hoes not
/ fall mnch short at ,nOU tons, This
mino has something al remarkable
record hs stripping did not begin Gil
early spring and something like a mile
! track had tO bc graded and hid before
shipping could begin The deposit ~ a
lynlua 10 one extending on the course oi
! tho ore, ~ .av ~ tDqWn, about 700 feet /,
Ia a. running from ciglily' Ia iQs lept IN
width. 0n the discovery oi the orc liy
Supt Dntidsoh, stripping wns begun,
winges sunk len the ore and two elaits
sunk in ihe igote9ll through which TO
hoist the Oif ~ sklpg, ufteI p Eppusptiun
had been made .leisecl The haitQnls 81
the shafts HBil lIe lln.iOgs u tac vine
The connection iriHpU Oan sllntl nud
i tue VINO tlpu tiic 80 ~ Wis fgfH UfJNf
aud huiAiilg 10y rlSip lWein The ether
shalt was fnnh iiepnbleSomr On account
~ okakenlel, mil pending iisculnplction
., lissirtlns sss.l;e WAS erected near ~ and
a skil,way rtln DIVA lho fWfwali slic ~
the PIT. The iottnm ~ Tho npCs tls u
now 100 feet deep and tho two arc doing
good duty. The Sernisd SHIFT will soon
lln rcatlyaaJ d fhw, one 25uI,tt dirinnt
While put dpWnnnd s,r,lltfllN connected,
and Tie Badger Viii ihcn bcin paliiipsr
/ ~ 4 az year * work. ~ %. Some nlOc
slnppllg VII w done and then ns soon
lD4 thc shipping 4eDr," piiifrs so much ~
llho hanring waI az " l2kcangY VII hr
ii,lnstei ,lpKn and npo>ed 10 NUKE Il
p0eel.'r 81 dnAi,ls ille depth a In pit
without dnneer. Jiif earth REMOVED Nv
firipplnr. has been urel 10 lc,fiineupl!W
surrounding lcrrl'ufIV,d The niue has
lmuwnvn'Iablc ans fenient stockri'e
rock taken from glt "e;y
economically haniIh M
u from sixty 70 eigI' p