The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-12-07

been opened. these being now about
exhausted OF their mineral treasure.
Another level will be added. ant with
this object in view the shaft " being
sunk an additional 100 feet The levels
are eeventy-five feet thick. TIC ore
body makes nearly north and south,
and possesses q thickness OF about
thirty feet. On itS trend IL hat been
worked for distance of 200 lee ana
cutting across the formation 4 lem
ore horse" az the captain calls ~
about 100 feet thick The ore occurs IN
lenticulnr MASSES, jasper and landed
ore forming the Immediate inrlosing
walls The loot * IA dnfk-cOlored slate,
the hanging hcrnatite jasper. No timber
Is used and but little water has To be
lifted, this favoring cheap mining. HAD
timber 60 be employed the cVnpnny
could not make profit by reason OF the
character 81 the ore. The ore ~
sufficiently hard SO that all the ground
has 10 be drilled, aud thus far this work
has been performed by hand. "A tedious
aud expensive method in these days al
power drills and air eompressors. The
mine Is sadly in need oi a better equip
mcnt, and the company should add this
at once II il intends 20 make reasonable
Roadway and profit. In the sinking Of
the shaft, which is IN hard ground. they
could save enough money 10 90 a long
way IA purchasing u small coinpresalng
plant. There is also need OF better
engines.
The mct that the property has sue
cectled to the extent Indicated on the
shipping tables shows that u must have
been very carefully managed. Capt. a
Gugren il superintendent. He iS an old
miner, who received lIis first training ~
this country jn the Jackson mino many
years ago, ,isd he knows all about man
aging the underground department. Im-
provements have been made In the
railway trucks whereby the stockpile
can he more advantageously loaded.
About thirty men will be given em-
ploymcnt this winter, ball OF this nam
Der being engaged on surface IN the cut
ting OF wood and other tasks. IL u not
a big force, but even this number ~ APP
prcciated by the merchants OI the town.
There are two ore formations here, the
Sheridan being on what II known AZ the
south. On this is also the Naimo and
the Ilinwatha, although there Is "A differ
ence OF opinion regarding the latter.
The Hiawatha Is about a mile south
OF the Sheridan, and is q comparatively
new prospect. IL possesses a. shalt
log feet deep the last six 81 which are
used Tor n stump. AZ n depth of fifty feet
from surface they driEtcd cnst and found
n pocket Oi ore that possessed thick
ness Of twenty feet, and which they
stopped out for distance OF sixty ieet.
This same body OF ore was worked upon
the present year, they reaching it by
stripping the everything drift, and under
hand stopping il. In this way POI tons
were mined and marketed. From the
bottom OF the shalt they driited north
and south for some distance and iouud
what they conclude 10 be the top Of a.
new ore lens. IL is the aim OF the com
pany TO deepen the shalt and open up
this ore body the coming winter. They
arc now doing some figuring Tor new
plant OF machinery, the old plant being
iuadeouate TO take care 81 the work OF
pumping and hosting. The shaft is now
hull OF water work being suspended IN
October. They have tested the orc Tor
nation for a distance OF no feet across
IL, and Ms yet have not found the en-
closing walls The ore here is very soft,
being mined readily with pick. In iron u
gives about sixty-twO per cent With .l2b
per cent 81 phosphorus.
The company needs railway fucilties,
having to take the ore from mine 20 rail-
road on wugouu. Il trneh tfssi sse pat Il.
lly building about one-iourth mile. MIR.
w. H. sheldon is president aud T.. A.
Morrison Of Iron River, secretary and
treasurer The owners are anxious Ia
resume operations, and will endeavOr to
do so, as fast ms they can make the re-
quircd arrangements. On the so-called
north formation, there are the Iron
River aud isabella mines mud the Dobcr
and Miller explorations OF these the
I...s. ntuos. a., fIs. l.sAaf Epntvp A ono
time IL was n large producer, and figured
prominently Ia the shipping tables OF
this region. II was forced 60 suspend by
reason OF the inferior qualily oi the
product ms compared TO what the
iurnncemcn demanded. Lust summer,
the operators, or those who possess the
lease, made nm attempt to secure "A lower
rate OF ROYALTY, and failing 10 receive
this they began dismantliug tho mine of
It's machinery. Considerable of the lat
ter was taken out and placed upon the
dock when word was received from the
fee owners which resulted in a euspcn-
sion 81 these operations. The matter
has evidently not been fully settled up
ms yet, however, but there is hope that
IL soon will be, ns under the recent order
OF things there IL chance Tor tho mine
20 work Mr.. Geo. ID. Crippen has
tUUftt Oh NiliiiiH UN ittt DlOllNI(F
Nothing has been done In the mine since
1891.
The Dobcr exploration IL a new ore
deposit OF which but little Is known yet.
IL j. located on the northwest quarter Of
section one, 1926. Four exploring pits
were put down. two OF which touched
the ore. In the other two chnrn
drill was used, and Mr.. Dobcr in
forms M that these found orc 81 lair
quality. lie gave an option Tor lease TO
the Mnstodon mine people which was 60
have expired on the 25th OF November.
and az, the time OF our visit the Mnsto-
don people had done nothing In the way
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the lands. Whether
they will conclude 20 do any work here
or not remains to be seen. Alos Dobcr,
81 Iron River. ~ tho owner. and h
anxious o. have the property developed,
az he " confident IL contains n valuable
deposit Of iron ore of better grndc than
has yet been mined on that range.