The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-19

MExoMi- the ore which he has had
NIKE stocked at the Perkins mine
RANGE. for some years, and the work
Of shipping has been com
menced. There Is about $500 tens ~
stock and Il has been sold 70 the Penn
Iron Mining company. The ore y Of
the Besscmer grade.
The Aragon has considerable ore yet
in stock and II will take some time lper-
haps month"; Tor the twosteam shoycls
to clean il up. There has been q short
M, OF cars which has prevented the
shoyels from doing steady work.
The Aragon has sent out something
more than 10000 tons Of ore this seat
son.
The exploratory work on section six,
west 81 the city, gives much encourage
ment 10 the Adventures, and the long
sought for ore body is thought TO he in
sight.--Current.
The Mining News, in common with
many Others, has for many years be-
lievcd that il large deposit OF Bcssemer
ore exists on the northeast quarter oil
the northwest quarter OF section thirty
Ave, 4O-17, ia this county, and IL Is
quite probable that deveIopmcntal work
there will be begun in the very near
future. The land il owned by T.. e..
jackson, OF Oshkosh, and exploratory
operations were conducted on tho prop
erty in question by John $. Mcdonald
some ten or twelve years ago. la 1887
Capt Thomas Luxmore secured an OPP
ton on tho property and he interested a
number OF wealthy Milwaukee men IN
the exploration. The Auer Mining com
pany was organized and exploratory
operations were conducted for a year or
two, under the supcriniendenee OF Capt.
Luxmore. an expert mining man. Two
or more shafts were sunk to depth OF
fifty or sixty feet and considerable good
blue ore was encountered. After pene-
trating an ore vein the explorers passed
through about thrty-iive feet OF dioritic
rock and struck body oil lean ore. The
Milwaukee parties then became dis
couraged, having spent several thous-
ands OF dollars, and abandoned the
property, against the advice OF Capt.
Lnxmore who was very confident that
by going down fifty or sixty feet further
a big body OF ore would be found. Since
then many mining men have had their
eyes on this promising property and
k.~A g. la Istll ~ l4a rra market
during the past two or three years, it
would not have remained idle 80 long.
Robert Andrews and Omer HUFF OBJ
tanned limited time option on Monday
last, and upon their invitation Hon.
John L. Buell., OF Qninnesec, one OF the
ablest mining experts OF the Menominee
range, visited the property, Thursday.
An analysis OF some oi the ore taken
from the main shaft was recently made
by q capable mining chemist, with the
following result: Metallic iron G5.5O.
silica 3.75, phosphorus 900, which
shows IL TO be high-grade Bessemer.
Mr.. Buell. was quite favorablyi impressed
and, with gentleman who is interested
WIN uih ih new hhgHehN hhhO ~
Quinnescc, viii make another and more
careful examination OF the exploration.
1t Ia, therefore, quite probable that Mr..
Buell's company will secure an option
tand eventually lease Of the property
and resume work at once by putting IN a
boiler, hoist and other necessary
machinery. The opening up Of a Bcsse.
mer mine in this vicinity would be OF
inestimablc benefit 10 this city and
county. Mr.. Buell. will again visit the
property on Tuesday next.