The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-30

ton.
The Chaplin and Pewahic companies
presented an the married men in their
employ with fat Thanksgiving turkeys
Range-Tribune.
An organization To be known
MAR as "1'he Consolidated Miuing
QuEnE u Development Company" IS
RANGE. about TO be formed by gentle
men concerned in the opera
tion ~ what has been known as the
.Mesaba FRIEND on the Cascade range
during the Summer. Some 5000 tons q!
ore were shipped from tho Friend and
such development made ms encourages
the belief that it win pan out rs large
and profitable mine. There Is no phos-
phorus Of account 10 IL it, with dcsir-
able per cent of silica and well up in iron.
The ore forwarded has given the best
OF satisfaction aud Is especially assur-
ing in that IL has made a market for
an unlimited product OF the Same class.
The ore is 80 situated In the side of a
hill that the necessity OF pumping can
be obviated until many thousands 81
tons are mined. There is n slight strip
ping and the orc is OF such quality rs to
be cheaply mined The company has
secured the lease 81 five forties through
which the ore deposits extend. An an
alysis Of the ore taken from one Of the
forties gave .GS metallic iron and .o40 IN
phosphorous, Of which there IL every
reason to believe there is n large body.
The royalty has been fixed at ten and
fifteen cents.
Unless all Indications are at fault the
season of1S96 will he one oigreatactiyity
on the Cascade range and more ore will
be mined then during any year--or two
years in fact-since the discovery OF ore
in this vicinity. The prospect is that at
least four large mines to-wit: The Vol
untcr. Platt, Star West formerly
Wheatl and the new mine OF the Consoli-
dated Mining & Development company,
will be actively wrought, besides nuEer-
GUS explorations and deposits OF less
Importance. There is every reason to
believe that there is boom OF no mean
size in store for those interested in the
district. The large deposits Of ore with
a liberal mixture Of silicon and the abb
seucc Of phosphorus Is what Is doing IT,
About one hundred miners were given
places at the Queen on Monday and the
number will he increased from time to
time during the winter.
Shipments at the Cambria and Lille
are practically closed though it is ex-
pccted TO forward one more cargo from
the Cambria.
At the Negaunce mine there is fully
sixty thousand tons OF ore in stock that
occupies nearly two-thirds Of available
stocLpile room, and therefore nccessi-
tates an increase OF space for this puf-
pose. This emergency is beng met by
an extension TO the north which involves
a Gil OF from four TO eight feet and con-
sequently the employment oi a consider
able number Of men. Gravel is bciiis
hauled from q bank near tho Blue mine
where a steam shovel is employed in
loading trains which are in duplicate SO
that while one is being loaded the other
is being unloaded at the mine. The haul
is short and but one locomotive is re-
quircd in shifting tho cars. In addition
TO this work, new foundations arc being
n A.
structure raised II is the intention OF
the company to work full handed during
the winter unless prevented by lack 81
stockpile room .--Negaunce Herald.