The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-01-11

The crosscut into the hill OF
MENoMI- section six, 1929 has pene-
NEE trated about sixteen feet OF
RANGE. ore and the breast OF the
crosscut Is about fourteen
feet from the shalt which was also
bottomed in ore. This would argue n
good thickness OF ore. and there is little
doubt that shipments will be made from
the property, next summer.
As is known to many OF our readers.
the old exploring shalt on the Ruth and
Rachel property at Quinnesec, Is being
sunk deeper by John II. Wood and
associates, with view OF striking the
lens OF ore passed through by the dia-
mond drill work OF years ago. Thurs
day while in the bank Office OF Mr..
Wood, looking at some samples oil the
hanging wall soapstone, and Specializing
ON the length OF time required to reach
the ore, (which MIR. Wood declares
should not exceed iorty-eight hours) as
the shaft was down 215 feet, the captain
in charge OF the work came into the
office with chunk weighing thirty-ilve
or forty pounds which had just been
taken from the bottom OF tho shalt
The ore was To all appearances as good
as any taken from the old QuInnesec In
its palmy days, and Mr.. Wood was, to
say the least, elated over the strike;
and there seems no grounds for doubt
ing that new lease OF business activity
has been made out for Quinnecec by this
successful ending to long search for
new ore body.-Current.
r. L. Kimberly and X. Williamson
came up from Menominee last Saturday
afternoon and remained until Sunday
evening, when they left for the east.
During their visit IL was learned that all
the details have been arranged FOR the
transfer OF the Hamilton and Ludington
mines TO the Chaplin Mining company
and the deal would bo closed at the
meeting to bc held in Cleveland on
Thursday.
At the First National Bank can be
seen thirty-pound chunk OF AZ fine blue
hematite ore as was ever mined in the
upper peninsula. IL was taken from the
hctton. o! the shaft on John X. Woods
exploration on the Quinnesec townsite
last Thursday, and IL generally accepted
Az evidence OF the existence OF large
body Of high grade iron ore. The ore
comes in at the southeast corner OF the
shaft and has a south dip with west
pitch. The shalt is now down $50 feet
and the ore lens covers the entire bottom.
The shaft is three compartment one
Range-Tribune.
A new mine Is TO be opened up under
the city OF Iron Mountain. Hon. Isaac
Stephenson, Marinette, and Hon. s. M.
Stephenson and Hon. Joseph Fleshiem.
OF Mcnominec, are the erantors OF the
lease and the owners OF the minerals
hidden In the UNEMPLOYED mino.
Monday they made n deal with
Johnny" Jones, one OF the best known
iron men in these parts, and other CAPT
talsts whereby new mining company
was given N tense on the proposed
ground. The new mine Is located under
Iron Mountain, as stated, adjoining the
Chaplin mine which lies south, with the
Hughitt mine on the west. From the
North Star II is learned that these three
capitalists formerly owned eighty acres
of land on which Iron Mountain now
stands. In selling the land they reserved
the right to keep the minerals beneath
IL and thus a vast amount Of iron ore is
IA their possession. A new shaft IL to
be sunk at once through portion OF
block OF land still owned by the three
local capitalists. The mine that IN TO be
worked has long been known To contain
valuable ore deposits, for Ferdinand
Schlesinger several years ago had nm
option on II and was about ready 20
tunnel into that district from his own
famous mine when financial disaster
overlook him and he bad to give the
project up. Msssrs. Stephenson and
Fleshiom granted tho lease at n good
figure and will realize royalties on the
ore mined out OF II as result. Mr..
Jones and thcother capitalists backing
the scheme are thoroughly reliable and
there h no doubt that the new mine will
be- opened soon and worked for all there
IL ia IL.
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The fires have been banked
MAR In the Excelsior furnace, and
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