The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-06-26
MesabI Range.

At this property il certainly begins to
look M II active operations would be re-
sumed in the near future. No orders
have been received rs yet by the local
official, but tracts are being laid by the
ID. NJ. " N. railway to the property and
the Vulcan shovel IN undergoing some
repairs.
AT the three properties under the
management Of the Franklin Iron Min
ing company-Franklin Victoria and
Bessemer--there Is about 10000 tons IN
stock From the preparations now
being made " would seem that II " their
intention To ship what there Is In stock
Five hundred tons per day IL heing
loaded and shipped at the Ohio The
force employed ~ small and all loading
is done by hand. The men at present
are working on the northeast end oil the
cut getting out "A somewhat lean bunch
OF ore which extends "a lew feet at that
end OF the body. From Information
gathered from Captain w. Knight it Is
not probable that any additions will be
made.
GulbransoD Bros. have about forty
men at work on the property stripping.
The continued wet spell has greatly re-
tarded rapid progress but a iairly good
showing has been made.
Four crews. Of about eighteen men, are
still exploring the Alpena property north
OF town. The diamond drill crews are
working night and day shifts. IL Is evi-
dent that w. T.. fawkey OF Detroit, the
fee owner, fully Intends To explore the
property thoroughly a. test pitting
crews aud one diamond drift crew have
been Mt work INCREASINGLY for something
over six months. w. II. Yawkey, son Oi
w. g.. Yawkey, who looks alter his lat
hers mining interests, WAS IA VitgInla
last week but divulged nothing ms to the
future Developments.
But little remains OF the lO.000-ton
atockpile % steam shovel having been
working there over "a week Good pro-
gress has been nude since luading began
and all will probably be cleaned up next
week. Two Thousand Tons ARE being
shipped daily. This Includes what rs
being mined aud loaded into cars direct
The continued wet wenthcr incODyenI-
ences this property CONSIDERABLY us u
IN worked ON the milling process aud the
big nit acts ns n catch basin Tor the sur
plus water in that locality.
r.. b. Hawkins, superintendent az the
Drake * Strntton cOmpnny's contract
work On the Mesahi, was this morning
interviewed 10y "A Virpinian reporter re-
garding the work nc the Biwabik-
Bessemer mine, and learned that he
tween 10000 and 100000 yards OF
surface will be removed by his company
from this property, the work tobe com
menced next week and Ia all probability
will continue until Christmas. Two
steam ahovels and 80 men will be en-
ploycd, working night and day shifts.
The somewhat stagnant condition OF
the iron market and the number of UNI
developed properties on this range does
not seem 90 have tendency To keep pros
pectors away. The past few months
Duluth parties have heen exploring on
the swh OF sel. N section 30. 5o-17, one
mile and three quarteFg pDrth oil town
and u was reported this waok That they
have not laborcd in vain, a hiEb grade
ore having been discovered.
About 600 tons per day Is being mined
and shipped at Tho Commodore. Con.
trary 10 rpmors no men baye been laid