The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-04-02

W. h'i's WIN wv OifllitlE III lllt Nlfifi
level the company will be in shape TO
make "A neat output the coming season.
No property in the district can show
better results in the accomplishment
per man. The new shaft is double skip
/ tracked. md ~ new shafthouse aud
pocket arc now nearly completed. In
provements will be made in The railway
tracks in early spring. There is an
ample equipment Of machinery, one
hoist being obtained from the Williams
property, Messlba range, and another
/ from the Sunday Lake mine, Gngrbic
range. There is u compressor OF sull
cicnt size Go provide air for the drills
and nothing is lacking 10 dn work with.
| The location * well elevated above the
surrounding country, and the mine
makes but little water. a force OF fifty
men is now employed, which numh
will bc materially increased the coming
shipping season. 5. &. Bennett is super.
ntendeni; Edwin Jacka; mining captain;
John Roach, clclk. Like nl the pre-
pcrties OF Iron county, the Crystal Fallh
pays royalty 10 the owners Of the lee
Immediately adjoining the Crystal Falls
mine is m exploration called
THE HILLTOP.
which has been conducted by e. r..
Roberts. II is ia line with the trend Of
the Crystal Falls deposit. bat tie foot-
wall Of the latter property, which Is
Il black slate, makes decided fold be-
fore the Hilltop line is reached. 1t vii
probably resume its regular trend again,
us the Underground working Of the crys.
tai Falls nov suggests this. There L.
nothing being done at present at tie
exploration. There is SHIFT down a
short distance. The ore did not eite
results cqunliue the Crystal Fails, but
may improve Is did that OF the latt,r
AZ they grt deeper Four miles east OF
the Crystal Fails is
THE MANSFIELD NINE.
rhc changing oi thc course OF the Mchi
gamnc river ~ to permit the mine
beng worked was fully described ia our
last report The encouragement to do
this expensive task was due to the lnct
that the Mansfield was a producer Of
besscmcr ore, the only property IN this
section possessing mineral OF that quail
IS. They worked in HE old lenses which
outcrnpped in the bottom Of the river.
hat these were narrow, and were mostly
of non-bcssc nicr grade. The vein pinch.
cd up to a few feet IN places. and the
outlook was discouraging. They went
into the old minc after the water had
been removed hast summer, and sunk
another "lift" OF sixty-iivc feet. To the
south they have carried the, DRIFT upon
the tlcud OF the ore Tor distance OF -
feet, and to the north for 100 feet, the
quality, and mostly OF besscmcr grade.
The drift is following the foot, and the
width of the orc is from seventeen to
twenty-five feet. Upon the third lCvcl
there are $4,000 or 10000 tons to
secure. and there is also orc To be had
from the open pits,
Upon the sMth level they have cx
tended the old workings north aud
south, heine North 100 feet and south
ia feet, in new territory, and showing
ore that is principally non-bcs-emcr.
There has hceu u considerable gain in
the amount al ore developed since our
last visit TO the property.
The ground stands well, and thcy in
tend To cave the surface, going To the
extreme north ana south ends oi the
deposit and working back towards the
shalt a force oi sixty men is now rm-
ployed. The property prolnccd o.
lS2 tons in 1897 and has sent out Tor
all years 2tl,t3s tons.
a mle sanih ni thr Nlanslcld. on Lot |
O, George Mas, al Ncpauncc, did dia-
mnna drilling IN 1917, locating body |
of hcsscmcr ore thuty fcci thick, the Z
analyses 81 drill horings showing aiNty.
two per cent iron aud .uIk pee cent |
phosphorus. The ogt was generally !
soft and blue, bvt there were bunVhes
~ hard e,ggflik orc giving Gao per
crGt .on. There u Il hcayN dGft here.
Some years since slsan was sunk hall /
way 10 he lcdco pse,lcr the ,anrt,nn oI
J. Parkc CAtnBing, Mr.. Mas hls pres
perSo 20 continue ds,ll,ne npsu Lot r J
Gmmediatcly sn.sh ~ the former cxploi.
n,tons a,pd expects 10 Get started nexi
sRGug. The territory is promising one.
'fhr Armenia aud lloiistpr mines, Io- !
Gated midway between the MansG,Aai
aud Crystal Fails, have loug been ia,r.
THE CHEAT WESTERN.
This mine is Immediately. SoulheaeA \
oi the Crystal Falls. II y looked uVon
as ono nf the most tJomlsipg in this
portion of the Mcaamiucc rangr. II haa
been lille since l,sbIunrys iS93, and is
inll water. There were two shn.gn /
sunk To n tsaih Of zoo feet, and iour
levels ~ 1re are cnt ont and arc ready 4