The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-04-02
Hubbard,
FL REY,
.LARENIA,
and
AJOL.

opening with big drift stope which Is
carried twenty-five feet high In thir
they put in a raise for fifty feet, raises
having no regular distance apart, and
work from the end OF the deposit To the
shaft, letting the surface follow dow
The dip OF the deposit is seventy.thrce
degrees, and the walls are OF the very
best. The ore comes down freely. and
care must he taken to remove it as last
ms il releases from the back. If per
mitted 10 rest for few days the sur
face sand comes down, mixing with the
ore. The mine IL u wet one, and the
water causes the trouble. About 800
gallons per minute are pumped. The
ore contains about sixty per cent. iron,
in non-bcssemer, and has two aud u hall
per cent. lime, and from three 10 five
per cent silica. II il salabc, and the
mining cost is low. There is consider
able water To handle. but little timber
Is required. A force OF sixty.hve mon
il now employed will bc largely increased
ms soon M the new shaft is completed
They expect to be able 10 send out con
siderable ore the coming shipping sea-
son. The new shaft will be Of great
advantage in future operations
THE DUNN MINE.
is the nearest active ncighbor 10 the
Columbia, being located upon Section
Town 81, Range 80. IL was idle for the
the greater portion OF 1897, this being
due to the troubles between the iee-
owners and operators, the latter being
The Dunn Iron company, of which r..
Schlessinger is president +. +. Wood
bury, OF Ironwood Mich, is genera |
manager The difficulties were finally
adjusted, and the property resumed late
in the year.
The Dunn was form erly n large mine.
It's ores were readily obtained, there
being little water TO pump anil no tim
Der required to hold the hanging wall in
place. Large openings were made, and
even at the low price received Tor the
ore, which is OF low grade, the operators
mine grew deeper the ore lenses grew
smaller. The pitch OF the ore carried
the latter away from the No shaft to
the northwest, necessitating the sinking
Of I'M incline shaft from the 9th level
and 800 feet from No. 2 This causes
u transferring OF the ore, adding some
thing TO the cost OF hosting.
They are now opening the llth level
in the northwest end Of the mine, where
there il body OF ore the dimensions OF
OF which are not yet proved up. Where
first encountered il was narrow, about
eight feet wide, but M they work To the
north and west IL IL gradually increns
ing in size, being twenty feet and the
walls still spreading They are putting
in raise connecting this portion Of the
mine with the 10th level, seventy feet
above. In reaching the deposit upon
the til u long rock drift was ncccssi-
tatcd. There IL also tiInbered drift
leading from the shaft To the rock drift.
and the expense OF connecting the level
has been u heavy one. There has been
some Improvement ia the quality of the
ore mined OF late, it giving sixty to
sixty-one per cent. iron. IL is high in
a force OF scyenty.fiye
men is engaged :. &. Bennett tx super
ntendent; +. W. Cole, clerk The mine
shipped 81 ,062 tons during 1870, md
has total for all years OF 1000, 207
IONS.
The Alpha, relphc and Mnstodon are
properties in this section, all of which
are idle, and the Mastodon has been
abandoned, it's ore being exhausted.
North aud west OF Crystal Falls ten
niles *
THE uEMLocR MINE
coated ut the village 81 Aniasl, aud
Ipon Section 4, Town II, Range 30.
The property * named from the river
'hich runs across portion of IT, The
nine produced 9G, 052 ions IN 1897, aud
as sent out for all years 305, lSl tons.
ir G. T.. Lawrence has dome excellent
'ork al the mine m it's sup"riUirndcncr.
hns been well hnndlr, ami
AIRED Tor, mud the costs have Leon sur.
risingy low when the character 81 tie
eposit tx taken into consideration.
The ore deposit has u trend north
eat and southeast, with u dip Ia the
outh OF sixty degrees aud pitch To
nc west. The vein * narrow and they
ave opened IL up for u DISTANCE OF
,mcthIng like 800 feet. The thickness
the ore will average about sixteen
ct, contracting to u lew feet Ia places
nd the widening thirty fcet in others.
he ore is In a grey schist, that stands =
ell.
They have one working shaft in the
ot, and the back Of the ore deposit
bout thirty ieot. II IL 10 the 9TH level,
I'd they are now sinking for the 9th
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