The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-04-02
AS OTHERS SEE US.
Commissioners OF Mineral Statistics hewitt
Write up oi the Crystal Pals District.


Commissioners Of Mineral Statistics Newi,ts :
Write ur q the Crystal Pals District.
Last weeks issue ol the Iron Orc
contained ihc following relative TO the
mines Of Iron county.
Iron County possesses llrg deposits Of
hcmllitc iron ore For thirty miles
n nth aud cn>t ~ Iron Mountain these
utc bodies are found. aud the county
has iron bearing fnrmntng for width
of tNelvc miles. The ore is not oi bcsse.
mer grade, however. and at many places
is not as hgi in iron as furnacrmen de-
maud, this greatly affecting the output uf
thodistrot. Mtly min,s have boon dis
covered aud wrought which ore now idle,
and there IL grert territory ns vet
practically uncXrlorcd The time il not
iar distant when the higher phosphorus
ores will he IN demand in the mauuiac-
tnrc Of bnsic steel, and when this period
has been reached Iron county will take
ON new lie. The county has wonder
ful growth Of hardwood, and no better
siic could bc had for the erection of
charcoal blast furnaces. Considerable
is being done in tIw way oI agriculture,
The soil being adapted to tie growing of
such roots and ccnAls as thrive in this
climate.
NEAR CgysrNL FALLS.
The present active properties. fonr
in nOluhcr now operated in Iron Coun-
~ ntc located near the village of Crys-
tai Fails the county seat. The first
mctwith il
THE CRYSTAL FALLS MINE.
oecupying the cnst hnlf ~ the northeast
quarter of Srction 2l rown 81. Range
~. For many years this was looked
upon ns of little value, and various nt-
tcmpts To dispusc oi il were unsucccss-
ful. In 1896 Corricnn, Mckinney 4
co, of Cleveland, Ohio, were induced 10
take possession, and began systematic
exploration. The result Is that the
property is now one ol tie hest in the
county, and has rare prumisc oi being
an active producer for many years toI
come. Up to lSOG the total output
wns only l9,a59 tons in ls0G there
wero shipped tl,a2 tons, aud IN 1897
it sent out a5,2lO tons, and was not
operated tn ils iull capacity. There
was n shaft pat dawn unou the hang
ing wall side oi the deposit, to the third
level, and the prcscut winter a second
shaft has beon put down upon the foot
wall side. 1t has been timhcrel TO n
depth oi lTo feet, and they have "holcd"
from the bottom seventy loot into TIM,
making the depth oi the shaft aJ0 ieet.
Tins shaft Il iarly ieet hack oi the ore
body. following the angle ui the dip oi
the formation wluch h south about pix
tyilve degrees. The shaft has been
raised Tor it, entire length The work
originally done IN here VAS in open pits
or cuts, and the present company kas
done some work ui like chnfaf,eg On the
old pits, but thc pyipripA ore body was
not ycYcalcd until the present tanaee.
ment took hold. An ore body about |
500 feet in length and running fgom
iuriy to sixty feet wplr has keen shown,
up The Qro gyfg from llIiy-eieIt 10
iiitg.nine pr CENT iron and irpn 500
in 900 in phnFphoras Tho doosit
is perfectly ilec nom rock. la winning
the ore 81 the level worked lnrt wear
they drove a main driit aloue the lot,
put up ruiScs every fifty feet, and siced
from he top downward. using the rsiscs
for chutcs Occasional pillars were left
where the ground demanded.
They are thinking OF changing the IAN
upon the third level whirh will soon lr
ready ior mining. The talk of unor-
cutting the ore, putting ia drifts upp
The foot aud hanging side oi The depoak
aud taking OF horizontal Sheca. |ttm
the broken ore accumulate under tb
feet 81 the minors, milling the same dowd
Whenever needed The walls ARE vcri
substantial, Slnn,ling firmly ~ plainis
evidenced by many large rooms now y,
l,c seen and which were mined out year
or more ago without the use OF timber.
The ore j. brown in color, mills well,
and contains two and q hall per cent.