The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-04-02
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shaft 10 the deposit. put IN substantial
timber drift upon tile trend of the ore,
undercus the latter, letting the hrokon
ore accumulate under the feet al the
miner, and aIterwari tap The broken o,e
from the drift wherever ,lcsin-d. rheole
IL hard, and it ruus well. Tho ore ex-
tends under the river. and they have
followed IL here, putting IA solid crll-
hing so ms 10 prevent damage {, the
back az he drifts. There j. M sign ~
water, the territory Immediately under
the stream being the drycst in the mine.
Tie one under and north of the river is
harder than that found tn the south.
The third and fourth levels have been
carried beneath the stream. There is
iifty feet OF ore remaining ia the back OF
, the Lowell. aud above the ore IL twenty
| live feet OF sand which. with ample pro-
lection IN The way Of solid timhering, in
suies against the cncronchnent OF 81 G
water from the river. At the north end
az the mine the ore Is swinging To the
east.
| They are sinking wines from each end
of the deposit To the 9th level. A iorce
of 100 men is employed. Charles
| Hughes is mining captain. The general
office is IN Cleveland, and the property
is operated by Pickands, Mathcr x
Company.
The Michigan mine, located upon Sec
| a a
lock, * still idle, although there is con
siderable talk 81 resumption.
Fifteen miles west al the village OF
! Crystal Falls are found the
MINES or IRON RIVER.
This section is productive of ore simi-
lar to that in the vicinity al Crystal
Falls, Is all of non-hcosrnler grade, and
at the present writing there ~ not n
property in operation. There is IN
abundance al ore oi such grade az here
found, but the nnkct calls far only a
limited amount oi it., aud the price has
been 80 law for that whrl, H. demanded
that IL has left nothing Tor the miner.
THE DoBER MINE.
ocated upon Section |, Town ~, Range
-, has done nothing since our last
report AZ this writing they are pre-
pairing for resumption and ARE securing
dditional machinery from the Masto.
lion mine. The have u snall-sizcd shaft
ton depth 81 seventy fnur ieet, II hcinr
ia the ore body, AMI from the bottom
u drift was run l6J frct 10 the south
east. There j. Il large deposit oi ore
here, and il can he easily mined when
ever the market calls for it. 1t gives
from Torty nine to sixty per cent. iron.
! They have crossed the dopoist for 100
| feet, and have yet to find the enclosing
walls. 1t certainly il one OF the hert
prospects ia this portion OF the range.
| Captain T.. $. Roberts is in charge
THE IlIAwATHA MINE.
There was u lntle work done in 1897
Mt this property, which is located one
mile south of Iron River, this being done
by the Ballou Mining company. ~ re-
organization having been cfiec ted from
the old llaiwatha Mining company. NJ.
H. Bullou, of Clrnry, is president; t. III.
Morrison. Iron River, secretary; aud
William II She,lcn, Stamb,ush, Mich,
treasurer. They have Il shaft 90 feet,
and nre just firly INTO the ore deposit.
The oie obtained here is of excellent
quality for this range, giving from sixty
10 siXty-twO per cent. iron. Tie pro-
perty is well equipped with machinery,
bat has lacked railroad facilltins hlv-
iug To haul ths ore by teams to the
Nortli-Wcstcrn railway nearly "a mile
distant We are Unframed th,t there
will In II spur track built t. the mine
this spring. No ore was shipped during
the year. The total proiurt oi the
conpnny is a,ssi tons.
THE SHERIDAN MIME.
is located in the village OF Iron River,
upon Section PC The mine hns one
shaft 30 feet deep and has three levels,
the bottom one showing well in ore
although there * considerable rock
mixture The mine has done nothing
since our list report, ahd is, full 81
water. IL has produced "a 1852 tons.
A. Gnleren ~ superintendent John
Powers, Escanala. Is prsidcn NJ. X
Bissell, oi the same place, ~ srrcinry.
Besides these properties there are the
Miller, Iron River, Isabella. Nanaimo
and other prospects.
FELcH MOUNTAIN RANGE.
This ircn ore bearing district is twelve
miles north Of the Mcnomncc range pro.
per. 1t was given considerable attcn-
tion in the eighties, but the ore deposits
were thin, AMI soon gave out. The sur
Luce showing OF some 81 tho PROPERTIES
was wonderful hut the shafts rnon pas
D0d through the ore which proved fiat
aud thin. In January, 1898, j. Il. |
Jones. OF Iron Mountain, secured po-
ssession al the old Grovclnnd mine upon
the southwest quarter AZ the southwest
quarter " Section 81, Town ~ Range,
nnI f,tIkl n rat ma fI, all sb.lt