The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-01-20
THE DIAMOND DRILL Building

was not counted There Is IA very large
amount Of ore ia Maialetticuunty. f'ir
characterization better than iOper cent
iron and low in phosphorus, and TINT ~,
now valuable Than the neglected high
phosphorus ores ui the Meuomincc are
now in demand, There isonly one new
mine shown ON the Gugebic this year,
the New Davis, and is not what it might
hc. Drill after drill has been worked on
the Neruilion this year, bat there are
no deposits shown that were not known
in 1856. OF course here, as everywhere,
else, the limits OF ore bodies have been
EXTENDED and the Tonnage In sight great
" magniiicd los thorough search, but OF
new bodies found there ARE few. On the
Me~abi, for example. u great volume oi
what might bc called new ore j. now
passing into The hands of biz companies,
but IL is ore that has b,cn known uf To
some rN tent Tor years; most of il war
found in " and 1898, and dropped
oct az sight then because al temporary
conditions The ore now being opened
into ON the Menominec is mostly in old
mines that were abandoned years ago.
but that new conditions have brought
into play again. However, there Is iar
more ore on Theses ranges than most
people think, and ! de- not suppusc it
has aIl been found yet hy any.mtans."
That prophecy on this subject llis
been COMPOUNDED, Mir Scllwood showed
by reference to some earler predictions
nf speedy cxhaustIun But lac cmpha-
sized nglin the statement That larger
supplies will come from the old ranges
only because una eral il used that was
once thought valuelcss. For the high
grade Besscmers the ultimate Deepen.
dence is ON the Mrsabi Much in the
same liuc il tins recent expression OF
Geo a Ncwcti, of lShp, ming, Michigan.
until last year Commissioner oi Mineral
Statistics for the state of Michigan:
The estimates 81 tie ore which can he
produced by the Old mines of the Mar
quetlc range, do not show AZ high n
tonnngc M seut out during the season
inst closed There was considerable
ore scnt from stockples carried over
from other years ia the record Tor 1890,
while little ore remained at any OF tic
IN ncs at the cnd 81 the recent seasS n.
The largo mines are working TO their
fullest practical capacity. There could
be gains made at some OF them, hut &c
might he at the expense 81 future out.
puts There will he several small mines
reopcncd, but their combined output viii
not be large. Many az thom are little
more than explorations, and are not
expected to yield much ore in It
present year. There has To be a great
deal Of dead" work done in The mines
Of this country ut the conclusion OF each
active season. Tie biz properties have
been wrought for many years. they have
grown stcndily deeper, and new levels
must be added aud great dca perform
ell 60 arrange for new stock piles. II
was different when tho deposits were
nearer surface. Til is not only requires
llfnt lO DcIIfti. but ~ ibNtN INJURY NF
we'll Nliping companies which huvc
been working forty years have To do n
wonderful amount OF figuring and plan
ming to keep their ore deserves up to the
required proportions. All these millions
nmke sad holes IN reserves and il Is
certainly n fact that old lenses aic
giving out ms new ones are discovered,
and the hate additions nre Of less pro-
portions thnn the old. OF courso we are
going to hc IN the iron ore mining bust.
ness for many years to come, but the
maximum oi production has been
reached. We may cXreed last seasons
work u little but no l,ig gain cnn lic cx,
pccted Aud what b true 10 this respect
az the Marquette ransemly apply with
cqunl force to the Menuminec and Gaec-
bic.mngcs. We have pleuty ot low grade
ores, millions upon millions ~ tong 81
those Of the highly siiciouS claS-, hut al
present ''standttds' we can LINK fnr nus
prolonged increase over last years
performance