The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-12-06
Editor of Diamond Drill .

termed an "Old settler OF Crystal I
Falls still hope to be able 70 recall
TO the readers Of your valuable paper,
and especially the old settlers many of
the incidents partly forgotten.
intend TO write mainly about the
mines and those explorations which
still have good showings for mine.
1t is NO more than just TO your read
ers to know little OF my history on
the Menominee range Of which the
Crystal Falls district is part On
the 18th Of February 1871, l arrived at
the Breen exploration. in the employ
OF the Menominee Mining Co Che
9. a. N. W. railroad was completed TO
the Breen tnow WaucedaJ during
July month of the same year. This
mine shipped during that season about
Is. 900 tons OF iron ore TO Esancaba.
The spring of 1878 was transferred
to the Vulcan mines. at Vulcan. where
/ remained until December 3lst 1881.
After AN extensive trip through the
Marquette iron range and the copper
country. came back toFlorence. Wis
Here / meet with Mr.. P. s. Saxton.
OF Menominee. and with he, Mr.
Butler and Mr.. Stambaugh. v p Of
the Brier Hill Irtn a. Coal Co we cam
to Crsytal Falls to look at their ex
ploration on the east : of the south
Of section 10, 1892 The work here
had been principally done by diamond
lrill. Here meet, Mr.. Dan Bnniy
and p. h. Dunn, the latter having
charge OF the work under Mr. Saxton
This was about the first OF February
1882. From here we went to he
Selden place to view he property nov
known a. the Riverton mine. Al
Stambaugh Michigan A 10 return
ing To Florence Mr. Dan Bundy J A.
Van Ceve OF Marinette Wis ami my
self came mp 60 look at an exploration
OF theirs on secs II and r. 42-33 We
organized what was known as tue
Alpa Iron Mining Co with heal.
quarters at Crystal Falls, or in other
words what was to be Crystal Falls fol
they We're tnen only cutting out the
streets
Thanking the reader for his or hen
patients | will now return to what
started and to write, mainly / the his
tory of the mines i'm the Crystal Falls
Iron District, OF Michigan AS nearl,
as my memory stands me good
Commencing In the most southerl,
part of this range, we dnd first th
Delphic mine on the north I, Of the
southwest Of section e4-42-93 This
mine was explored in the winter OF
1881 and 1882 10y the Whittelsy Bros.
Of F.o-epce Wis This mine was one
of the first shippers and sent quite
large amount OF ore under their man.
agement and is still a good property
but now idle. The next property is
the Manhatten exploration on the NE
4 OF the Sc i of section 13-42-33 this
property WAS first explored in 1882 but
very little work was done until 1894
when Mr.. Edward Blake, of Negaunee
gave the property proper exploring
found mine and shipped some ore.
The Maslodon on the K 4 OF theNE a
OF section 1898 was explored by
John Armstrong, in 1880. He sold the
option TO Leopold, Anstian and Good
man, of Chicago. Mining was com
menced in 1881 under the management
OF Captain Polkinghorn. This pro
perry has been one of the large shippers
of the district but is now idle. The
Alpha on the SE L of the Sc |, of
section l. and the south west OF SW !
OF section l2-42-33. This property
was explored in 1881 by Dan Bund,
and Z. Z. Dunn. In February 1882
we organized the Alpha Iron Mining
Co, j. A. Van Cleve, president. ana
commenced mining. Adam Silyerman
as captain They mined about 1000
tons of ore when the mine closed down
There has been very little work done
ON this property since The property
IL very wet but there il little dorgt
but that 1t will some day prove M
good iron mine The Tobin exploration
on the Sc Of section iG.42.32
Work was commenced ON this property
during the summer Of 1892 by James
ROBIN OF Florence Wis After abonl
one year Of steady work they found +
small vein Of good ore and erected
sevefal good buildings but on acc ain
OF the panic Of 1883 work was SIS
pended and no work has been done b
the property since. The wi-eo.
exploration On section 3e-4e-3I NOS