The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-05-31


Office and dry house were added 10 the
property. In the construction Of all Of
these new buildings Mr. Sanders has
had especially in view the probability
Of the exploration developing into a
mine and in such case the building
can be added to very handily thus pre-
serving the original building and saw
ing the cost Of its original construction
from waste. The work of equipping
the property was completed early in
the winter Of 1902 and then undivided
attention was turned to proving up the
mine.
The continuation of the tense above
was met with and mining WORK started.
The ore in.this tense proved TO he better
and cleaner than on the level apove
averaging 90 per cent iron. Work Is
yet being prosecuted in this stope and
no sign of wall is had
A crew was set at work drifting
with the foot OF the big stope on the
first level and the second cut showed
up ore. Further development showed
that what was supposed 70 be the foot
was a slip of soap rock. The stope
has been carried back 20 feet further
and about the same distance ON the
length and still the end is not in sight
This discovery on the upper level
gave the operators courage 10 Try
drifton the second level and accordingly
a machine was started at work drift
1 ing in search of the ore cut in the
shaft above After passing through
30 feet Of rock the drift breasted IN ore
and was continued along what they
think is the hanging and, at the time
of our visit, they had shown the tense
up for length of 6S feet and the breast
was still ore. Stopping had been
started and the width about the same.
The ore is of "a very fine character
and clean. This stope lies TO the
North west of the shaft and old stope
10 the south east. The shaft seems too
be in horse of rock cutting in be-
tween the two lenses. And it looks
very much as if the horse of rock Is
going to cut ont on the next level
leaving body of ore 40 by 90 as
proved today and no telling how
much larger.
The reason for believing this rock
will cut ont is that it is 'tapering as
it goes down A sump cut few feet
from the shaft. on the bottom level
bottomed in ore showing that the ore
is making fast. For this reason 1T
was thought best to change the pitch
of the new lift which is now being
added to the shaft to IA vertica. This
lift IA now "a feet below the second
level, and in quartzite and black jasper
A wig of water was cut the day be-
fore our visit and the pumps were
drowned
From indications, Captain Shimmins
thinks he is closed to the ore and that
ne will be sinking in pure stuff before
the total sink Of 100 feet is through
with
A drift was started some time ago
Ion the first level to find the new tense
cut on the bottom level and II they sue
ceed in finding it there will be stopping
ground enough to keep the mine going
all year without more deyelopmental
work
About 100 tons per day are hoisted
now and this output will not be in
creased TO any great extent as the shaft
is not calculated for mining purposes.
If the next level snows..up ns the
management thinks it will new shaft
will be sunk and extensive improve
ments made.
The ore is shipped via the p 5, y.
and the 81. Paul to Escanaba aud a
ready market is found for all that can
81 mined There are 2OOO tons IN
stock aud that is being loaded and for
" arded to the docks also.
one drawback the company met
with was the lack Of a location but
they secured the use Of the houses OF
me Barron company and put them il
repair for their employees These
houses. about twenty Of them, hae
stood idle for twenty years and gave
! a desoiate look to the village but since
they have been repaired and occupied
the aspect has changed geratly about
I Humboldt.
This property IN conjunction with
the James, at Iron river and che BIRD
near this city is the property Of tn
Bird Iron Company, which is, in
measure, the successor OF the Huron