The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-06-28
THE CRYSTAL FALLS.

The mammoth stockpile that crow
ned the hill to the south of this
property has faded away under the
constant pounding Of the steam shovel
until bgt very small corner remains.
Work will be continued on this pile
until the whole of it has disappeared
and the shovel will then be removed
to the Armenia or the Tobin and work
started on the loading Of the piles at
those properties. There are 40, 600 tons
in the two piles mentioned so that the
shovel will be kept going the greater
part of the summer
Underground the phenomenal daily
output of last year is being maintained
and it IL positively certain that this
property will keep its position at the
head of the shipping list of this district
In order TO keep plenty of stopping
ground in readiness work is now we'll
advanced on the sinking of the shaft
new lift The lift is now down about
rs feet and efforts are being concent-
rated on getting 1t down and getting
some of the slopes on the new level
opened up this seasons hipments
are over with Captain Thomas, for
fifteen years in charge of work at the
Florence mine has been engaged TO
take charge Of the shaft work heretofore
handled by Captain Isaac Williams
MORE MESABl RANGE ORE USED
It is said that the scarcity and high
price Of mining timber is resulting in
constantly increasing tendency TO
strip deeper surfaces from mines on the
Mesaba range Large straight timber
adapted to timbering mines has be-
come well nigh rarity in this part of
the country. 1t is claimed that the
steel corportion has stopped the sale of
the Duluth 81 Iron Ranges spruce
stumpage en- land grants until the
timber large enough for mining con-
struction can be cut. At the same
time. the steel corporation interests are
buying large quantities Of stumpage
or mining timber
OF course, once stripped, the reduced
cost of mining from surface mine ~
compared with milling or deep shaft
proposition is not 10 exceed one-third
two-thirds the cost portion Of taking
the ore underground.
On the Croxton mine, a new property
lust being opened 10y Joseph Sellwood
near Hibbing. Halyorsen Richards vii
strip a surface that is at some points
as much az seventy feet In depth
Ten years ago it is likely that that
mine IL opened would hsre ueen
worked on some sort of ~ miuergrount
principle, or at least tine ,hieNest sur
face The beauty 81 the deposit ON
this property is that the vein is sale
TO be 100 feet deep, so that whei
once laid open an immense quaint
OF ore can be reached by simply shift
ing the tracks from time to time
In this connection people that ar
outside Of the iron business do no
realize the reasons, it is said, Tor Tn
large demand for Mesaba range proper
ties. Naturally, it is appreciated, ]
due primarily to the very largely u
creased demand tor ore. But the aver
age layman usually let's his stock o
information 20 that far and no far
ther. The great factor IN the IN
creased product OF the Mesaba rang
has been not only the lower cost Q
mining it. but the ability OF IN
furnace men to work a larger proper
tion,of it in their furnaces. Old tim
ersfA Duluth recall that when the Me
saba range was first worked such a
excellent authority as the Iron Trad
Review scoffed at the idea that its or