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

he Il stake and later by Milwaukee
parties under the management OF A
Policeman. OF Florence. via. but.
The showing not being satisfactory,
work was discontinued until 300.
when captain 9. T Roberta wi tn
others. got an option en- the land. They
sunk several shafts on the property
and found ore There is little doubt
but that the Hilltop viii soon be 8
shipping mine.
The Armenia mine on the X y OF |
SIX n of section 1888. This pro-
perty was expired by Angus Smith.
Of Milwaukee. under the management
OF Mr. Byron White in 1885. Work
was first done by VIM. James on the
W y Of the Sc u Of in the same year
and only--lean ore was found But
while testpitting eastward, the states
became heavily charged with iron 20
that Mr.. white had bat little work 10
do and the..result was that in less then
30 days he had q good mine. He called
IL the Smith Mine. Mr.. Smith sold
bhe lease to Schlesinger and they
named the property the Armenia mine.
The Hollister mine on the W \. OF
the -Sw OF the section .13 1882.
There was work done on this property
by James Tobin and others from 1881
until 1885 but no good ore was found.
In 1886 5. d. HOLSTER, Sr. got lease
Of the property. When il was fully
tested aud good ore was found by VIM.
II Morrison 4 mine WAS opened the
following year with captain Thcs.
Basanko Ia charge a track was
built to the mine and several cargos
Of ore shipped to Eseanaba. The mine
closed in 1893 and very little work has
been done on the property since. the
ore being little below the average,
but by careful management the mine
can be made paying property
The Mansfield mine, formerly known
as the Catalonia on Lot 5, section
2O-43-3l This mine is the only
bessmer ore mine in the district this
Gar found The first exploration on
this property was done bv pr Bond,
Of Iron River, Emil Gunsburg- and
+. f. kyles. of Florence. in 1882
Upon the report Of Mr.. Oscar Gates
who brought rich samples Of float ore
to them Nearly All the testpits show
ed good float ore but the ledge proved
poor. The work was carried on for
several years different parties with the
same result. In 1881 Messrs Guns
burgand Keyes released the property to
VIM. Calhone and Son. Of Chicago, who
spent nearly all they had on the plo-
perty and were about to give up the
work when one day, Mr. Calhone,
while taking with man who had just
come mp the river noticed that they
were standing on good looking ledge
The water was low ia the river and
they were away ont in the bed OF the
stream. Closer examination showed
it to be clean ore and it is today the
The Michigan, formerly the Gibson
mine. ON the NV Of the NV 4 Of
section 0-44.83 was explored and a
mine found in 1891 by the Gibson
Bros. Of Republic. under the manage
ment of Captain J. I Gibson.
The Henlock mine on SW of SW
], of section 4.44-33 was explored in
1887 by Thomas Gibson and others, Of
Republic. and the Hemlock mine
opened the following year. This mine
ranks with the best of the district as
an ore producer and the ores are OF a
high grade and find ready market.
Before closing my letter | think II
not more than right 70 mention few
exploration which viii in the near
future be shipping mines.
The McCusker exploration on the +
i5of the NV Of section 6-48.32.
The exploring Oh this property has all
been done with the diamond drill and
rich cores have been taken ont Of
several holes.
The Bird exploration ON the f Of
the sW of section i3.43-32. This
property has some very find ore Of a
bessemer grade and will surly rank
among the shipping mines very soon.
Also the Roberts exploration on Lot
3 section 2O-43.32 near the new power
plant of the city This property will
soon come TO the front under the able
management Of Mr. Roberts
I'm writing this history of the iron
mines Of the Crystal Falls district l.,
have tried TO get rs near the facts as
could remember We cannot all see
things in the same light nor is our
remembrances Of things always per
feet We cannot all paint the past