The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-12-06
TIE MINES OF
CRYSTAL FALLS.
A Brief History Of the Discovery and Development Of
Zach Property

called the Glidden. was commenced In
1882 by parties from Marinette, Wis
with Fay q. Clark In charge. This
exploration mas been worked off and on
by several parties, the latest work
being done under the management of
James Dickie. OF Qninnesice, Mich.
The Dunn mine on the west 4 of NE
4 Of section i-42-33. Exploration
done in the winter Of 1891 and 1882 by
George sheldon. OF Houghton. BE
found good ore and sunk 3 pits about
40 feet deep The Sheldon estate was
half owner in the fee and there being
some dispute about the fee, work WAS
discontinued for some time. Later
Mr. King, with others, did more sink.
ing and drifting in the pits under the
supervisor of Vim. Damn OF Calumet.
Mich. They sold the lease to the
Schlesipger Co. which bee m he Dunn
mine. Captain s. G. Bennett having
charge of the works This mine has
proved one of the big mines OF the
district 1t also has produced some
Of the best ore
The Monongahela mine on the NE "a
OF the NE 4 of section 80 -4S-8s. This
property was first explored by Captain
Frank Raner for William Roberts and
others in 1882. This property has the
same Iron formation as the famous
Columbia mine which is on the forty
$ w. There is very little doubt but
there Will be good mine found in the
near future.
The Columbia mine on tie n > Of
MY of section 3l-43-82 Some OF
the first exploring in the district was
lone on this property by the Matty
Bros They sold their option 10 the
Onion Iron Co. Of Chicago, in 1881
aud they named the property the
Union mine, with Captain Taylor in
charge This mine was held back by
Door management until of late. but
today il one of the big mines OF tie
district with nigh grade of ore
The Tobin mine on the Sc of SW i
Of section 32.4332 Exploration was
done on this property in 1882 10y
George Rrunkle and others and in 1885
Dy James Tobin and others. of Florence
Wis, when good ore was found but
no mining was done until 1901 when
the mine was opened by the Corrigan
a 4 IN 20 ri. N
charge This property has pro,ed in
the last year CO be the making Of big
mine and has helped to increase the
tonnage Of the district for 90s.
The Kimbal on the + of Sc L
Of section 99-43-S2 was first explored
by Runkle and others in 1852 and
was called the Junietta In 1857
Mr.. II. u. Kimball and others got
hold Of the property and after extensive
exploration, they found good ore on
the south part of the so. They
organized company and called the
property the Kimball mine This is
valuable property but IL will need
some exploring before il can become a
shipping mine
The May mine on Lot . section
% 1882 The first work was done on
this property in 1892. In 1884 Vim.
James and Capt. Frank Raher got an
option on the property and they did
some drifting and testpitting work
and later turned the option over to
company which was composed of Harry
Roberts and Chicago parties and the
property was called the May mine
with Captain Harry Roberts in charge
They did some work bat not enough
to give the property full test of its
value.
The Hope mine formely known az
the Blaney exploration on the n \
Of SE "A Of section 27-43-3s This
property was first explored by the
Green Bay parties in 1883. They
found good body Of ore and called
the and the Blaney mine with captain
Blaney in charge They did not ship
any ore until about 1891 when the
railroad was extended TO the Armenia
mine and branch was built 10 the
Blaney now Hope mine.
The LeePeck on the w Of the NE
4 Of section 26-43-32 This property
was first explored in 1855 under a lease
by J. H. Parks and others. They
found fair sized bod, Of good ore.
The property is good one and will
SOME day be good paving mine.
The Quincy exploration on the VIZ
Of the SE of section i9-4332. This
property is west Of the Bristol mine
and therefore has bright future
Work WAS fret done on this property
Ia 1882 But on account Of water
work was suspended the same year
and nothing "a been done on the pre-