The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-06-07
FROM THE MINES
THE BALTIC.
(Stambaugh)

lStambaugh)
A representative of this paper visit
d the Baltic mine last Friday and
ound that there has been great
hange In the appearance of things
a that end of Spring Valley in the
ast two years. The Baltic. AS will be
Remembered, was discovered ON the old
iSiurphy homested and lies several
miles away fro m any of the produc-
ing mines in tha Iron River Valley TO
the northwest While appearances are
that the Baltic is very large, as well
asa very valuable, property, is yet in
the latter exploratory stage They
don't know just what it does amount
70 but think that the new level 1.-THE
thirdl which is now being added to
the mine will show settled ground and
give the operators some idea of the
run OF the ore formation. The Foa CO
and the exodus of the Baltic formation
may be descrtbed is about the same
terms that Talinadge disposes Of the
derivation aud disposition Of life IL
may be indicated by question mark
leaving the knowing explorer 10 do the
guessing as too where 10 is coming
from and wither it is going TO- All
that is positively known Of tie foIma-
tion is that there isin a kind Of q cres-
cent shaped belley Of grey states up
against the hill 90 the south deposit
OF ore. Wherever any work has been
tdone around the deposit. the grey
tsates have beeIl met with However,
there indications, quarter Of a mile
away, that The formation curves md
follows the hill around passsing off on
the Kinney and Young farms to the
north east.
II IL the intention we are told to
do great deal of drifting on the next
level to explore the surrounding terri
tory, the operators figuring that they
can explore cheaper from the under
ground than on surface. One long
drift, in particular that il contemplat
ed is to be put across the valley 10 the
Young farm on the north The Verona
people have as haft on the Young and
dia large amount Of work but outside
of finding very fattering indications,
got nothing Of value
The physical condition Of the Baltic
is excellent. The ore holds its dimens-
ions well and is a very good mining
proposition About 200 tons per day
are being hoisted and forwarded to the
docks at Escanaba. The stockpile Isl
not being shipped at the premsant time
but probably will be later in the season.
This property as we'll as the others
of the Verona people in the Stambaugh
district was last winter placed under
the immediate supervision Of VIM. II.
lobe and in the few months that Mr..
lobe has been in command he has
demonstrated 10 all that ne is unqualii-
eddy the man for the place. Mr.. Jope
is one OF the Youngest mining supsIint-
endants in the iron mining business
today but he is u natural born miner
and evidences remarkable adaptibility
TO his chosen profession Taking the
mine in its infancy. he has had q
chance Co shape matters from the starte
after his own ideas and ia the neat
and we'll arranged surface ana the pro
ductive capabilities Of this infant pro.
Queer at the present day he has clearly
demonstrated that his ideas aee the
right ones.
The UNDERGROUND wotR n tie pro
pertfy is under he sppel ision Of w
II. BengerY, ala old INNER from the
Marquette range.