The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-30
MICHIGAN
NEXT TO MEsABA's
Iron County Is Looming Up as Q
Field for Explorations and
new Mines.
Captain Roberts Puts His Seal Of Aps
prevail on the New Range
in Wisconsin.
Special to The Journal.

special to The Journal
Iron Mountain, Mich, July 36.-During
the past three or four years four new
mines have been opened in Iron county,
a record unequaled in any section of the
Lake Superior iron mining field except in
the Mesaba range. In addition explora-
tory and development work is in progress
at several properties which give much
promise of becoming large and profitable
producers. The four new mines are the
Baltic and Caspian in the Iron river dis
trict, and the Tobin and Lot Three in the
Crystal Falls section The two former are
Pickands- Mather properties, the Tobin Is
controlled by the Corrigan- Mckinney
people and Lot Three is a Deering Har-
vester company proposition.
Great surprise has been occasioned at
Crystal Falls by, the announcement that
the district officials of the Oliver Mining
company, the ore producing branch Of
the steel trust, have received orders to
suspend all diamond drill work at the
various Oliver explorations under their
jurisdiction. The showing at the several
properties where the Oliver is searching
for paying deposits has been considered
very encouraging.
Faith In WIseonsIn's Range.
It is the opinion of Captain G. T. Rob
erts OF Crystal Falls, who has charge OF
the exploratory work being done on the
new iron range near Baraboo, Wis, by the
Deering Harvester company, that the
new field will become large and i'm
portant producer of ore, only being ex-
| ceeded by the Mesaba. In his estimation
the range will be found to contain 1oO,-
100000 tons of ore or more. So far the
Deerfng Harvester interests control the
major portion of the holdings where work
is in progress, but there are other COM
pan1es who also have made inporta ut
finds. All the exploratory operations are
being conducted by means of drills, the
Harvester people alone having five dia-
| mond and three churn drills at work, and
except in the case Of the same interests
| no shafts have as yet been sunk to open
| up the ore bodies tapped by the drills.
This is because there is a sandstone CAP.
| ping everything the ore that carries an
immense amount of water, and it is first
/ desired to solve the problem Of caring for
this water before shafts are put. down
with the risk of drowning out the work.
| ings. : '-.~ -. =
At the shaft sunk: by. the: Harvester
company pumping plant with capacity
| OF 5000 gallons of water a. minute has
been installed, but as yet care has been
taken not to sink down thru the water
level and the other companies are ap-
parently awaiting the experience Of the
Harvester interests before putting down
| shafts. ..- ,,.4-@ 49,.
AS a result Of the recent deal by which,
| the United States Steel corporation OBJ
tanned half interest in the properties of
the Charlton Steel company. it has prar-
tica.lly-- secured control of the Champion
mine on the Marquette range.
/ I Passing to New Hands.
| The Frederichs exploration near Iron
! Mountain on the Men oniineei ranger Is
1 about to pass into the hands p Of the
! Buffalo & Susquehanna, Steel company
the negotiations for it's transfer having
been made at a conference recently held
In Cleveland A large body Of ore has
| been proved UP thezproperty and it is
the reported intention of the steel peo-
pie to install a concentrating mill
The Breen estate, which still owns the
| old Breen mine at Waucedah,. Is planning
| a resumption of work at the property. to
which one crew Of men already has been
| sent to do preliminary work. The Breen
| was the first mine opened on the Menem
inee range and at one time was operated
| by DR.. N. A.. Hulst, now with the steel
trust, and it is, believed it still contains
good deposits Of ore.
The exploratory work being conducted
4 by the Oliver Mining company at the old
4 Hancock and Garfield properties near
Norway is 50 far, Very encouraging in its
results. Ore has been encountered al
each and from present indications the
properties will be added to the producing
! list.