The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-11-26
.PICkANDS-MA
OFFICIALS WERE HERE
GIVE ORDERS TO INCREASE OUTPUT
AT MINES.
CASPIAN AND MIkADO START
Outlook for Next Season al the Properties
Of This Concern Is for Biggest
Output in History.

Th result OF the visit 20 their min
ing properties by the officials OF the
pickands, Mather Co. has been orders
for an expasion of operations, The
party visited the ranges last week
in special train. In the party were
wm. a.. Mather the present senior
membsr Of the hrm. H. q. Dalton, II.
s. H@ssiton and e. r. Munger
Range superintenaent Chas. 4 Law
renee accompanied the party while
they were on this range
Thsy made the trip in the private
car Of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron com.
pany, the Mather who IL president OF
that concern being near relative OF
Mr.. Mather Of the Pickands company.
Although Mr.. Mather has hong been
"a prominent factor in ore circles OF
this district. this was his first visit 10
the place Mr., Dalton. who besides
being personally heavily interested in
the concern. represents the Pickands
interests. has made number Of visits
here and is NO stranger 20 these parts
He Is much younger man than
Mr. Mather and has charge Of the ex
tcnsiye ore department OF the firm.
Mr. Haselton. who is the secretary
of the several subsidiary companies,
has immediate charge Of the orr pro
dncing end while Mr. Munger il the
general manager of the mining com.
anies
They spent whole day on the Me
nominee range stopping at their Dick
inso county mines first. The Verona
mine. near Vulcan. Is idle and II Is
probable that il wiz remain -. The
company has spent lot OF money IN
.Hn endeavor 70 locate paying ore
body on this property but 70 date
have been disappointed although
much ore has been mined.
The Vivian mine near Quinnesec,
il low grade Bessemer property and
gives promise OF developing into a
big thing OF It's bind. Operations
have been pushed for n big output
during the latter days Of this season
and IL Is the intention 10 work the
property for all there is in her the
coming season.
The enxt point was the Hemlock
mine at Amasa This mine was
the first OF the company's Iron county
mines, the plant and other equipment
being moved to Amasa from the old
Wapole mine which was originally
neld 10y these people and abandoned.
The wapole has since proved TO be a
very fair property, the deep develop
ments a. the Pewabic proved that AZ
greater depth the Wapole contained a
large orc body Of fair grade orr and
il is now a part ot the Pewahiu com
panys workings
At Amasa the fIemlock was thor-
oushly inspected and the underground
cunditips 81 the property cannrassed.
II was decided to start work al once
sinking the shaft another lift The
Hemlock has mol been looking - well
on the level .onenei up duuug
tne past year as un the
previous one aud The shaft GEN
lowered another itt III nope. tbat Ne
arc body Will right itself agan aud
to have ample ground opened fora big
MOIST next SEASON. The work Qt sink
ing the shaft was started on Tuesday
morning last and will be continued
until II Is down another hundred feet
In the mean time every pound Of oro
that can bs mined this winter Will be-
put in stock ready Tor next shipping
season.
From the Hemlock the party went
10 stambaugh accompanied by Range
superintendent, g. +. Lawrence aud
saltsd the big Baltic mine, the peer
"A all It's properties on the Menominee
range. Here assistant Supt Jobe,
who has immediate charge of the west
side mines. WAS consulted In rog ard 10
the needs Of his properties The Baltic
Il slated for record breaking output
next season The surface equipment
and shaft il not such ~ will allow
of a phenomenal output being made
but the way ore has been hoisted at
the property the past season indicates
that every means Is being taken ad
vantage of 20 handle ore quickly and
that results ARE being obtained,
The Caspian mine was then visited
and lts salvation decided. The Cas-