The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-23
GOOD QUALITY OF HEMA-
TITE ORE
Is Found In Great Quantities,
Averaging SO to 60 Per Cent
IrOn-Suryey for a Railroad
from Mine to L'Anse
Bay Has Been
Completed.

Thursday, r. c. Williams and tn,
editor of THE SENTINEL visited The
iron ore explorations which are beins
carried on on section 8, township 4!
north, OF range 33 west, about eight
miles south of L'Anse, by the Con
solidated Bessemer Iron Company
of Duluth, Mimi, under the able
direction Of James D. Wade, who is
stockholder in the company, and
general manager of the work at the
new mine. Mr.. Wade courteously
spent the afternoon with the visit
ors, showing them the numerous
test pits and quaiisy Of ore taken
therefrom, ,-and explaining in detail
the work which has been accom-
plished, and plans for future opera
tions in developing what certainly
promises to be a great mine. This
company has secured.an option for
lease, covering the entire section
six hundred and forty acres-and has
conducted systematic operations
since last September.
Up to the present time, twenty
two test pits have been put down,
to depths averaging from 20 to 30
feet, nineteen of which show hema-
tite ore of good quality, and three
being in slate. The ore is found at an
average depth OF fifteen feet from the
surface, aud will assay from 56 to GO
per cent iron. The overburden is
mostly sand and gravel. The test
pits are 5x5 feet, located on the
north half of the section, at an eleva-
tion OF 44S feet above point where
Mr.. Wade has begun the work OF
tunneling. In several Of the test
pits work has been abandoned tenn
porarily, owing to bad air and gases
arising therefrom, which will later
be overcome by forcing air into the
pits.
At a point on a branch of Fall
river, 44S feet below the line of test
pits, and one.half mile west, a tun-
mel has been started, FIVE and one
half feet in width, and six feet in
height. Work on this tunnel was
begun two weeks ago, and is now in
about thirty-five feet, all the distance
showing ore. When two hum
dred feet is reached, cross-cut will
be made and additional ones at inter-
walls of two hundred feet. The
length of the tunnel will be about
$500 feet. The object of tunneling
is to obvate the expense of hosting
the ore, stock pilipg and pumping.
Near the mouth of the tunnel it is
proposed to erect large pockets,
from which the ore may be easily
loaded into cars.
The company has completed a sur
vey for an electric railroad, to be
built from the mouth of the tunnel
to an ore dock, which will be erected
on the bay at L'Anse, just west Of
the old saw mill site, about eighty
rods from the center OF the village,
at which point, 1000 feet from the
shore, the depth of water is nearly
thirty feet. The power for the
proposed electric railroad will be
obtained from Sturgeon river falls
The length OF the road will be nearly
nine miles, with a down grade from
the mine to the dock OF less than
per cent. 1t is estimated that the
Sturgeon river falls win furnish al
least 5000 horse power. 1t is in.
tended to begin work on the electric
railroad as soon as sufficient quan,
tity Of ore is shown. The quality Is
entirely satisfactory. =.
At present force of ten men are
employed, but later it is proposed tc
increase the number.
The present workings are on the