The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-04-01
MAKING A RECORD
AT MANSFIELD
WATER IS BEING TAKEN OUT or
NINE RAPIDLY.
ORE SHIPMENTS HAVE STARTED
April 10 is Set Upon as the Probable Date
Of the Opening OF Navigation
Iron Trade Booming.

The BOYS 40 the Mansfield have tucir
Inning Just now at the unwatoriug
game aud they are hitting a pace that
is simply surprising Two bnilers are
used aud the water has been lowered
nearly to the seventh le,elar 600 feet
since starting the bailefs tUa Hees-
ago. As bigh as l5 feet pr shift has
been nude lsht lu the mdlla the
distance between level tae baters
are tciu4 pulled it tho ratio 81 aaaa,
0ur per minute
Al tbis rate barring accidents De-
water Will be ont of the mime iu "a
month Il only goes tn prove the
value on careful aud systematic
preparation Tor any unwateriug job
The Mansfield people took plenty Of
time 10 prepare for the work and now
that it is under way they are reaping
the benefit Of the Thorough prepara
tiOn.
superintendent Trebicock was in
from the Mansfield last Thursday and
Informed reporter that on Wednes
day the miners gained egress 10 the
mine at the sixth level aud made a
tour OF the workings around the level
Tney found everything In perfect con
dition.
THE GREAT WEST ERN.
Captain Jacka is rapidly getting
matters in shape underground for "A
record breaking production ut tins
property While much ore has been
hoisted during the time which has in
teryened since the unwatering opera
tious ceased. yet tine main effort has
been 10 get the chutes ia and ready for
work when the cars begin "a run un
der the pocket over forty chntes are
being put in place on the bottom level
and the work of installing them is
about completed In the meantime
the miners are working MP IN the subs
and will have the upper working
ready for breaking ore down into the
chutes az soon as they are completed
The hoistiug of Lincoln ore will be
DELAYED for some time 10 await the
completion Of some rock raises put mp
TO mill the ore down from the sixth
to the lth level In the mean time,
two grades Of ore are being hoisted.
Great Western aud Basic. the greater
part Of the hoist being basic.
The work Of catching mp and re
timbcring No shaft Is going on
rapidly and wnea that avenue 5 ready
the timber and men viii bc huisted
through that shaft
IRON ORE.
The officials of the Lake Carriers
association aud the Marine Firemen.
oilers and Water Tenders union have
agreed 10 the same scale Of wages for
this year AS was paid las, year The
ore handlers are trying tu have the
hours uf labor reduced from eleven 90
ten and 10 have wages increased but
il Is not expected that there will bc
much delay in arriving az an agree
ment The warm weather Of the past
few days has caused the ice on the
lakes 70 melt rapidly aud it il now ex
pected that vesscIs viii ho able to pass
through the 500 locks by April 10.
More orc will be moved by contract
this year tnan ever before aud any
speculation as to.tbe ultimate state ot
the " ild ore rate l. premature A- far
as is known there have been no wild
or single trip charters made as YET
but when they are made they are
expected ID open 90 the contract rate.
la a season of as full movement ~
this iJ would seem as though the wild
rate should advance bat it has been
the history Of lAke trade that when
ever it opens strong with good free
movement producers hecotuc cautions
by the middle of summer. with the
result that the movement lessons pre-.
ceptibly IL therefore remains to be
seen whether the wild rate will 90
10 s5 cents as some shrewd observers
are predicting.
Next 10 the ore trade. coal assumes
Importance Of the lakes Reports from
the northwest indicate that che dock
supplies mp there are practically ex-
hausted and that the region will be- In
need OF coal IA soon ms IL can get IL.
A heavy movement is therefore 10 be
expected and contracts have been made
al tho same rates that were paid last
year, 20 cents 10 the head OF the lakes
and - cents 70 Milwaukee. This is for