The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-07-15
IRON RIVER
DISTRICT PROMISING
REGARDED AS ONE or THE VERY
BEST FIELDS FOR EXPLORATION
MANY NEW MINES FOUND
Section n Looks Better Than Ever
Baltic Make, Big Find Beta Ship
ping Much Ore.

II was certainly very much surprised /
at the showing in the Iron River
district, said one Of the most promi
nent mining men in Michigan 70 a I
Diamond Drill reporter the other day
81 I'M common with other mining
men. have given but little attention
10 tho IRON River aud StambauEh
mining districts iu tho past hut
intend 81 keep more closely iu touch
with it in the future f0r [ Laiave
that it is district of great promise
also thiuk that you viii see -reater
attention viii b. given the district
by mining men in general from is
ont than has been the case iu the
past
Prejudiced Against II
There has been considerable pre-
iudice evidenced against the Iron
River and Stambaugh district in the
past and il takes lot OF nerve TO
oyerstep this prejudice and take mp a
property that is being systematically
hammered by all Those who have
done 80: those who have broken
through this shell and tackeled the
district and tackled IL with the inten-
tion of following mp whatever lead
they might get with practical explora-
ton and development have made
money The Verona company, or as
the interest Is generally known. the
Pickads Mather people are good ex-
amples Of this They went into the
Iron River district took mp small
leads and today have couple Of
properties that are worth lot Of
money.
THE BALTIC,
The Baltic mine Of this concern is
more promising today than at any
stage in its history and is rapidly
climbing 20 an important position in
the old range mining columns. With
each succeeding year the Baltic grows
better aud more valuable
A recent find Of big new lense in
the foot wall Of the property promises
greatly for the property This lense
was cut by diamond drill wnicn was
set at work n the lower levels of the
mine drilling into the foot wall. The
new lense is located between the open
pit Of the Baltic and the Section y
property and adds worth 10 that
property and the Fogarty as well
SECTION ~
This exploration. ia which Walt
Youngs OF the Hiawatha mine is the
moving spirit is rapidly developing
into property OF great promise Tie
new lift#whinh wis started last win
ter ia down and drifting on tho strike
Of the vein is in progress The bot
tom Of the shaft 100 icet from sui
face and lli feet u the leaee which
is certainly nut deep enough l0 deter
mine the true worth Of the property
IL is the intention tu sink another
hundred feet before amy extensive
mining is done
The drifting is carried on north and
south aud they have total length al
the present time of $50 feet and the
breast especially ou the north is
looking healthy and the operators feel
confident tnat the ore extends many
feet beyond the present end
The Fogarty lies Co the north Of this
property about 500 feet Gre was cut
In diamond driu holes ou tine Fognrty
and IL is Thought that thn Section I2
ra#iaa continuation #ef the Feearty
ora rha vein NOT very uida
Nerasu haut a saeu iha ulp ia
clem uI will min about a i'd 6- lu|
lr.u
TIE fUGARTN
This property is "a promising ono but
% aata no ono has taken mold to
develop a. 1t is held under lease by
Geo. Mas, Of Ncgaunee. aud others
sand they don { propose 10 let it 90
, Tor "a song There ARE mines all
around IL and close 10 tho line and IL
ii certain that the Fogarty has a large
body of ore. ore was cut with the
diamond drill two years ago and IL is
upon tho showings then made that
the property il being offered ON the
market
THE FULLY OPTIONS
These options cover several forties
10 the northeast OF the MeGillis and
include the Baker property. a lot
Of money has been spent upon them in
diamond drill work. Ore was cut in
several holes, first by the steel com
pany and later by the Penn Iron com