The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
SEARCHING OUT
NEW COPPERS
EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING
PLANNED IN THE PENINSULA.
Awakening of ,Keweenaw County Pages
the Way for Railroad Building and
Mine Development - Isle Royale
Shows Improved -Results-old Toltec
Mine to Be Operated. 80. < .~
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Calumet, Mich, April 2o.-With the awaken
ing Of Keweenaw county and the beginning Of
exploratory work on various old and undevel-
oped properties in Houghton and Ontonagon
counties there promises to be an unusually large
amount of diamond drilling In the Lake Su-
perior copper district the coming summer.
In a short, time exploratory work will be
begun upon a tract of land near the Bohemian
Range Mi ing company's property In Keweenaw
county. The property carries the same iodes
which are being explored by the Bohemian Range
company with favorable results. Boston and
Lake Superior men are supplying the funds for
the exploratory work, and in the event Of prom
Using showing mining company will be or
ganized with the usual capitalization. William
e. Smith, clerk of Keweenaw county, brought
the various lands, comprising LAO acres, to-
gether into the new property. Frank L. Van
Orden, superintendent Of the Wyandot Copper
company and consulting engineer for the Bo-
hemian Range corporation, will conduct the pre-
liminary investigation on the tract.
Repairs to the Osceola Consolidated Mining
company's stamp mill on Torch lake are pro-
crossing rapidly. Already three heads have
been converted into the eteeple compound stamps
and three more Of the simple heads will be re-
modelled at once. The Osceola company's milling
capacity is being greatly enlarged by the changes
completed and under way, and before the end
Of the year it is expected that facilities will
be available for the treatment Of about 5000
tons Of rock every twenty-four hours.
At the Tamarack company stamp mill. which
is close to the Osceola plant, the remodeling OF
one simple stamp has been completed It is
not the plan Of the management, which Is the
same as in charge of the .Osceola mill, to change
any more of the stamp heads In the Tamarack
mill to the compound type until the one now
in commission has been exclusively tested on
the conglomerate rock and demonstrated its eff.
fciency in unmistakable results. -.
Lake, Superior and Pittsburg capitalists have
closed negotiations for the purchase Of the prop.
erty Of the Young's Lake Mining company IN
Ontario on the north shore Of Lake Superior.
The deal was made this week and involves
$3.50, 900. company is being formed under
the Canadian laws to operate the mine. Until
all arrangements are completed the names of
the persons interested will not be made public.
spere gold mine, which is making remarkable
showing and yields ore running exceptionally
high in gold contents. The purchasers will at
once begin vigorous development work and q
large sum will be expended in the opening and
equipping Of the mine. gs
Improved results are being secured by the Isle
Royale Consolidated company. Book shipments
have been increased gradually and now average
600 tons daily. There has been some improve
ment in the character of the rock, due mainly
to the better grade coming from the exploratory
shaft on section IL. The coming summer will
witness more activity at the Isle Royale thar
for some time past. The opening Of per
manent shaft on section II and a thoro explora
ton of the southern end Of the property witt
the diamond drill will be pushed with all pos
sible speed.
Arrangements under way for the organize
ton of a corporation to acquire and operate tn
| old Toltec mine in Ontonagon county. The com
pany will be known the Toltec Copper Mining
company, and it is expected that the organization
will be completed by May 1. and active devel
opment work begun Immediately thereafter. TIL
.Toltec is the most important idle mine In On
tonagon county with the possible exception o
the National. 1t was worked from 1856 t
| 1861 and produced upwards Of 1000, 900 pound
iof refined copper, yielding many masses of nativ
copper, some weighing as much as eleven ton
each, The property comprises 1,120 acres.