The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-20
A new ORE FIND
NORTH OF IRON RIVER
ORE ENCOUNTERED IN SECOND
HOLE PUT DOWN ON PROPERTY
PROVE FORMATION CONTINUOUS
viii Probably Result in Much Work Be
ing Done in This Section and Several
New Mines Being Opened.

A drill hole put down on the SW 4
of the NV 4 Of section IL. 1875 is
liable TO change. materially. opinions
OF mining meD as to the run Of the ore
formation in and about Iron River
The Diamond Drill has been pro-
phesying right along that, In time. the
district TO the north Of Iron River
would come into It's own and IL looks
as II the time IN at hand when some
move will be made towards giving this
district the attention that il deserves.
The enconntering OF the ore formation
on the piece Of property mentioned has
served 10 turn the attention Of mining
men "a that section, many Of them
overriding opinions expressed former
ly upon this section Of the west side
district.
The exploration mentioned is being
done by Ellsworth ) Coe and r. A.
Morrison. Of Iron River. Last May
they secured AN option 10 explore the
NV Of section i3 from the fee
owners. A. W. Quirt and Hector Nc
Phee. Of Iron River, Senator Moriarty.
John Nc,iillis and Thos Conlin. Of
Crystal Falls
They showed nerve In the undertak
ing IA the land is away north of any
thing proved mp about Iron River and
the section had been consistently
knocked by many Of the mining
men OF the west side VINO claimed that
the showing made in the James ex-
ploration the only exhibit of ore or
ore formation 10 the north Of Iron
River was 'slop over. ont Of place
and not on continuous formation.
The James is about "A mile south and
a little 10 the west Of the land optioned
by these explorers hut the same swail
which IL held 10y many 20 follow along
close % the ore formation. crosses the
property.
A test pit was started on the north
west corner Of the SW Of the NV,
under the supervision Of Mr.. McPhee,
one Of the fee owners, who staked his
reputation ON eDcountering forma.
tion. at least, at that spot. The pit
WAS carried down seventy Ave feet
through white sand as dry as bone.
bat nc that depth, water was encount-
cred and as the explorers had no
machinery at hand. they decided To
move, for the time being, TO point
further 30 the north and they accord
ingly located a pit on the NV Of the
NV about 800 feet from the north and
the east lines of the forty. Water was
encountered ia this pit 1T 20 feet and
churn drill was put at WORK and the
ledge encountered at depth Of ten
feet below this point
The ledge proved 10 be green rock
and the explorers then brought their
drill back to their original pit and
sank twenty two feet through the sand
before they encountered ledge Before
hitting the ledge broken mp shist
that yielded red colored water was
penetIated for distance Of eight feet
The ledge proved 10 be- graphite
slate. or black rock as they called ~
Five feet Of this was penetrated and
the red states were encountered AT a
depth Of twenty-five feet in the ledge
the drill cut few feet Of clean ore
which yielded. as the drill descended.
10 more red slate and then again 20 a
seam OF clean ore. And the same con.
dition has reigned 40 far.
The states are of the typical Iron
RIVER variety and have been pronounced
+ by diamond drill men having much ex-
perience in the Stambangh valley, n
being identical Ia every respect
1 While the one drill hole does not
show mp an iron mine, yet IL proves the
continuance ~ the formation north and
shows that the James. instead of beiDg
located on wash or slop over
is on q true formation the possibilities
of which are fully ~ great as those Of
the formation in the stambangh valley
60 the sonth
7 Messrs. Coe and Morrison have great
faith In their find and feel confident
tnat little more probing around viii
show up an ore oody and intend h
either sink q shaft or put down some
more drill holes unless the property
Is taken by some Of the large mining
companies, move that is liable 10 be
made ~ several of the compsnies have
asked for terms
The find has already aroused land
owners a. we'll ~ mining men. and