The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
Shaft Sinking HAMMERED.

for sinking the shaft. Before attempting to
sink there the company drove holes all about
the shaft site to discover any boulders, and
finally selected spot where there seemed to
be monet but it has become evident that they
missed some, for work has been made very
difficult, of late by reason of boulders that have
detected the steel piling and have practically
stopped operations. -
The mine will be in shape for shipment next
year, it Is now expected. 1t is not large
deposit original blue prints having shown SAC, 900
to be considerably larger, from drill explorations
conducted a few feet south of the southeast
corner Of the property.
Plckands., Mather & Co. also have, in the
northeast quarter Of the southwest quarter Of
section a.. a considerable tonnage in the Mo-
hawk, for; the lease Of which they paid SIC, 600
not long ago: This is being developed for a
large shipper and without any serious difficulty.
Half a mile due east Of Mohawk, in the north
east quarter Of the northeast quarter Of Sec
ton 4, is, Miller, operated by the Pitt Mining
company and a shipper of some ore this year.
Northeast OF Miller. on lots 2, 3 and 4, section
8, is Meadows mine, which Jones & Laughnn
Cthe Interstate Iron company are opening for
immediate shipment. The same quicksand seems
to along upon this property; for there has
been much trouble here also in getting the shaft
down, but at last it is working better, and 1t is
expected that some ore can be shipped this fall.
There. are about 800, 600 tons Of merchantable
ore proved in this deposit. Corrigan, Mckinney
& Co. have a small mine in the vicinity. These
comprise all the mines SO far developed in this
immediate district, tho the Longyear-Mesabi
company has found ore in section /, its ex.
ploration having been one of the first made on
the Mesabi. =
Interesting Exploration.
most interesting and important exploration
is under way In section 6, where E. J. Longyear
and R. NJ. Bennett Of Minneapolis at work.
This exploration is interesting from the fact
that not only was ore found in quantity be-
meath taconite, but beneath second shelf Of
rock. That in each this rock found
somewhat decomposed and broken is probably
the chief reason for the continuance Of work
into and thru the lower shelf.
: This hole is close to the northwestern corner
of the northwest quarter Of the southwest quar-
ter Of section 5, without about 100 feet of the
southeast corner of the Syracuse tract, and on
the beach of Embarrass lake. The drill found
$50 feet Of surface, then ten feet Of decom-
posed taconite, then $50 feet of ore, then 1f-
teen feet of taconite and then ore again. The
hole is now forty feet in this second STRATUM
Of ore and has not reached the bottom. This
result is especially interesting on Its bearing
on other lands In the vicinity.
Messrs. Longyear and Bennett have secured
two additional forty acre tracts, one adjoining
and to the north Of where they are working,
thru which Embarrass lake runs, and the second
cornering on that, to the northeast. Both will
be thoroly explored at once.
b.. Other Projects.
NJ. L. Fay has been drilling some time on
the northeast quarter Of the northeast quarter
Of section g, township So, range 10, and on
lands belonging to the Yawkeys Of Detroit,
Mich, and has found a deposit amounting to
about q 100000 tons of merchantable ore. a.
Six diamond drills are operating in Swanzey
for the Cleveland Cliffs company, most Of them
close to-, Little Lake station = It is reported
that several good finds have been made aud
that another year will see a, mine or two ope4el
thereon.
|; K large amount Of exploratory work Is under
way, and more is planned by both the Oliver
and Cleveland Cliffs companies in the immediate
Vicinity of Ishpeming and Negaumee, lands
that had been either drilled explored by pits
and shafts years ago. The conviction is now
general that there is large tract in this sec:
ton that will amply repay more thoro and deeper
exploration with big drills, along the trend Of
the formation.
Work on the new ,Waucota mine Of the Pitt
Mining company and the old Commodore Of Cor.
rigan, Mckinney & Co.. has far progressed
that both properties should be mining shortly.