The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-05-26
MANY DRILLS ON
MEN0MINEE RANGE
INDUSTRY IS GREATER Than AT ANY
TINE IN HISTORY.
RESULTS BEING OBTAINED
LonsytS & Hodge ard Cole q me
Donald the Only Firms Operating
IN THIS Field

There IL more diamond dril work
being done on the Menominee range
today than At any time in the history
OF the range. This is especially true
OF the Iron county districts where
there are more drills operating than in
any other locality.
Crystal Falls has half dozen drills
in operation today and all OF them are
! looking for ore and all Of them are
meeting with very encouraging result.
This doesn't mean that all Of these
drills are in ore but they are all in ore
formation and the indications are So
favorable that those putting up the
money are quite satisfied.
Time was when the diamond drill
was not in favor in this district
Shaft sinKing. or testpitting. was then
considered the best AMI cheapest
method Cseage has changed Now
there Is scarcely any testpitting while
diamond drill work il very much IN
evidence
There is good reason for the change,
though la the days OF the test pif,
the only property attacked was that on
which little surface burden existed
Two men could sink pit 70 the ledge
ia those days do IL while the team
was hauling the drill TO its new set
up Thus IL was that but q very
small part o. the ore bearing territory
was explored for when surface burden
OF more tban ten or fifteen feet existed
on property no one wanted an option
on it
New the explorers are attacking the
leep.lying properties and the cheapest
method Of doing this is with the dia-
mond drill Had it not been for the
diamond drill the new finds in the
Stambaugh valley would not have
been unearthea A. the sinking of a
snaft such as was put down on the
Baltic or Baker properties cost A. mall
fortune
There are two firms engaged in the
work in this vicinity and, in fact these
two firms are the largest operators in
the country outside Of the manufactur
ers Of the machine themselves Long
year a Hodge and Cole q Mcdonald
ARE the two firms
jas Scanlan has charge of the work
+ for the Longyear tirm in this comfy
He has three drills operating here and
several AZ Iron River This hrm is
doing the work for the Consumers ore
company 40 Mastodon and for the
Buffalo a Snsquehanna people near the
Armenia At the Armenia they are
engaged on deep hole At the
Mastodon they have just moved toe
drill to the north % the big blnif a.
bout midway between the Dunn track
and the bluff They are setting up a
heavy drill there and evidently intend
sinking deep nole All the holes
they have put down ont there 40 far
have been shallow ones about 800 feet
There ~ one question that the public
must never ask OF diamond drill
man and that is what are YOU get
ting No information is supposed
70 be given ont and none is by any
man who knows the business All
that IL known Of the results at the
drills OF this hrm il that the water il
red which il an Indication that some
thing close 20 iron is being met with.
Cole a. Mcdonald have several drills
working under the supervision 81 Ira
Odgers who has had charge Of the
Menominee range for a number of years
One drill is working for Corrigan.
Mckinney a 90. near the Tobin
Another Is working st Swan lake
The latter place is the one where such
deep surface was met with. They
reached the ledge some time ago and
are putting down y deep hole
Geo. Mas has his drill working
out near the Hollister. This drill has
been working IN that vicinity for three
years
AT Iron River and Stsmbaugh the
two companies mentioned have each
several drills operating. Mr. Scanlan
Is now placing one in the Hiawatha
mine for the Susquehanna people, be-
sides a couple others that ne has ON
surface for the same concern.
I Mr.. Odgers has his drills working
FOR Corrigan. Mckinney & Co. on the
Tally options where " - said very
encouraging results are being met
with and for the PicKands Mather
i people testing ont the Baltic eight IN