The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21
MINE TO BE MADE
OF old HANCOCK
HOSTING AT OLD-TIME SHAFT
STARTED THIS WEEK.
Copper Property Will Be Opened and
Explored as Fast as the Work Can
Be Done-Cole and Ryan Strongly
Impressed with the Prospects of the
Mine Peninsula Mining News.
Special to The Journal,


Calumet, Mich, July 21.-Hoisting at the old
shaft of the Hancock Consolidated Mining COM
pany started this week, and the work Of Open
ing and exploring the property Will be pushed
for the reopening of the old shaft Is being pur-
chased and all necessary preparations for the
development OF the mine on broad and vigor-
GUS scale made. !, sls.s -.ti -
No site has yet been selected for the Vertical
shaft which 1t is proposed to sink on thelfian-
cock, and none will be until the matter has
been studied exhaustively by some of the best
engineers available, both in the Lake Superior
and Montana copper camps. There are several
important engineering problems to be considered,
and they will all be investigated carefully. ALI
of the lodes traFerstng the property Will be
| reached from this vertical shaft, which will be
put down near the boundary that divided the
Condor and st. Mary,s portions Of the Hancock
Consolidated, and where the company has undis-
| puted rights to all the copper values.
| 1t is planned to work the old Hancock portion
| of the Hancock Consolidated from the old In.
clined shaft the repairing of which was started
a few days ago, as already mentioned. The
shaft has depth of 1000 feet the Hancock
| lode. AS soon as the shaft has been re-
opened, the timbering repaired and the water
pumped out, plans will be taken up for fur.
ther sinking and explorations on lateral
SCALE .s
Thomas f. Cole the st. Mary's Mineral Land
company and the Ryan estate, the latter rep
resented by John D. Ryan, general manager aof
the Amalgamated, and John d. Guddihy Of
/ Calumet, president of the Hancock Consolidated,
|
. poets of the mine. These interests own $1,000
shares out Of the total issue Of 100000 shares
Baltic Bed Rich in Copper.
! Rich copper has been encountered In the
Baltic amygdaloid bed at the fourth level of
/ No. shaft at the Superior property in section
Is. This is about 45o feet below the sur
face on the incline of the formation. which 10
| the same as in the levels above fifty -twes de-
grees from the horizontal. The shaft Is Eink-
ing in the foot wall. and it was necessary ito
crosscut forty yseven feet to tap the formation.
The crosscut has not shown the lode to its full
| width, having entered 1t only a short distance
but as soon as tn shaft is timbered to the last
lift the crosscut will be extended. At No.
/ shaft where work started recently, depth iof
fifty feet has been reached and the lode shows
up uragfngly. ~ =.
| John T. Reeder, chief clerk Of the Tamarack
Mining company, has been appointed chief clerk
and purchasing agent Of the Bigelow group of
mines which includes the Tamarack, Oeceofa
Consolidated. Isle Royale and Ahmeek. The
change is effective Aug. l.. William NJ Harris
succeeds to his position at the Calumet offics
of the Tamarack Office.
Good Progress at the Nonesuch.
Excellent progress is being made with the
exploratory work which the Calumet & Heels
Mining company is conducting at the old None
such mine in the Porcupine Mountain coppel
range Of Ontonagon county. t4iy
| In order to determine what prospects 1t may
| possess the Weyerhauser copper property eas
of Gordon in Douglas county, Wisconsin. viii
be explored by the owner, the Rudolph Develop
ment company. The company Is installing
diamond drill and other equipment for explor
ing the tract. Messrs. Edison and Barton ar
at the location superintending operations. i
| Twas worked about three years ago and som,
copper exposed.
A cargo of rails for the Keweenaw Centra
railroad. which the Keweenaw Copper compan,
is building thru Keweenaw county, arrived thi
, | week. .s..E.
At the Ashbed property in Keweenaw counf.
what is believed to be an extension OF thu
! Central fssure vein has been encountered.