The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-05-04
PUMPS ARE PULLED
AT MICHIGAN MINE
WORK AT THIS OLIVER PROPERTY
SUSPENDED.
COLD WEATHER INTtRFtRES
S,-ines Are Unable TO Make Big Shipments
Owing to Adverse Weather Condi-
tions Of Past Month.

tlons ol Past Month.
one more oliver mine has suspended
operations. The Michigan mine at
Amasa went out Of commission last
Wednesday when the pumps were pull
ed and the workings allowed 10 I'LL
with water.
The Michigan has been on the sick
list for two years and for the past
six months nothing was done there ex-
cepting pump water and that seemed a
needless expenditure.
The effect of thus shut down will
not be felt at Amasa as the men had
all been let out long ago and had found
positions else where.
MANSFIELD SHIPPING
The long suspense has been broken
at the Mansfield mine of the Oliver
Iron Mining company. Shipping Is In
progress and the daily output OF the
mine, together with what steam
shovel can load from the stock pile, is
being sent to the docks.
The Mansfield has been out Of the
shipping column for over a year. Last
summer the ore hoisted was stocked 30
that a very large pile has accumulated.
The intentions OF the operators are
not known. They may ship all OF the
pile OF they may not They are not
making. any particular effort to in
crease the output so 1t Is thought that
matters will be allowed TO rnn along
at about an even gait for the summer.
BRISTOL HAMPERED
The Bristol mine Is meeting with
interference from quarter not expect
ed this time OF the year. The cold
weather has not allowed the upper
levels OF the mine through which most
OF the ore Is milled, 10 thaw out and
the broken ore cannot be milled down
TO the chutes.for hosting
The hard frosts at night causes the
water that runs from the melting
SHOWS Of the day time 10 freeze under
ground and each day finds the bulwark
of frozen ore larger than the day pre-
vious
The hoist Is therefore greatly reduc-
cd from what IL should be and Is con-
fined only TO the ore broken in the
lower levels Of the property.
AS soon as the weather warns 80
that the ore can be milled down from
the pit there will be some hustling to
catch up but so long continued has
been the delay that il is not likely that
the deficiency can wholly be npade up
THE BAKER
This property in the Stambpugh val.
ley, the property OF the Cortigan- Nc
Kinney company, is turning but TO be
a fine mine and valuable Investment
for the present owners
When IL is considered that the Baker
was successiyely owned by the Oliver
Mining company and by the Penn Iron
Mining company and that, after spend
ing lot Of money each in Sdrill work
the property was turned down az not
warranting further expend iture. the
outcome of the costly exploratory work
carried on by Corrigan, Mckinney &
Go, has brought happy outcome and
more firmly entrenches Supt w. j.
Richards in the front range Of the
mining men operating in the Lake
Superior district today
IL Is only within the last couple OF
weeks that the Baker has taken on the
appearances OF good thing. ore
was met with before In the drifts that
were driven but the quantity and
quality was not such az 20 warrant any
great elation
Nothing daunted. Mr. Richards kept
on going down and success has come
10 MIN because Of his perseverance,.
There is quantity and quality now
shown mp TO pay for the great expendi-
ture 80 far made.