The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-05-25
.STOCKPILES GOING
FORWARD RAPIDLY
BIG SHOVEL WORK BY THOMAS PEN
GLASE AT THE DUNN.
ALL EXPLORERS ARE HUSTLING
Drills are Being Worked Harder Than
Ever Iroquois to Sink an Entirely
New Shaft.

Ever lroquois to Sink an Entirely
New Shaft
the stockpiles are dwindling very
rapidly at the Crystal Falls mines and
if the present rate is kept mp the first
Of July will see about all OF the stocked
ore at the Corrigan Mckinney mines
cleaned mp
The piles are not OF exceptni0al size
and the mild winter eliminated 20 a
great degree the trouble from frozen
ore.
The big Bucyrus shovel has been
doing some furious work this year
under the direction Of Tom Pen2lase
VINO is recognized as one OF the best
runners in the business. At the Dunn
this week he was loading 100 cars each
day and could have loaded many more.
This shovel has already cleaned up
the Crystal Falls pile and licked mp all
az the Dunn. finishing work there yes
terday IL will now be moved 20 the
Fairbanks and that pile cleaned mp.
The other shovel is working at the
Basic pile Of the Great Western
The Mansfield shovel is working right
along but the Bristol ism I loading any
ore from pile bnt will probably start
later on
NO RAILROAD TALK
All the talk about the building Of
new tracks either 70 the mines or To
Iron River has nattened ont. The
Iron River extension of the Milwaukee
seems 10 bee deferred for the time but
those in positions with the company
think that IL will be taken mp later
when financial conditions ARE In better
shape.
The Kimball mine il yet unserved
with siding and no effort TO build
one is being made by either road. not
withstanding that the operators have n
fsi- sized stockpile OF ore on the ground
and are putting in a fine new hosting
plant
II is claimed that the two companies
have locked horns over the proposition
70 construct joint track This joint
ing Of tracks was very common with
the railroads few years ago but Of
late they fight shy Of IL as there is
always contention AS 10 which company
shall keep the track cleaned ont in
winter
FROM THE EXPLORATIONS
The drills on the Hennipen property
between this city and the Tobin mine
are still working and IL j. thought
that there will be some interesting lie.
velopments In that section now that
Supt Richards is back on the ground
again.
The drills at Amasa are kept pound
ing right along. AT Red Rock the
drill is in the ledge but on the New
York State Steel coInpanys options
the drill men had considerable trouble
with boulders and have not reached
the ledge yet
The Iroqnois people have not quit
drilling ON the old Gibson yet but
will. We understand, keep the drill
working for some time yet
To SINK NEW SHAFT.
II IL stated that these people have
decided 20 sink al entirely new shaft
on. this property IL was thought that
they would pump ont the old SHAFT Of
the oliver Iron company's SINGING but
IL is claimed that such II not the in
tention.
Contracts were let 10 Andrew Mel
son. Of this city. during the week for
the erection of three buildings each TO
be 20 ~ feet In dimensions One Is
10 be nsed for changing house, an
other for an Office and warehouse aud
the other for a blacksmith shop. car
penter shop and machine shop
Mr.. Nelson will begin work as soon
~ the material arrives and will rush
them 10 completion.
No provision has yet been made for
Nh engine and boiler honse but that
building will come as soon a. the
machinery arrives and is set mp
II anyone doubts that the Iroquois
people are not serious about the Gibson
property or that they have not found
ore enough to warrant their opening IL
up. the letting Of contracts for these
buildings should dispel such notions
SHENANGO NOT SINKING.
The Shenango Iron company is not
sinking on the property that they had
under option near the halfway. When
Mr. Pearson left these parts last
January he stated that IL was his In.
tention to return in the spring and
sink q shaft 20 develop the ore cut
with diamond drill He has not