The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-07-13
WORK WILL BE COMMENCED AT ONCE
AND RUSHED TO COMPLETION
lake A YEAR TO COMPLETE IT
viii be Located 10 the South. west Of the
Workings on the "wordsn Forty Of
the hennipen Land.

The TObin mine Is 20 nave new
shaft from the grass roots This new
work has been under advisement for
number of months and was brought
10 a head last Wednesday when supt.
Richards visited the property and
located the shaft IL VIII be sunk 20
the south OF the present workings In
the corner Of the forty the surface right
10 which is owned by John Worden.
All the other shafts Of the property
have been located on the north side of
the deposit so that the new shaft will
be a departure from all past work at
the mine.
The necessity for q shaft has been
apparent for many months and the
operators have simply been waiting so
A. to get well informed upon the run
OF the ore body before undertaking the
new work which means a great amount
OF expense TO them and for that reF son
they desired 70 be right before moving
The big PIT has been creeping closer
10 the Tobin shaft, the main shaft now
IN use right along and conditions have
become very irksome, especially In
furnishing cars for use at the pocket
But three cars can now be spotted at
one time and II is necessary TO keep an
engine constantly at work ont there
attending to the pocket.
The new shaft will really be the first
one that has been sunk ont there pare.
ly for winning the ore AZ both of the
shafts that have been used heretofore
were originally started AS exploring
test pits and were simply heightened
by the present owners on the lease.
The Hennipen shaft wnicn was dis.
mantled two years ago was sunk by
Wagner and Carey TO explore the
"Fiprerty forty while the present
Tobin shaft was started as a test pit
by Captain James Tobin after whom
the property was named, and was
simply sunk deeper and enlarged by the
operators efter the ore was found
When the new shaft is completed it
will make big change in the ar
raugement Of things out that way as IL
will necessitate the changing OF the
railroad tracks, stockpile grooud, etc
from the north side Of the gap through
the big hills % the south side
HENNIPEN EXPLORATIONS
The two dismond drills and the
stand piping machine are still at work
on the Hennepin forty t. the east of
the TQbin II is understood that
body of ore has been encounte "a in the
swamp which will be oI med up with
shaft as Doon as the men and mat srial
can be spared from present workings
10 do the work with.
The two drills are at present sinking
holes well 10 the north OF the forty, APP
parently 10 satisfy the owners OF the
lease a. TO the run Of the formation
after leaving the deposit cnt in the
swamp.
The standpiping machine has been
set at WORK on the notch between the
big hills opposite the woodenware fac
tory. apparently with view OF de.
termining II the ore makes through
that gap.
This work If the first systematic ex-
ploting that has been carried on in the
Crystal Falls district and in IL Supt
Richards has shown mis- good judge
ment and been rewarded
The work was started 40 the Tobin,
or Genessee portion Of the Tobin where
the ore cut ont in the mine. Holes
were put down at intervals along the
formation, as IL was determined. In an
endeavor 10 catch the fold that contain
ed the next lense Of ore. The ore was
found and now the same tactics are
being followed right along towards the
city.