The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-08
EXPLORING ON
THE INCREASE
MORE NEW WORK BEING DONE THAN
AT THIS TINE LAST YEAR
SOUTH DUNN WORK PROGRESSING
Huron Company Starts Sinking After
Crossing the Ore Deposit Nrety
Feet-Other Mining News

THE next exploring boom is going 10
strike Crystal Falls and il will be a
bigger one than any so far experience
ed. said mining man 90 a represen-
tatiye of The Diamond Drill short
time ago and if the present activity is
any indication. this mans words are
coming true sooner than expected
There is more real new work being
done in this district to-day than there
was at this time last year and inquiries
for options indicate tnat there will be
more Of il before the coming spring
fades into summer.
THE HURON EXPLORATION.
The miners have finished drifting
across the ore body and have started
sinking again. They found the deposit
to be ninety feet. At that distance
from the shaft red states and jasper
was cut and the drift stopped
The present shaft. which is no more
than an exploring test pit. will be sunk
a distance Of seventy five feet and the
ore body will be cut again and suffi :
cient exploratory work done at that
depth to determine its exact dimen-
sions and the best place to sink work
ing shaft II is thought that this work
can be completed by the first Of May so
that work on the equipping Of the
property may be commenced before
the middle Of the summer.
THE SOUTH DUNN.
AT this property crew of twenty
three men are employed sinking the
shaft which is now down about ninty
feet The miners are working on eight
hour shifts and the work is progressing
fairly well
A rich formation is being cut in
every sink and the property looks ex-
ceedingly good to the miners eye
At depth Of about 100 feet drifting
will be commenced and IL is then that
results are expected TO be met with
that will spell ore
THE DUNN.
A diamond drill was put at work on
the surface at this property during the
week Just what the operators intend
showing mp with the drill has not been
announced but IL is thought that the
recent underground developments al
this property have given the owners
additional insight to possible addition
al ore deposits and that this drill II
being used 10 test MP new ground
which looks good.
THE HENNEPIN.
Tive drills are at work on this tract
Of land more vigorously than ever As
announced some time ago consider.
able amount of ore has been cut at a
great depth and the present work seems
to done with view Of tGacing the
formation along it's course TO point
at which II opens out again. The
Hennepin lands embrace nearly sec
tion and it Is very probable that other
deposits exist thereon.
In connection with the work on the
Hennepin lands is the drill that is at
work on the Donovan lands west of
the court house There Is nothing new
70 report from this work.
THE KIMBALL
In conjunction with the Hennepin
drilling is the is.the work at the Kim
ball The Kimball lease and adjoining
options held by Corrigan, Mckinney
q Co., join the Hennepin lands to the
east and while one set Of drills are at
work. working east from the Tobin
another set is working west from the
Kimhall.
The Kmball work mas invaded the
townsite and drill is now at work
near Lewis Aeshliman's residence on
the j. B. Schwartz addition