The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-03-20
VOLUME OF SUCH WORK KEEPS
ABOUT THE SAME
BIG STOCkpIlES ACCUMULATED
those al the Corigan Mckinney Mines
Lead in size CurtaiIment at the
Youngs.

county tnere seems 10 De no dimtnu-
tion in the volume OF such work.
When one explorer shuts down another
starts up or expands.
The greater volume is ON the west
side of the county where the scene has
shifted to the district north and east
OF Iron River instead Of the Stam-
baugh valley.
The north district promises well
with present indications. The Glea-
son exploratory company TO the north
west of The James have. IL is claimed,
an excellent showing in a small shaft
that has been sunk To the west Of
them the Buffalo a. Susquehanna people
have drills working and it is reported
that some fine ore has been found.
To the extreme north. IN the vicinity
OF Atkinson village, the work has prov
ed very disappointing. Pickands-
Mather people spent lot Of money on
the McColman farm The drill work
and also the drifting done at the first
level was very encouraging but the
second level proved frost altogether
ana unless the drills that are being OPP
Grated there show up something there
will probably be an abandonment OF
the work. The explorers are trying
hard. however. and are holding on in
hopes that some lead will be discovered
TO reveal to them the ore IL any exists.
On the Mcfarland homestead to the
North west of the James. the explorers
have abandoned the drill work and are
now sinking an exploring shaft TO open
up the ore tnat was cut with the drill.
On the Spies land to the west of the
James. there. has been a curtailment Of
operations and along with this curtail-
ment there has come cessation on
what were known AZ the BUyington
lands also. This cessation is occasion
ed by tangle discovered in the owner
ship and not TO any lack of encourage
ment. IL is thought that this tangle
will be Strengthened out soon and then
exploration will be resumed.
To the west of Ice lake, on the Hall
and surrounding properties the Flor
ence Iron company Is meeting with
very much encouragement and is pro-
securing work vigorously.
A recent re.exploration of the lands
lying between the Baker and the Bal
tic mines has brought to light "A good
grade of ore lying at greater depth
than was penetrated by the first work.
Ii Is said that the ore extends under
the new Spring Valley school house.
There seems to exist a capping OF
lean ore or jasper out to the west of
Spring Valley and il used to be the
practice TO stop the boring after sever al
hundred feet Of this stuff bad been
tested and no merchantable ore shown
up.
Supt. Richards OF the Corrigan Nc
Kinney company encountered this
same thing further west and it's his
policy not to stop as long as there is
anything that looks like ore. So. he
drove hole down /. 900 feet before he
encountered any good ore and then the
volume found proved large and the
grade good This lead 10 a re-drilling
OF the Cory lands and sure enough the
drill. after passing through several
hundred feet Of this lean stuff entered
fine ore.
There has been some ourtailIuent on
the west side. the Youngs mine having
laid off 100 men last Tuesday. The
immediate cause Of this act is not
given but 10 Is rumored that the change
In some contracts reduces the amount
that will be required from thisproper-
ty the coming season.
On the Crystal Falls side OF the
county the most prominent feature Is
the mammoth stockpiles that are being
accumulated at the Great Western.
Dunn and Tobin mines with the Bris-
tol coming along with "A big bunch Of
ore OF this years yield. The latter
property succeeded in cleaning its
docks last summer while most OF the
ore stocked a year ago by both the
Tobin and Great Western was carried
over and the Dunn carried all OF its
ore over.
From the South Dunn comes n rumor
OF a contemplated abandonment OF the
property by the susquehanna people
VINO have been exploring there for two
years, A drill has been placed under
ground and II that doesn't show up
something the property viii probably