The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-09-24
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WHAT OUR VISITORS SAY
Marquette Range Men Write OF Their Auto
mobile Trip to the Menominee Range

mobile Trip to the Menominee Range
Last Saturday and Sunday Crystal
Falls was visited by party OF Mar
quette range autoists. Among those
on the trip was George Newett and
Ed Butler both well known newspaper
men from Ishpeming. Mr. Butler
wrote very entertainingly of his trip
in the Ishpeming department Of the
Marquette Mining Journal of last
Tuesday. He said in part
Iron county is doing more work on
the road at this time than either of the
other two counties. Dickinson and Mar
quette. and crews are employed In sew
eral different places. The Isnpeming
party found the road between Crystal
Falls and Iron River. distance OF
some seventeen or eighteen miles, In
fine condition. except in places where
the men are now working. The worst
piece of road on the run from Sagola
to Iron River is through the low land
between Sagola and the Mansfield
mine. which Is eight miles from Crys-
tai Falls. There is also a stretch OF
two miles or more Of soft road between
the Mansfield and the Great Western
mines. Iron county is just completing
three miles OF highway. having a
width Of twenty six feet to cut off the
heavy grades on the run between Crys-
tai Falls and Iron River. The Iron
River end of this road starts about
three miles outside of the city. The
improved portion will not shorten the
run any, but it will result in reducing
the running time of the automobiles
between the two cities. Some OF the
hills TO be cut off have from IL to IS
per cent grades, but Mr.. Nelson's car
made all OF these on high gear. re-
markable performance. Mr.. Newetts 8
light car also negotiated most of them
on the high gear.
''It is evident from the appearance
of the work that Iron county Is doing
that il Is In good HANDS. VIM. Tully,
prominent citizen OF Iron River. has
general supervision.
There is some beautiful scenery on
the trip. particularly between Iron
River and Crystal Falls There are
many attractive farms. including sew
eral in Marquette county, between Re-
public and Voegtlins mill The farms
in the Iron River district are we'll kept
and judging from their appearance
their owners have been prosperous.
Many Of the farmers in that particular
district have sold the mineral rights of
their places for goodly sums Many
diamond drills have been in operation
on the farms there for some Ave or six
years past. and some OF them have To-
Gated ore bodies OF good size. On the
road between Iron River and Crystal
Falls, naples and pines. many of them
from sixty to eighty feet in height
provide shade almost the entire dis
tance.
"All OF the members of the party
were favorably impressed with the APP
pearance OF Iron River which has
taken on new lease of life during the
past four or hve years While there
are not as many diamnod drills in Op-
GRAFTON there now as there were n year
or eighteen months ago, exploration
continues There are in the neighbor-
hood OF 200 dwellings under course OF
erection in the Iron River district.
Many OF these are being put up by in
dividual property owners. but most of
them are being erected by mining
companies operating in the field. Both
Iron River and Stambaugh are receiv-
ing the benefit of the big ore discover
les Many individuals have been paid
large sums for their mineral rights, or