The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-15
c. MAAS MAKES
ORE DISCOVERY
Negaunee Man and AiS Associ-
ates Have Bonanza West
OF Ishpeming.
MILLIONS OF TONS IN SIGHT
speeular Ore, Averaging &C Per Cent
and Hematite Averssin 90 Per
Cent in Iron Found and
Just Reported.

Negaunoe. Mich. Neb 15.-George
j. Mas and his associates. who have
been operating diamond drills on lands
west OF the American mine for some
three years past. have located the
largest body of ore that has been
found on the Marquette range since
the discovery OF the Mas mine in this
city. Twenty-one holes have been put
down, and the greater part of the drill
ing has been done on section 81. town
ship as, range 2S. The drill hole in
which the recent discovery WIS made
was located 425 feet west Of the NJ. 4.
Hanna companys American mine line.
Mr.. Mas and the others Interested
with him are enthusiastic over the dis
covery, as there is an immense body
OF ore in the deposit through which
the drill has just passed The impor-
tance Of this discovery can hardly be
realized. The drill passed through 11G
feet Of hard hematite. averaging 60
per cent in metallic iron and .0SG in
phosphorous. Above the hemetite a
body Of hard specular ore, averaging
sc per cent i'm iron, and .045 in phos-
phorous. was located. The ledge was
reached at a depth OF 1S9 feet and the
hard specular ore was encountered qt
3S3 feet Between the hard specular
ore and hematite there Is a mixed for
nation Of specular ore and jasper The
stretches OF ore and jasper are about
equal in width. and they break every
three or four inches between the up
per body Of specular ore and the he
Matte, which was encountered at a
depth of 500 feet The hole was sunk
at an angle Of sixty degrees to tho
north. The formo ton all through that
territory dips TO the south. After pass
ing through seventy-two feet Of the
solid ore body the dyke was struck
and aftes passing through ten feet of
the dyke the ore was again reached
II continued practically unbroken to n
depth OF 626 feet. making. i'm ALL 116
feet of hematite Of fine Bessemer
quality Some of the samples of this
ore assayed within a few days con-
tanned only .O1O per cent in phos-
phorous The hematite is similar to
that found by the Cleveland-CnG
Iron company i'm the same district, al
so similar to what is known as the
Saginaw hematite.
Many Million Tons Proved Up.
Estimated on the basis OF the ore Of
different qualities already encountered
on the forty acres being explored the
extent Of the deposit is startling. Mr.
Mas figures that there are not less
than 100000 tons OF the hematlte
that forty alone. and his
figures show that there are not less
than 2S7, 100000 tons Of the mixed ore.
which can be concentrated. Mr.. Mas
has had the concentration Of the ore
under consideration for two years past
and he knows just what can be ex-
pected from this product He saws
that each ton Of the mixed ore will
WELD one-th'rd of a ton OF frst-class
ore. He also figures that the body II
pure specular ore. which has been
proven to a depth of twenty feet. will
prove up big. He says that there is
no finer ore produced IN the world
today than this magnetic ore.
Mr.. Maas said yesterday that it win
take at least five years more 10 thor
oughly explore the lands held under
option or lease by himself and his as
sociates. He ant'cipates that num-
Der Of big mines will eventually - d.
veloped i'm the two-mile stretch that
they control. In the event that con-
centration is practicable and an In
dependent company is organized 10 on
crate the properties n concentration
will doubtless be erected at the mine.
This. Mr Mas believes, viii be the
better plan. as the shipments Of the
so per cent or more Of the dead ma
teriai that will be extracted from the
ore would be a heavy item of expense.