The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-13
MINING
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
supt. Van orden Of the wyandot in
Interview Outlines Conditions.

Superintendent Van orden OF the
wyandot Copper company. who keeps
in close touch with the various Lake
mines. and who is in Boston, says 10
the Boston Financial News:
In my mind the stock OF the WI
mona Copper company. selling at its
present level, and even with dollar
assessment which viii probably be
called i'm July is one OF the best pur-
chases among the copper shares.
have not been down in the mine since
January. but at that time the under
ground conditions were excellent
understand that since my inspection of
the mine at that time the bottom levels
have improved very much.
1T is putting IL conservatively TO
saw that the Winona rock will net rs
pounds Of refined copper to the ton
when the mill is running in good
shape. The mill will be completed in
August. but Of course il viii take some
little time TO get il running in good
order There is no doubt but that the
wlnona's inland mill will be sue
cess, and will be followed by other in
land mills I'm the future.
1.-The rock from the King Philip No
shaft shows the characteristics Of
the Winona lode. The No shaft is
.. 800 feet from the No. l shaft SO the
fact that the rock from the No. . shows
such characteristics is very important
as they are so widely separated.
ojibway.
"The OUbway is meeting with excel /
lent values on the $50 and S00-foOt
levels. and there are good values in
the 500 level also driving east from No. \
. shaft. The two salts are 1,160 feet
apart. and the drift connecting them .
on the S00-foot level has only 200 feet I.
more TO GO They are still sinking the l
No. 2.
Through faulting they lost the lode
I'm the No ! shaft at about the 1,40O-
foot level. They drove a diamond drill
southeast and struck very rich copper.
A drift is now being pushed in at this
level to where the drill encountered
the lode AS II is characteristic of the
Kearsarge lode to improve in value
and uniformity with depth. I look TO
see them get out Of the disturbed con-
dtion with depth. The management 4
is excellent and l feel that the mine
will make good.
Hancock.
"Only a few days ago l was down in
the old No. 1 shaft of the Hancock
Consolidated. and do not believe that
one can be too bullish on this property
] visited the levels from the 18th down
and | am very deeply and favorably
impressed with the character of the
lode. especially with its uniform min
and feel confident the Han
cock mine will be a success on the No Z
: lode alone even though the quincy {
lode rnay be found barren.
"A winze is being sunk from the 18th
level and has reached "a point beyond
the 10th level. This winze will act as
an ore or rock chute, and is sunk on
the dip Of the lode Drifts are being
extended on the 18th, 14th, 18th and
10th. levels with excellent results. (
Some Of the ground is spectacular I'm
that high masses occur in the drifts,
but one is more favorably impressed {
with the uniformly charged stamp
rock.
AT the 18th level ] went into the
No. lode; this is one of the richest
that I ever saw opened.
The lode is rather narrow, being IL TO
IA feet wide. but it is well shot with
copper from foot 10 hanging wall; the I
returns will be excellent-2O pounds Of /.
refined copper to the ton is a conserv
atiye estimate. visited the 14th and (
18th levels also and they are showing
Up equally as well as the 18th.
THE two shafts are connected at (
the 18th level The No. / shaft is
sinking for the Pewabic lode which
they expect 10 get at $500 feet 1t is
now down $500 feet. The ground is
rather creepy, so the sets have to ]
be put in in hurry, and the timbering (
Is done under great pressure; this
makes sinking necessarily slow. From
now on. therefore the record of 100
feet a month will tend TO decline.
Hancock has done large amount
Of work both on the surface and UNI
derground, and permanent work. The !
steel rock bins are now being erected /
at No. shaft, each with a capacity Of !
$50 tons. or sufficient TO run two stee- (
pie compound heads a day. The new {
steel power and compressor plants are [