The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-17
MORE DIAMOND
DRILLS AT WORK
IN CRYSTAL FALLS DISTRICT THAN
HAVE BEEN IN LONG TIME
RUMORS OF EXTENSIVE WORK
Attention Of Large Companie, !, Being
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Turned TO This section Owing to
Recent Finds.

On every side Of Crystal Falls dia
mond drills are at work and more are
being put in commission with every
passing day. During the week the
Corrigan- Mckinney people have put
drills at work on some options which
they secured on the Eeely lands in sec.
tion 81. 43-S2. One drill was started
last Monday and another will be set at
work as soon as IL can be secured. The
land that is being prospected lies east
OF the options held by the M. A. Han.
ma company and upon which such fine
results have been obtained.
The success attending the prospect.
ing of section 81 has turned the atten-
tion OF the prospectors 20 this district
more intensely than ever before and
options in the locality are being snap
ped up eagerly.
Not alone is the immediate locality
Of the new finds being looked into bat
the entire district 20 the west, lying
between the Tobin mine and Chicagon
lake, is in the limelight and geologists
are quietly at work making survey
Of that section. There Is some very
promising lands in sections 80. "a, 25,
20 and 81, town 43-33. There is
strong attraction running through that
locality but no work has ever been
done out there. II would not surprise
us to see number of drills operating
ont there ere the snow flies.
A line Of work that is being done by
he Breitung interests on Lot OF sec.
20. 4S-32 Ought not lie overlooked as
IL is reported that the prospectors are
meeting with signal success up there.
But, IL is not the mere fact that they
have cut some ore that is, to our mind.
Of the greatest significance but the
fact that they are the first to do a sys-
tematic line OF exploring up against
the dlorite that lies of in that section.
All the ore deposits found so far in
this section have been away from the
diorites, which Is the underlying rock
and the contact with which ought to
show mp something of value.
-About ten years ago sposmadic
effort was ..made.to explore up against
the diorite by John Hooper who inter.
ested the Oglebay Norton people in Dis
plans but after putting down one hole
and not finding anything OF great value
they stopped and nothing has been
done along that line since. 10 was
shown in that work that formation Of
some.kind existed up in that section
and Mr.. Hooper exhibited lot of float
stuff that was different from anything |
80 far proved up.
Recently. Mr. Kimoall interested
the Breitung interests In his lands A
drill was put on the property and two
holes have been driven towards the
diorite the holes being continued |
through the formation until they cut
the diorite underneath The drill was
moved last week and a hole is started
10 cut the formation at greater depth.
Reports have Il that considerable
vein OF good ore has been cut and the
fact that the Breitungs are hanging to
the same spot so persistently would In
dioate that they have something OF
value there. Recently they took op-
tions on the land across the river. lots
! a. and IL is understood that they
are open for options on other lands mp
the river valley. There is big fold
In the rock where the river breaks
through and IL would appear that they
are working upon the theory that the
formation runs mp through that gap
instead OF following around the east
end as has generally been supposed.
At any rate. the work Of the Brei.
tupg people Is OF great value in settling
the question as TO the existsnce OF ore
mp against the diorites II their work
proves that II does exist there IL will
open up new field and there will be
rush tor options all along that stretch
Of dio'ASes away mp to'Amasa.
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