The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-18
REPORTED THAT THEY vii EXPLORE
SEC. 80 a 4-s3
LEE PECK SECTIOH 8EING TESTED.
Bfeiiung ln,eiesls Out For the Winter
Other Exploratory News Of The
District.

The dark clouds IN the iron markets
have not put an end Is exploratory
work in the Crystal Falls district
some curtailments have been made but
in most cases new work undertaken
has more than made up FOR the stop.
ping Of work AZ other points.
There IS not the eagerness To get op-
tions that was in evidence early in the
summer but occasionally there are
some attractive pieces taken up We
understand that the Florence Iron COM
pany has about concluded negotiations
for section 30 4l 33 and II this infor-
nation, which we feel IS reliable.
proves q be correct II win have an
important bearing upon the future Of
the district lying between she Paint
River and Amasa
Section 80 lies on the sans formation
as does the .Hemlock.. (. Michigan, Glib
son and Amasa Porter deposits The
formation il continuous one and can
be followed right through from Amasa
where it has been opened up to the
greatest extent at THE Hemlock and the
Michigan mines
The Amasa. Porter hnd on section %
~ 30 served 10 give new interest TO
that section and a company of Iron
River men placed drill at work on
the lands % the south early Inst sum
mer That drill is at work yet on the
Michigan Mineral lands ia section 90
whore a formation has been shown to
exist.
No information is given out as TO
how rich the formation is but il II
sufficiently encouraging 20 have the
work confined this long
The FLORENCE people are taking an
entire section lying 10 the south o. this
last mentioned drill The hand ia
mostly cleared and ia farms ana easily
accessible from the North Western rail-
road which almost parallels the forma
ton along It's entire length.
Another piece Of exploratory work
which is Of interest in tnat il seeks to
determine the value OF section that
has long been looked upon as enticing
is being done By the Corrigan McKin.
uey people on lands lying 10 the south
Of the old Lee Peck property in section
90 1882.
This drill has been at work for over
a month but no information has been
received as TO the findings
The Corrigan- Mckinney people are
continuing their work on the lands
lying Immediately north Of the old
Lincoln uine but il Is said that results
are not as encouraging as they were at
first
The drill has been moved to the
south aud hole is being driven from
the bank OF the railroad track To the
northeast. cutting under the North
Western section louise
The Breiting interests ceased work
ON Lot o. l9-89 They stored their ma
chinerg at first and IT was eiyen ont
that they would resume in tbs spring
but last week one Of their men came
10 this city and moved tho machinery
to Negannee. No authentic iniorma
t.on "a 70 their luture intentions ga
this property have been given OUT.
The Jackson Daipra exploration on
Lot . section es m.a2 Is looking bet
ter with each sink that istakeu ont of
the small Shaft the men arc sinking
we were informed by Mr Jackson that
three fpnrths of the shaft S. ia clean
ore aud that AN average sample of the
bottom last week Yielded 30 per cent
iron The ore seems to get eleanor a.
the shaft IL deepened and the explorers
hopo that II viii entirely clean an
with o little more depth
Several applications have lee. made
by mining romuanies % thc two men
tor possession Of the property but 10
date uo transfer q IL has been made.