The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-01-27

IMASTOD0N TOWNSHIP
GETTING ATTENTION
RECENT BIG ORE DISCOVERY BRINGS
TlNTo PROMINENCE
MANY DRILLS ARE AT WORK
Crystal Falls District Exploratory Work
or the Gain as Result OF Recent
Discoveries.

~" 'iu'eIe nave prOpheEied LiaHry
times that Mastodon township. which
includes towns A., 4e and 48 3e in sd !
dition TO CONGREGATIONAL towns. wonld
yet show up some of this biggest depos
ITS in Iron county These prophecies
seem to have been we'll founded tor the
recent discovery made on the NV, of
section l3 is one that is exceptionally
large and will opeu the eyes OF the
mining world when the true facts con-
corning it come 10 light
A mining man well yersed IN the
locality and one who knows OF the ex-
tent Of the find stated 90 Diamond
Drill reporter some time ago that the
Mastodon find is ono OF the very largest
things ever shown mp on tne Menomi
nee range Gossip puts the estimate
OF the discovery at q. OOO, 600 tons hut
as To the accuracy OF this we cannot
vouch- We do know tnat il is very
big thing and have every reason 20
give credence 10 the statement made
10y the mining man mentioned
The discovery was made by the q.
j. Longyear interests and wnat dispo-
sition they will make OF il is not given
out They are n strong financial con.
cern and their policy has not been. 40
tar. TO develop.
The old saying thai "a good place TO
look tor ore IL where some has bean
tonnd is borne out in this instance
The new discovery lies on the same
quarter section that the old Mastodon
mine was located and Is adjacent 10 the
small discovery made at the Alpha pro-
Perty on the NV of the NWl, Of the
same section.
The old Mastodon property was never
10 have been in place. 10
seemed to have been stopped over from
some adjacent deposit. It outcropped
in swamp aud was one OF the first
made in the district. The
deposit was not large bnt the ore was
a desirable ooe and at depth of 400
feet IL cut ont completely. Stringers
lead to the south and the old Manhat-
tan property was opened but IL never
proved TO amount 10 much Later ex-
plorstion by the Oliver Iron company
which extended systematically across
I6O acres upon which this property il
ocated proved conclusively that there
vas nothing. not even a formation TO
he south OF the old Mastoaon property.
In the latter eighties the small de-
'osit callsd the Alpha was discovered
nd about . 600 tons OF ore mined
The deposit cut out but strong tor
nation continued COMPANY after
ompany took hold OF the Alpha.
'uncned the property full OF holes AMI
ought by underground work To open
~ something but 10 no avail.
The r ] Longyear interests com
nonced operations on the Porter lands
wo years ago last July. These lands
djoin the Mastodon property on the
vest and include the Alpha. They
rilled first mt the old Deipbic- which
; located few miles south of the
'lpha- finally working up 10 the Alpha
roperty and continuing along the for
nation wherever they foupd il. Pes-
stency won They finally came To
no conclusion that the ore must lie 10
le east along the Mastodon creek val
y and secured an option from the
.eweeDaw Association and others ON
10 land in hat section. The ore was
let with and IN such quantity that
'ur drills were set at work within
Idius OF few acres and some OF them
ave heen working year proving M
lis big deposit
The +. !. Longyear people have for
ed the Nevada Land Go. which in the
'rporation controlling this holding
IL close corporation. both tinaD-
ally aud In news line. and no inior
alton that can be with held Is given
a. Sufficient has got ont though 10
ing this section OF Mastodon town
ip to the attention Of explorers and
any inquiries are being made for
nj In that vicinity at the present
me-
Drills are bein;: added right along
the number employed in the Crystal
His district. Exploratory work.
bile ~ is not booming. is tair Ia vol
ne and with tpe opening Of the
ring IL is thought that the number OF
tive drills VIII be increased
Prominent among the pieces Of new
'rk tnat ~ in progress In ths CRYSTAL