The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-09
THINKS WELL Of
HANCOCK MINE
EDITOR NEWETT OF isHPEMlNo
BELIEVES IT WILL BE ONE
OF DISTRICTS BEST
PROPERTIES

pemng Iron ore has the following 10
say Of the Hancock mine. a property
he believes win be a big success:
This big shaft going down is five.
compartment. 10x30 feet outside of
timbers. is vertical. and will cut an the
lodes carried by the Quincy In its
downward progress. This shaft will be
provided with lotion sklps operating
in balance. and 1t will also have cleo
heat up the shaft as would steam col
umns. This shaft is now about 3175
feet below surface and will be pushed
ahead as rapidly as possible To reach
the Pewabic lode, the principal rich
copper holding formation of the Quin-
cy mine. This is expected at a depth
of about 3.400 feet from surface. ORR
ginal.y IL was thought that IT would
be encountered at a depth of about
3,500 feet figuring upon the distance
between the lodes of the Quincy, but
developments in the Hancock shaft in
dictate that il will be met earlier than
was formerly estimated.
There Are Five Lodes.
There are five lodes in this property
all carrying copper I'm varying guam
titles.
Four lodes Cut
The three lodes originally wrought
by the old company have been cut by
the new vertical shaft. Nos. 9 and 3
lodes have been followed and opened
for a considerable distance and both
hold copper In encouraging quantity
The greater amount of work has been
done on No. lode which has the best
showing of copper so far as work has
been prosecuted.
No. a Wonderfully Rich.
II Is tn No. lode that pleases Cap
tain Thomas Hoatson and his asso-
ciates in this organization This was
cut only a few weeks ago, and at
depth from surface of S,l05 feet. 1t
has thickness OF II feet. About IA
feet of this is rich in copper. The
first or feet sunk into was very fine
stamp rock ground. then there was a |
strata OF rock and copper alternating |
FOR about three feet in thickness and |
then, on the foot, very rich streak.
This making i'm all about Ia feet of the
ode that was mineralized. Specimens
IF this lode shown the editor of Iron
Ore was wonderfully rich in heavy
copper. the amygdaloid being shot full
IF it, the copper being coarse and maxi
ng pounds very rapidly. 1t would
'qual the best stamp rock we ever saw
rom the Michigan field, which is the
'est in stamp to be found anywhere.
Not Following the New Lode.
This new or No. lode. is not be-
ng followed, the management deciding
o keep the shaft going until the Pc
'abic lode has been encountered. I'll
would delay the sinking af the shaft
o want until a plat We're cut here :
nd there would be little gained. 9TH
r than to prove the richness of this
ode at lower points on its dip. When
he Pewabic lode Is reached there will
robably be something else to talk
bout that will absorb attention, and
rosscuts can be put i'm to intercept
20. lode. striking IL at lower points
mich would be more satisfactory to =.
he miners than following it from the !
ONT where the vertical shaft inter- I
epts il. {
They Talk Of Drill Holes.
IL is talked among certain people }
nat the Quincy company put in "a hole
wards the Hancock ground from its
'wer levels and struck a wonderfully Y
ch lode and 1t is being guessed that Il
ne core came from the No lode the |
hancock recently encountered. The n
uincy would be interested because ii u
hght get some values from this lode u
prosecuting into IL from its Pewabic
points above where Hancock struck II
Owns Upper Portion of Ground.
Undoubtedly all these lodes make at q
close to surface. The Pewabic Is II
Flowed downward practically from y
Ass roots, and the other four lodes
ing southwark of the Pewablc would o
'obably all be caught in a crosscut II
~ In from the Quincy i'm that direc- u
Dn. The Hancock picks up these q
des where they leave Quincy territory u
st as the Tamarack gets the lodes q