The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-20
THE RAVENNA is
A BIG PROPERTY
DEVELOPMENTS TO DALE ESTABLISH
II ITS CERTAINTY AS A MINE
ORE DIFFERENT FROM BRISTOL
Looks \ v Much Like The Tobin Ore and
the Formation is Cutting Straight
South

TIE Ravenna exploration. located ON
the sWll OF sec. 10, 43-S2, has passed
the exploratory stage for body Of ore
is Being opened up that not only AS
sures the property place among the
mines of the district but one among the
[ery large properties Of the range
Already body OF ore has been pierced
a distance of about 600 teet in length
anSfhe drift is still going ahead in ore
a5th no indication of the end being
.aear But one crosscut has been run to
date, and that was shortly after the ore
was cut. The ore body was found TO
be twenty feet wide at that point what
il is along towards the middle or the
deposit as shown mp at present can
only be guessed.
But. the very important part Of this
discovery is not the dimensions OF the
ore body put the grade of ore rs we'll.
The ore is of different nature from
that shown up at the Bristol. Captain
Allen. who has made such excellent
progress In showing up the property.
speaks of the ore as being OF the same
nature as that at the Tobn mine and
from the appearance Of IL on the stock
pile one would think that Captain
Allen is right. Others claim that it Is
the ore that was originally met with
in the Briar Hill mine the first name
tor the Bristol property. This ore, so
it Is claimed, was met with in the
west end Of the property. II was Of
excellent grade and composition but
cut ont completely and has never been
shown up again on the same property.
That the lens Is separate from the
Bristol is apparent from the run Of the
formation as shown by the large
amount OF drifting that has been done
y the Revanna. The shaft was put /
Zwn a short distance from the west
end OF the Bristol mine but consider
ably south of an east and west line.
When depth of $50 feet was attained /
drifts were run ont and the Bristol
formation and derosit Of ore similar
10 the Bristol was met With. This,
however was not the ore cut in the
drill holes that were sunk on the pro
perty so drift WAS started to the south
west and pushed along for several hun,
dred feet without finding any clean
ore. AT the suggestion OF Captain
Allen the drift was swung TO the east
and in comparatively short time the
ore was met with
The management is quite reticent
abont the extent and the value OF their
find but from sources that are known
TO be correct we are assured that the
Of the property and the out.
look for the future is about as stated.
The RaveDna is owned by VI. A.
Hanna & Co. and Is under the direction
Of Gen. Mgr ireland with X, +. Arch.
ibald in local charge The UNDERGROUND
work is under the direction of Captain
James Allen, one Of the best known
mining men Of the Superior district
Mr.. Allen came here from the big I
Newport mine which he opened M !
when IL first developed into big thing
and he has had wide experience in
sinking shafts and opening M mines
Al ever the Lake Superior country. 9
N is rot probable that the Ravenna I
wilt be much of a shipper this year Il,
indeed, IL will ship at all The equip. :
lient Is very small hardly sufficient TO {
develop the large body Of ore that is {
low SHOWN up It is quite probable
nat he attention Of the operators will
10 directed TO locating place for
,ermauent shaft as the first thing and
hat an adequate plant OF machinery !,
Till then he placed on the property.
The developments ut the Ravenna !
will serve 20 turn the attention OF ex. !,
,lorers 10 the country between the I.
Bristol mine and Fortune lake. ter !,
itory that is virgin AID exceedingly !,
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