The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-04-19
MINING COMPANIES ARE IN A HURRY
TO GET ORE TO LOWER DOCKS
OHNN PROSPECTS ARE BETTER
Acquisition Of New Territory to the North
West Gives PROMISE Of More Ore
More Exploring Undertaken.

AhttN Sec1h1 HnuNotN aAt WoIhlnR lM
the stockpiles of Crystal Falls mines.
One of them il at work on ore thar
has been in pile SINCE 1907 when tho
money panic compelled the closing
down Of several of on properties.
The-old pilo that ~ being moved Is
that at the Crystal Falls mipe. A ssw
tons Of this ore has beo0 sent out each
Year but not until the present has the
time been ripe to get rid of an of il.
A shovel was started there last We'd
nesday and in about week time Il
will all be loaded as there were only
about 20. 900 tons in stock at the time
of closing down
Another shovel is at work at the Ar
menia and all of the ore at that pro
perty will be cleaned up forthwith.
The Armenia il in its last stages, fror1
present accounts. and the hoist OF
there has been none too heavy during
the past winter
Another shovel was started at the
Ravenna where there are about - 0O0
tons or more 10 move and all Of lt Will
be loaded MP right away and sent to
the doclrs. The Ravenna ought to
make fair output this year, althongn
it will not be in any shape to make
such an output ~ il ~ capable of
making when the new machinery IA
ready for operation ana the new shaft
is equipped ana IN shape to take care
OF the production.
Tne Bristol and Tobin mines have
not started TO send out stocked ore yet
but the way that they are filing cars
at the pockst does oneS heart go,d
The Bristol is demonstrating that 10
new equipment is of advantage % tns
property for about 40 cars per day are
being sent forward. The Tobin is not
doing quite as we'll IA this but she 10
sending cut "A lot o. orc.
The stockpile is TO he shipped from
the Mansfield mine this year, so we
are told. and as there is quito chunk
there, the shipment from that place
will be quite large,
The Dunn will also send ont its ore
II is shipping now from the pocket
and has considerable ore IN stock t1e
send forward as soon as shovel is ~
be had
Speaking of the Dunn, there have
been developments nc that property
during the past two months that may
change the looks of things out ther0
very much II has been known Tor
many years that the orc made over the
line to the northwest hut the property
waa held by the Michigan iron q Land
company and tue Corrigau Mckinney
people AMI the VI. l. a. H. Co couldnt
get together or lease until reeently
We understand that tho SNi, Of the
Sell Of Sec 30. i3 ~ has been taken
over by the Corrigan- Mckinney coiu-
pany and that exploration is now boips
carried on TO determine If there IL VII
ore body in the formation that has been
known ia extend onto the property
To date no ore Of any great quantity
has IIeon cut but " - Thought that
plenty Of il will be fVuud in fact ths
operators feel quite confident ot their
ground
The securing of this land ny the Cos
rigan Mckinney people has anotHes
angle 10 IT, rne entire mineral inttf
est Of tine VI T. q L. 60 has teea
held under option by tho Y y. Steel
company for a couple oi Years and con-
tinnous exploratory operations have
Deen carried on both in thin sectipn
and on the west end of the Marquette
range. on the lands. of this copcrn ln
order 20 get the land adjoining che
Dunn rne Steel Cooperation must have
relinquished ts option on this parlicr
lar piece The presence a ore on that
description was known ~ tho Steel
people hut IL lay at such "a depth that
81 is prolahle thar they didn consider
ID worth going after. especially ~ the
Corrigan. McKinney people bad AN a.
most exhauetcd piece of property ~
Joining IL and through which II copld
be mined and hoisied with fle saving
of many Thousand dollars
II viii be remembered that fbe
oliver people put q row of holes aorosg
the forty "a the north ~ the SNtf ~
the sEil iaat fall The work starfod
NJ the Carpenter line and extenaed
west 20 mat 10 CROSSED The line ~ ibe
ore formation that the torrlgan