The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-05-17
CONTRACTORS WILL BE HERE SOON
LOOKING THE JOB OVER
Captain DAVtY is IN CHARGE
Shaft Sinking viii Commence Just as Soon
As the Material Can be Assembled
For the Work.

Supt Chas. +. Lawrence has Issued
to the several contractors who wish 10
compete for the stripping job At Mas
todon q notice that the plans and speci
fcations can be seen nc the work. The
surveyors have finished their work and
have the proposed pit all staked out
with red flags that determine the ont
line of the pit
For the next week or two Crystal
Falls will be the Mecca Of the large
and small stripping contractors Of the
country as IL is expected that there
will be sharp competition for the work
Many of the big fellows from the Me
sabi range will come here 10 look the
job over and as work Of that nature is
comparatively scarce on the Minnesota
ranges Just now il is thought that there
Will be lot Of them seeking the Mas
fodon job.
A visit 10 the location at this time
gives one an idea Of the enormity Of
the work contemplated, Men and
teams nave been at work for two weeks
clearing the ground Of the timber that
covered il SO that the entire surface is
now open to view
The stripping contemplates the NOV.
ing OF ], 800 600 yards OF dirt. the nv.
ersge depth of the surface being 80
feet In some parts the ore is not over
s5-feet from surface but in other places
II is i00-feei.
The row Of red flags marking The
outline of the pit stand ont in bold re-
lief and one can get an idea Of tho
size Of the body that is to be stripped
Captain Henry Dayey of.Amasa is
the man on the job. He started work
at Mastodon last week and will have
charge of operations there. Captain
Davey was located at the Felch mines
Of the pickands. Mather people and
gave good account OF himself over
there. He is a man well spoken.of and
highly trusted by his employers
The sinking of an exploring shaft
will be started as soon az the timber
can be assembled on the ground This
shaft IL designed 10 drain off the
ground and give the operators an idea
of what they have down below IL
will be used as a working shaft but
later on will furnish ingress to the
mine for timber. men, tools, etc. SO
that the main shaft may never be bur.
dened with such traffic
The original intention 70 sink col.
crete shaft has not been abandoned 80
tar and representative OF the Foun
dation company was here last Saturday
looking the ground over.
As soon as lumber can be assembled
camps shops, boarding houses, barns
and such buildings, all of temporary
nature will be constructed 20 he fol
lowed later on by permanent buildings
THE LONGYEAR.
Supt Earl Richards of the Nevada
Land Co arrived here ON Thursday to
remain. He has negotiated for some
lots west OF Supt w. j. Richard 3
house and will have erected there a
residence tor himself, which means that
he will be resident OF Crystal Falls.
AS soon as Mr.. Richards gets squared
away the work of opening up the
Longyear will commence. This may
be deferred for short time from the
tact that the exact location for u shaft
has not yet been found IL was
thought that a location well 90 the
south east 81 the deposit wonld answer
but we understand that the drill cat
ore thepe and that n new location must
be found.
Another matter that Mr.. Richards
will give immediate attention to Is the
starting Of the new location for which
surveyors have been nc work for a
month cutting Flnnerty hill into lots.
B,-ilding operations cannot com
mence there until this work Is com
pleted and the Longyear people want
10 get that end Of the venture well
under way a. quickly as possible.