The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-06-07
coRRIGAN- MCKINNEY & co. WILL
OPERATE PROPERTY NO LONGER
MANSFIELD ORE ALL GOING
Macdonald Mine Is Proving Quite a Dis
.vppoinimsni Owing to the Broken
Up Formation


intention TO surrender was served npon
owners OF the fee. the sheldon estate
and the Luke WeIch heirs. during the
week
The decision Of the Corrigan McKin-
ney people was brought about by the
lessening in size Of the ore body. the
drop in iron contents OF the ore and
the great expense necessary TO be gone
to in order 10 get ont the ore remain
ing at the property.
The present shaft is in bad shape so
far as timber is concerned. IL must be
timbered from top TO bottom and be
sunk distance of about 900 feet az
the transfer, which was used TO get the
ore in the present lense. is expensive
and besides is not in good condition
for use
The ore in sight is gradually mar
rowing down until il is now down to-
20. 900 tons. The. probability OF find
ing new lense is not lessened to any
extent but tha operators are acting
only ON what there is now in sight
The royalty Is high nnder the pres
ent lease.
What the disposition OF the proper
~ will be is not known. 1t is not
probable that IL will be held by the
fee owners IL they can lease il on any
reasonable terms. The fee owners are
we'll fixed financially to pay their
taxes and hold the property II they de-
eide 70 do 50 but il is expensive and
viii probably not he long until
some effort is made 10 get the property
operating.
THE MANSFIELD
The steam shovel is working regular
ly at the Mansfield mine and il is un.
derstood that operations will continue
until the ore IL al cleared away from
the docks There is large pile Of ore
in stock and il is Thought that about |
six weeks more will be necessary to |
get IL all away
In the meantime the pumping of
water continues uninterruptediy, the |
reason why not being given. II is
thought that the conditions OF the
lease are such that in order 20 move
the ore IL is necessary 10 continne
pumping operations II that is the
case the FIRST OF August will witness a
suspension OF operations and the com
plete Abandonment Of work az this
property.
THE HILLTOP
Supt. Laing took charge OF affairs
last Monday, as reported last week and
is busy getting ready to get some ore
into cars as quickly as he can. The
Hilltop is small property and is look
ed askanse at by many mining men
hut until more underground work is
done there no real. reliable opinion can
be passed upon II
THE MCDONALD
At this property there is much ex-
ploratory work carried on In the bot
tom with but a medium amount of ore
being raised. The Macdonald has not
been the whirlwind of success that il
was thought at first il would be. The
results underground are very much
as they we're at the Armenia. One
week she looks like big thing while
the next week she is frost The ore
lies in small lenses scattered in the
Jasper and much rock work Is now bs
ing done at the Macdonald in all dir.
ections to prove lup concIusiyely the
contents OF the property at the bottom
EXPLORATIONS
Exploratory work with diamond
drills shows no diminution. The bulk
OF the operations are in the vicinity OF
Mastodon but scattered about on All
sides is an occasional drill,
At the Mastodon the work is mainly
in the line Of proving mp the known
ore body, both that owned by the
= Longyear interests and that which has
been leased by them 10 Pickands Math-
erIrsyle. The small exploratory shaft
that have been attempted on both the
Longyear and the r. property
show very wet condition Of affairs,
We learn that Dr. McDaniels will
return to Crystal Falls TO remain per.
manently. DIR. McDanieIs was assoc
lated with DIR. Darling number of
years ago and won very high repu-
tation in Crystal Fall, by his efficient
work. he resigned bis position to 60
to Burmah where he has been several
years