The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-10-25
WORK AT JUDSON
GOING ON NICELY
MANY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE COM
PANY OPENED UP
SINKING FOOTAGt OVER 100 FEET
Sinking Of Shaft and Construction Work
Progressing Rapidly Machinery
Is Being Installed

The new Judson mine. located in the
Nastadon district. which has been IN
existence since the first OF last August
makes some favorable reports in Shaft
sinking and the construction of various
buildings
On the sixth of last August the Jud-
son mining company began TO excavate
for a shaft, measuring II f. by 81 IT,
4 inches. sinking in the foot wall at
an angle Of fortyfve degrees and
striking north west. Three men were
used mp tn the eleventh OF August at
hch time the company put TO work
Two shifts Of i've men each. On the
twenty y-eighth OF the same month the
Judscn mine started three shifts and
reported sinking footage Of forty
i've feet on the first of September.
Beginning with this date seven miners
were put on each of the three shifts
and at the same time began to ork
on favorable contract basis ON
October first the Judson mining com
pany reported sinking fontage OF 75
feet, from the first Of October TO the
hftheenth, footage Of forty-three feet
was reported
Considering the ground formation
contended with, mining men are OF
the opinion that this is remarkable
progress and predict that with the
present rate of shaft sinking II will
not be long before the .Iudson mine
will be shipping ore. The mining
company began sinking in eighteen
feet OF sand. making it necessary to
drive spiling for forty five feet until
solid back was reached. Below the
sand there was eight inches Of hard
conglomerste, below tins three inches
of clay and then broken edge down 10
depth of fifty feet At present the
sinking is in black slsteand the guam
tity of water is gradually increasing,
necessitating the pumping Of perhaps
one hundred twenty gallons with n
number five and number nine
Cameron pumps.
Twelve by twelve fir timber being
used. the inside shaft measurements
are nine feet by nineteen feet. four
inches The shaft Is timbered 80 az
TO allow cage way, two skip ways
ladder and pipe road over one skip
way and pipe and counterballance
for cage over the other skip way.
Gauge OF skip and cage trucks is four
feet, eight inches
AT present six ingersoll-rand drill
Jack hammers are being used and the
hosting il done with small eight by
ten lake shore engine works puffer
On the first OF October another eight
by ten puffer was installed to lower
timber timber truck measuring four
feet wide and sixteen feet long.
Hosting machinery. head frame aud
power house are of a temporary nature
and are heing used for the time being
until the new power house, aud boiler
house, whicf are being erected by tine
Foster Construction company of Mil
yankee. is completed.
This space in the new boiler house
is partly occupied by two $50 horse
power return tuberlar boilers and the
remaining space being reserved for
two additional boilers. In the engine
house an inRersoll-rand cross com
pound corliss two stage air compressor
and a lake shore engine works double
cylinder skip hoist with baker valve
gear are being installed Ample
room in the power house has also
been reserved for cage hoist and n
generator for electric power and
lights.