The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-02-14
EXPLORING is IslNcREAsiNc
A ornl Is Added to the Active Force Nov
and Then

A Drill Is Added to the Active Force Now
and Then
Exploratory work is picking up IN
the Crystal Falls field and an addition
al Grill 10 being put on. now and then,
by the companies whose belief 10 the
future OF the ore trade is not shaken
and who have money enough to spare
some on chance OF hnding an iron
mine.
The latest addition TO tho force IN
the exploratory field in this section is
on the Sl1 NE4 gee 30 4s--82' the
land lying just west OF the city OF
Crystal Falls and owned IN fec by the
Sheldon estate of Houghton county
Souie work was done on this pro-
psrty in the early days and a forma-
ton was shown to exist thereon The
first work was a shaft sunk under the
supervision OF Captain VIM Bosanko
on the line between tho Sc u OF NE Il
and the MEL of Sc L This shaft show
ed formation but was not sunk 70
any depth nor was there any drifting
done on tbe formation met with
In 1901. A. f. Flewelling got an
option on this piece OF property and
let contract to Matt Lee 10 do some
diamond drill work. A hole was sunk.
the drill being located about 500 feet
east of the Tobin road at the forks
An ore formation was met with and
at one point small lens OF ore. from
s to IL feet thick was encountered but
the work was abandoned later on and
never resumed again
From Indications, IL looks as II the
territory beween the Bristol mine
and Fortune lake is going TO have
some work done within its bounds
very shortly ii anything like terms
can be made with the land owners.
The Pfister Land Co owns "a large
portion of the land in that section and
explorers tell as that this concern is
very exacting in its terms and very
particular az to whom options are let.
In the early part Of the laet decade,
some very encouraging work was done
in that section by the Manila Iron Co.
under the late r. B. Sutton but for
some reason it was not continued, the
explanation being at the time. that the
option was not properly drawn, the
and up7n which the exploratory work
was done not being included in the op-
tion at all
At any rate. that little probe is the
only bit OF work that mas been done la
that section which embraces thousands
of acres and Ia known 70 contain an
iron formation
Duluth is the greatest center of iron
explorers In the country. The sue
cess made on tbs Mesabi and, later, on
the yermilion and Cuyuna ranges has
made number OF wealthy men in that
section who are willing 10 take a
chance in iron ore explorations IL the
proper person to lead the work can be
secured. Exploratory work In this sec
tion and In the Minnesota sections
differ greatly aud the spasmodic at
tempts that have been made by Du-
luth men on his range have been m.
prod uctive. mainly because Of lack
of knowledge Of conditions. This cou.
dition has kept Duluth explorers ous
OF our field 10 great extent.
Lately however, some OF them have
met with success, the Swollow- Hop
kins experience on the White property
in Bates being a prominent example.
IL one or two more successes can be
recorded aud some leader in whom
these investors have confidence Is sta
ioned here. We are likely to sac much
money from the head of-the-lakes
spent in this section.