The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-04-25
MINING ACTIVITIES
Crystal Falls Presents A Fairly Active
Community lust Now

Community Just Now
Whats going on in mining circles
in your districtf' is the question
that is asked eagerly of people from
the mining sections OF the Lake Su-
perior district. Invariably the answers
are of depressing nature. Iron ore
business is just now in the dumps
and iron mining. where il Is being
prosecuted, is carried on in hopes Of
something better turning up later cn
in the year.
As a gentleman who just returned
from the iron centers of the east said
TO a reporter during the week, TITS
h----l TO sell any ore these days A
few shipments are being made on old
contracts but the shipments are of
restricted nature; not much enthusi-
asm over them The first boat loaded
with ore at Escanaba last Tuesday but
that don't signify anything for at the
rate ore is being shipped 1t will be
some time before there is any regular
program Of loading at any Of the docks.
Ore men predict that the shipments
this year will be at least 10. 900, 900
tons less than last year Ore Is not go
ing forward from the lake Erie docks
as rapidly as IL was earlier in the win
ter and vessel men are hesitating TO
start out their boats until the horizon
brightens
With these conditions in the manu-
featuring regions il is but natural that
they should hit back into the ore pro-
ducing end and the low grade ores of
Iron county are the first hit.
Some of the Iron River mines are
shipping. 1t is understood that the
Rogers Brown interests, the operators
of the Chicogan. Rogers and Hiawatha
will make big shipment this year.
The Rogers-Brown people are situated
somewhat differently from other pro-
ducers in the neIghbornood. They
have been pouring money into the
Rogers mine for several years and it
is but natural that they should want
TO get something out of it for, to date,
the Rogers has not shown any shipp-
ing ability. The ore is there, however,
and with the excellent equipment
and the extensive development work
it ought TO make record The Chi
cagoan mine is another property of
this concern that is understood TO
look very promising This property
was battered from pillar to post so
long that it took real nerve TO take
hold of it and everyone will be pleased
IL the return Is greater than expeota-
tions.
The Rogers Brown people are manu-
facturers of pig iron as we'll as pro-
ducers of ore Their smelling plants
AS well as their mines are OF recent
build and IL is understood that large
bond issue against the properties makes
ID almost imperative that goodly siz-
ed output be made each year TO keep
things moving.
The Davidson is another company
that is shipping vigorously. The
Davidson was understood TO have |
made some large sales last year at
price favorable to the buyers and
whether the present shipments are On
asst wears contracts or renewals are
not given out.
= The Wickwire people have the
ore at the Homer, or the Don
alue property as it is famiIiaily |
called. This property is located in
the north district at Iron River and is
the one upon which bonus was paid
by the Wickwire people for the lease
The Homer is understood to be about
the real cherry on the branch for the
Wickwire people at Iron River They
have been exploring and trying TO de-
velop several properties in the west
side district but none of them have
turned ont to be anything to brag of
excepting the Homer which was
shown up in drlliings. IL Is rumored
that the wickwire people have ceased
operations at the Cortland, a property
south west of Iron River in a com
paratively new region This property
looked so promising that the &. a. N.
w. bnilt q couple Of miles Of expensive
tracks 70 serve It,
The Wickwire is a strong concern,
financially, and has plenty of furnace
capacity. even in the dull times. for
the production its Iron River proper
ties can make
The Corrigan- Mckinney group,
which includes the Baker aud Tully