The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-07-25
TULLY SHAFT
BADLY TWISTED
W0RKMEN STRUCK SAND CREWCE
WHILE DRIFTING IN LEDGE
WARNER MINE LOOKING GOOD
New Ore Discovered at Greater Depth
istYery Promising--BakeT Shuts
Down. --Wickwire Resumes

The mining situation in Iron county
has had few high notes injected in
TO il during the past two weeks, one
by the bad accident at the Balkan and
the other by the pulling" of the ex-
spensive new shaft at the Tully pro-
perty in Stambaugh township that, for
a time, threatened 10 wreck the shaft
but which, happily subsided after
having twisted the timbering quite
badly
STRUCK SAND CREVICE
The injury 70 this shaft Is the result
of the striking of sand crevice in the
ledge where drifting was being carried
on at a depth of about twenty feet for
the purpose of establishing pump
level and catching up the water from
the sand burden above.
The new Tully shaft has been in the
process of sinking for over year 1t
was slow and expensive shaft TO
ledge and while projecting IL down
through the sand overburden the tim
bering got out of line considerably.
In order 10 straighten it up the entire
shaft had to be gone over and the
hole that remained was quite large
and the sand easily shifted one way or
the other.
The shaft was ledged and the opera
tors thought that all of their troubles
were over with. However, il seems
that the ledge is folded and very
proken so that the DRIFT struck a
creyice Of sand and the sand ran quite
freely and pulled from above causing
less pressure on one side than on the
other with the result that the shaft
timbers moved out of line and threat
ened 10 buckle.
Happily the opening was not large
enough to allow sufficient run OF
sand 10 draw the shaft so that 1t can {
be restored to shape work that is
IN progress now.
WARNER REVIVES HOPE
The recent operations a the Warner
property have caused the spirits of the
people of Amasa 10 revive considerably
as the property looks now rs if 1t
might take the place of the Hemlock
in supporting the village.
The Warner i south Of the Michigan
on sec ABB. right up against the
Crystal Falls township line. Opera
tions on the three hundred and four
hundred foot levels didn develop
anything of especial value. The ore
was OF loS, grade and not at all
desirable
However, on the five hundred foot
level some ore of different nature
was met with that is high in iron
and low IN phos, although its moisture
contents are higher than the ore in
the Hemlock. The exact extent Of
this new ore find has not been de-
veloped but il is of sufficient size TO
greatly elate the owners.
The find at the Warner not only
elates the Pickauds Mather peop but
it vitally effects the Oliver people on
the Michigan property and the Roger
Brown people who still retain the Glib
son mine. II goes 10 show that there
is something Of value all along the
trend of the Henloo formation where
the enrichment occurs If sufficient
deptl is'attained and IL will undoubt-
edlS SinHuenec the other mine owners
i'm the vicinity to go deep before con-
demni g their properties.
BAKER MINE CLOSED
The unwelcome news of the closing
of the Baker mine at Stambaugh reach
cd Crytsal Falls late last week. The
Baker has been working fair sized
force and putting out lot of ore. The
De ~ IT fairly high grade and has
been ready seller as saleI go now
days So the news that the mInc
closed came with surprise TO all.
The explanation given out Is that
the owners, Corrigan- Mckinney Il Go.
have all Of the ore they want with
what is left in stock at the Baker and
that IL is their intention 10 ship the
stockpile before doing more
Most of the men at the Baker were
given work nc the Tully where opera
tions are being continued in the de.
velopment line
ckwIRE STARTS UP
To o8sot the Baker shutdown, the
wickwire company received orders to
start up It's properties and about 81
men were nddnd 10 tho naN rolls of tho