The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-04-04
BALKAN PREPARING
STRIPPING WORK
E]UDsON SHAFT NEARLY DOWN
Drifting to Open Up the Big Ore Body
VIII Commence in Couple Of Weeks
focal Mine, Shipping

Ihe operators OF the bhikhh mlhe
are hustling along so as TO get the
property in the best shape for the
prosecution of the stripping work
whicn is 70 commence just as quickly
as the Winston Company can get its
equipment upon the ground 1t is
understood that the operators take care
OF the water so that it is up TO the
mining people TO drain ont as much
OF IL from the oyerburden as possible.
To this end raises nave been put
up from the ievels driven off the shaft
&and the sand tapped in several places,
sOwing to the uneveness OF the surface
some OF the raises encountered the
sand before IL was expected and runs
occurred but that little difficulty Will
be cured and the big body OF water In
the overburden drained 40 rapidly a.
possible.
The contractors are expected on the
jobs soon as the requirements were that
the job be completed by the first OF
May 1918 which would indicate that
the Balkan people don't expect TO do
much in the way of ore shipments the
coming year.
THE JUDSON
AT this property the work OF open
ing t'r Be ore body cut on the first
level ~ continued and the sinking of
the shaft TO the second level, from
which point the big body of ore Will
be opened. is being prosecuted with
vigor.
II is the general supposition that
the ore upon which opening mp work
has been prosecuted during the past
few weeks is the main body but such
{s not the case. The big body OF ore
fhas not been pierced yet and will not
until the shaft is down the second
lift which will give a back OF nearly
900 feet OF ore TO mine down.
The ore that is being opened is that
included in a small deposit. met with
while the diamond drills were at work
TO find suitable location to sink
shaft. IL lies 10 the west of the shaft
whereas the big ore body lies TO the
north OF the shaft.
The work OF opening mp this small
body will be prosecuted vigorously
and If any ore is shipped during the
present season il will be from this de-
posit which, to date, is not known TO
he connected with the main deposit
MINES SHIPPING
The North Western placed cars at
the Armenia aud Dunn mine pockets
last Monday morning and some ore is
being forwarded from the properties
mentioned. II is understood that the
Tully and Baker mines at Stambaugh
are shipping ore also which puts the
Corrigan- Mckinney people on the lists
Al the first 70 enter the shipping field
.ahis year. II will be several days be.
lore boats arrive as the ice is not all
ont OF the lakes yet but in the mean
time the shipments are not heavy from
any OF the properties and il will take
some time 20 get cargo at the docks.
Taken as whole the shipping cit
uation is not the rosiest of outlook and
few days ago 1T WAS freely predicted
that there would be no ore sent tor
ward before the first Of May.
A gentleman. who was at pittsburg
most off last week. sounding ont the
iron business. tells us that the inimed
inte prospects are really very poor and
little is expected until the iate increase
asked for by the railroads is acted mp
on one way or the other The railroads
are buying Just "a little as they can
possibly get along with and in every
other way seek to influence the rate
increase by bearing business They
hope by Impressing upon the country
Al larRk the condition that they are NJ
kS<linst. that influence win be brought
to bear upon the Interstate Commerce
Commission to grant the request.
Most OF the iron men seemed 20 think,
y our informant tells ue. that wher
AIs matter Is settled one way or th'
other. iron business will loosen mp. 4
the commission refuses to allow th'
increase It will be becanse the mem
hers nave Investigated carefully ans
know that the railroads do not nee'
the increax 10 live ana vice versa
should the refuse the increase th
railroads cHnnof carry the oluf an!
further II, indeed, u Is a bInff. an'
viii get bnsy catching up on the i'm
nrorements that nave been neglected