The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-04-25

tonnage The new ore has been found
both at depth and also up near sur.
face In parts abandoned before.
The big ore holdings at Iron River
are in the hands of the Pickands- Ma
Their interests They control the Baltic
group which includes the Baltic,
Forgarty, Caspian and Bengal. 1t is
reasonable TO say that, so far is known,
the Pickands- Mather people own two
thirds of the ore in sight I'm the west
side districts.
The Lackawana Steel Co owns half
Of these reserves which are operated
under the name of the Verone Mining
Co. The Lackawana is conservative
concern and the Pickands- Mather
people have never been noted for radi-
calisrn These people use much of
thier own product and fashion their
production to about their own wants,
The statement, recently issued by the
Lackawana people, was quite depress-
ing on the iron business as whole
and any unusual activity at the mines
of this concern is not looked for.
There are several independent oper-
ators at Iron River, among them the
Spring Valley Go. operating the Zim-
norman. This property was closed
most OF the winter but opened up
recently on restricted basis. IL is
understood that for the ll5 places
opened by the starting mp of this pro-
perty there we're over 400 applications
indicating that the labor market ia
glutted at the present time.
Coming to the Crystal Fails district,
in addition TO the Dunn and Armenia
of the Corrigan- Mckinney properties,
we have the Carpenter which Will ship
for the first time. the Ravenna and
the Bristol The Bristol is shipping
its product now but the hustle notice.
aole at the property in former years is
absent. This property will undoubted-
ly make fair output this year but
nothing compared to what II is capable
of doing.
The Carpenter and Ravenna are
properties OF the NJ. A. Hanna in.
terests. which concern is understood &c
own an half interest in the Bates mine
at Iron River also. There was a ru.
NOR, some time ago, that these inter
ests had offered big tonnage of high
phos ore at remarkably low figure
but we haven't heard the rumor veri-
fed TO date
The Ravenna experienced a cave OF
the surface over the ore body that il
giving some trouble there and caused
the railroad officials to worry less their
costly sidings would be rendered
valueless thereby. The ground will be
working" for some time so IL cannot
be definitely II their fears will come
true. The Ravenna is reported to
show lower grade of ore in The
bottom than was hoped for when the
property was first opened and further
development work will be watched
with interest.
The real live section of the Crystal
Falls district just now Is in the
Mastodon field but the life is brough,
about by getting ready" work rather
than mining work. The Judson arr
getting on nicely with their under
ground work and have their shat
down to the second lift. A station II
being cut and soon. drifting TO oper
up the big ore body will be in pro
gress
The Judson people have been jubilant
because Of the remarkably low water
charges so far They expected anc
equipped themselves for o fairly large
flow but haven't needed their bis
pumps to date When they tap their
real ore body this condition may b,
changed as the water Is known Il
follow the ore down there aud the OF,
that has been developed so far Is bu
a small off shoot Of the real, big body
Tine stripping operations at the Bal
kan afford the biggest interest ant
will, in itself. 20 long way to keel
up the life Of the community these dull
times. Winston Bros. have been Of