The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-01-10
CLEvELAND-CLIfFS
ASK FOR LEASE
EXPLORATIONS SouTH or DUNN
SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT ACTION
OLIVER co. SUCCESSFUL ON NETT
Pretty Straight Information Received
Showing That The Steel Corporation
Has Discovered the Ore up There =

1t ia learned that the Cleveland Cliffs
company has asked for lease on
the lands in section ~ 42.-33 upon
which exploratory operations have
been carried on for nearly year.
The Cleveland Cliffs people were
attracted to that section by the big
finds made by the Longyear people
on section l3, A large acreage was
taken upon option and some pretty
thorough drilling was done. The
first results were not successful in
getting the ore but very large and
rich formation was shown up 20 that
il was simply matter Of systematic
work TO find the enrichment
The first genuine success met with
was we'll up TO the north Of the sec
ton, close 10 section ! where a deposit
of so feet was cut Since that time
the work mas broadened out in that
locality and il is understood that a
sufficient amount OF ore 10 warrant the
opening up of good mine has been
hOwn up.
Just what the Cleveland Cliffs people
will do in the way of opening mp i'm.
mediately is not known The compan y
has sn extensive development program
on its hands on the Marquette range
and that fact may defer the opening
mp OF It's Iroa county properties for
some time.
The Erickson mine VA Bates town
ship, discovered by this compSny two
years ago. remains idle yet although
there were several unauthorized an
nounoements that the property would
10 opened With market coalitions
such as they are now the outlook Is
not any toe encouraging for immediate
action
The Cleveland Cliffs people have
been exploring extens iyely in the
vicinity OF the Dunn and it az learned
that they succeeded in cutting a
small deposit TO the east OF fhe Dunn
shaft. about where the snail pond
EXISTS The deposit is not OF sufficient
size TO warrant the opening up of il by
AN independent shaft. They are also
exploring some OF the Michiean Iron 81
Land Co lands on section 1: lands
which the Oliver Mining oosapany re-
leased froEl their blanket option cover
ing all fhe holdings of that company
in Michigan.
Speaking of the Oliver ca we learn
from reliable source that they have
been successful in their drilling opera
tions in hnding the ore lead in the
Nett river section. This section has
been the scene OF lot Of work within
the past five years First the White.
sides interests explored there. They
showed mp formation but 40 ore.
Next the NJ A. Hanna interests went
in there and they thouGht that they
would surely show up mine - en
couraging were their findings at first.
They worked over a year with both
drill anil test pit and finally retired
from the district in disgust
The Oliver people were the next 10
enter that section in their exploration
OF the MichigaH Iron Land a. Land Co.
lands Cole a Mcdonald were given
the contract co do the drilling They
drilled there nealy year and il IL
pretty well established that they found
considerable quantity Of ore in their
holes.
The findings on the Nett combined
with those 'siuth Of the Dunn changes
the relation of the Oliver Go. To Iron
county greatly, 30 far. the big cor
poration has not heen very heavily
interested in the county the Mans
field and Dobcr mines being the only
properties operated by the Oliver
people in the county. The retirement
from the Mansfield left the Dobsr the
lone survivor. Counting i'm the new
finds. they now have the Dobcr, Me
tiillis, Mastodon. Youngstown and
Nett with the probability Of their
retaining the south end OF the Michi-
gan where their drill work showed MP
quite promising results