The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-12
BIGGEST THING
J IN Mine POCKETS
BALKANS UNDERGROUND STORAGE
ECuPSES ANYTHING ON RANGE
HEMLOCK THROUGH BY FIRST
Old Standby Will Have Yielded up
All of Her Ore by That Date-War-
ner to Take Her Place

The biggest thing in underground
pockets on the Menominee range will
be built at the Balkan mine this
winter. The sinking of the shaft to
the new level has been continued about
90 feet teIow the level 10 admit Of this
big storage bin.
The work of sinking has about been
completed but AZ the same time drift.
a fing is being prosecuted on the level
10 that everything will be In readiness
Fhen the time comes TO install the
pocket. IL is understood that the
capacity will be over $50 tons Of ore.
Two mines on the Marquette range
equal this storage capacity, II they do
not exceed 1t. One is the American
mine west OF Ishpeming and the other
ths Mas mine at Negaunee.
The pocket is built so large because
of the intention of the company to
operate by the milling system and
the amount Of ore broken down each
hour when the big pit is opened up
will be surprising. ANY wait on the
plat Mt the hosting level, such as the
skip being hung mp or other slight
delay, stops work all through the mine
Tram cars are piled up one after the
other as the trammers emerge from
their several drifts and even after the
delay is over there is much confusion
getting back into working order again.
To ohviate this confusion and delay
pockets are constructed at the landing
so that wne. tram car OF ore comes
toathe landing it is dumped into this
pcfket instead of directly into the
ekip. The skip when IL comes down
is loaded out Of the pocket 10y pocket
tender who sends up skips OF ore right
along whether the tram car, happen
TO be at the landing or not in other
words neither skips nor tram cars are
dependant upon one another.
AS soon as the drawing are rom-
pleted and the space cut out the
timber construction will be started 80
hat the pocket will be ready for use
when the mine 20 ready 20 shih
GoOD.BY HEMLOCK
The scramming work that has been
Rrried on in the Hemlock mine for
nearly a year will be about completed
Jan. and then the workmsn will
commence TO pull up the underground
eqipment. There may be a littl3 ore
10 move after Jan / but the consensus
OF opinion is that it will not be long
after that date.
The operators have gwen the Hem
lock thorough test in all directions.
assuring themselves beyond q reason
able doubt that the bottom of the
deposit has been reached and that
furyher ore reserves must be lookep for
Ayng the vein either way.
With that understanding the owners
the Hemlock explored the Warner
Property mile TO the south aud have
in embryo there mine 10 take the
place Of the Hemlock The oliver
company. which concern held the lease
upon the Michigan next south OF the
Hemlock. are understood 10 have met
GRE in their a hngs on the next forty
south of tho I'd Michigan mine and IT,
| is scurrently understood that they nave
| retained the lease upon that piece of
| property after surrendering the old
Michigan The Michigan, ike the
Hemlock, worked out. There never
was much there aud considerable of
/ that has been mined during the past
two years by the Hemlock peope.
The belief Is that the Hemlock people
viii transfer all Of their equipment
and their organization 60 the Warner
tut whether they will do much there
before things pick no is question
The development NJ the Warner
means that the Gibson will take ON
new life again. The Gibson is owned
hy the Rogers Brown ore Co. and is
Looxted on the MEL Of Me-. sec. 10
Las while the Warner Is located on
~ sell OF Sell OF sec .. same town
.ed range. The Rogers people have
kept care taker in charge OF the
,,opertv alASf these years with the
,lacnt intdhtion ct starting mp again
.,,as day ana II IS rumored that the
,nening up OF the Warner will hasten
hat day
THE AMASA. PORTER
The sinking Of the shaft at this
property ~ the Jndson Mining Co. on