The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-16
BESSEMER ORE
CUT In SHAFT
OPENING At AMASA-P0RTER HITS
ORE BODY UNEXPECTEDLY
LITTLE ORE IN IS STOCK
Crystal Falls District Mas Less Ore
On Surface At This Writing
Than For Many Years

The Crystal Falls district bids fair
TO have fine body of Bessemer ore
within It's boundaries, judging from
the developments at the Amasa- Porter
mine where the new shaft unexpect-
edly pierced a fine body OF ore of that
grade and whore the workings still
continue therein, making it quite Ger
/ tain that the ore goes down.
The Amasa-Porter showed up con
siderable Bessemer in its original
| drillings but the Bossemer lay GO
closely united with the nom -Bessemer
that it has been the common under
standing that the two would be mined
Jointly the product being a very de-
sirable grade Of non -Bessomer.
With that intention the shaft was
located 200 feet from the known ore
boundary on the hanging side. il be-
ing the plan TO pierce the ore body,
which pitches towards the shaft at
considerable Of depth. extend
through 1t and then attack tile lower
portion from the foot side.
The worlmen were much surprised
when they struck ledge TO find a fine
body Of iron ore, which analysis show
ed was Bessemer Even then, the
operators didn't look with much ex-
pectation on the find but when they
had continued in it 10 a depth OF 20
feet and the ore persisted and got
healthier right along they began TO
think that they really mad something
OF value
The formation between this city
and the Hemlock mine Is divided in
two parts. or there are two formations
In that section, as is the common say
ing. II would appear that the diamond
drill explorations have all been upon
the east formation at the Amasa-Por-
ter and that the shaft was located
just right to hit the west formation.
The fact that the ore Is Bessemer
adds very materially 10 the value OF
the property. OF course IL is too ear
~ TO form any opinion as to whether
all Of the deposit that may be found
about the shaft Is Bessemer, but II
only the heart of IL appears TO be
of that grade, as Is the case on the east
formation, IL will mean very much
The Amasa-Porter deposit was o.
riginally figured to have one-million
tons OF ore shown up In It's drill holes.
The cutting of this west formation will
easily double the deposit
Adjoining Lands
The news that such a fine discovery
has been made on this land will un-
doubtedly start others TO thinking a
bout their ores on adjoining lands.
Take the Florence Mining company
which holds an option on section 36
44-33. one mile south OF the Amasa
Porter II has been known that this
concern, In the two holes put down
year ago last summer, cut some Bes-
somer ore The drilling was difficult
at that point as the surface Is deep but
II their diamond drill findings should
be verified By good sized Bessomer
deposit at the Amasa- Porter, it will
undoubtedly spur the Florence people
on 60 further work II is understood
that they retain the option on the
lands and expect to go to,work some
day
Laying between section 80 and the
Amasa- Porter IS Section 26 on which
some ore formation has been found.
This section u owned mostly by the
Michigan Mineral Land Company and
Is known 10 have on Il a promising ore
formation
+, To the south Of Section 36 lies See
ton 1882, owned by James + Cor
ooran. Thomas Conlin and the Treat K
estate This tract Is known 10 con
tain rich formation also
10 the north or the Amaaa-porter
lands lies the Gibson mine and ad
Joining that property 10 The north is
thc Wa. nor ef the Pickands-Mathef I
people Tho developments II thc .
Warner several months ago showed
new vein 81 orc. different from What 1
had been worked and this unexpected \
finding 81 new deposit 80 tho hmasa- !
Porter VIII undoubtedly tend % max I
the Rogera-Brown ore Company,
which concern holds the lease on the /
Gibson. keener to Go come more work