The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-07-10
LOCAL MINERS
ARE PESSIMISTIC
CAN SEE NO GREAT CHANGE IN
STORE FOR MINES THIS YEAR
ExPlORAT'NCONTINUED WEST
The Cole & Mcdonald Property IS
Larger Than First Thought t--Bris-
toifesting For Creek Change

Local mining men cannot see the
promised boom that some say is. near
IA the iron ore mining neId. Most OF
them hold that so long as the prices
remain where they are there will be
no great Improvement. More ore VIII
be shipped to lower lake ports this
year than was sent down last year but
that..s simply because the shipments
last year we're abnoimally low and
some additional ore must be sent down
90 as TO keep the surplus stable.
The only thing that will bring
boom in iron ore shipments. is an in
crease in the price of the commodity,
Prices are fixed for the year and most
OF the wants covered. The present
piice is not remuneratiye enough to
inspire miners of ore TO open up any
new properties They will get their
wants from the mines that are In OPP
Grafton. Crystal Falls will witness no
change in general business until
some one OF the closed properties is
re-opened. How long in the future
that will be is the problem
The Corrigan- Mckinney people will
be pretty well cleaned up all around
this fall. The Dunn is cleaned now;
the Tobin is just about cleaned up and
a big chunk has been taken from the
Great Western II hopes of the man
agement are met with the Great West
ern pile will all 60. That leaves this
concern without any reserve in stock
from this range and il will then be up
20 them 10 open up some dile property
IL they are to DO any business 70 speak
OF from this section next year.
II is this condition that Crystal
Falls people are iotting on more than
any boom in the Ion market for an
Improvement in the local situation.
" Explorations Promising
OF course, should either the Cole &
Mcdonald or the Bristol people change
their minds in regard TO their explora-
tons II would add very materially to
the welfare OF the community. This is
especially true OF the Cole a. Mcdonald
property as Il is so very close to the
city.
AT this property DRILLING Is stiii con-
tinued and with gratifying results.
The drill Is now back about in the
cshfef ~ the triangle formed by the
county rdXd and the railroad The To-
cation is alt,ost identical with that
which Judge. Flewelling chose TO ex-
plore many ydars ago and where Matt
Lee did put down hole but he point
ed It in q different direction from that
ia which the present hole Is pointed.
We understand that several strong
companies would take over this pro-
perty but that the owners Of the op,
tion have SO far refused 70 dispose Of
II.
Probing For Channel Change
Indications are that the Bristol
people are probing for change of the
channel OF Briar Hill creek. One of
the churn drills has been put at work
lon short testing holes that would indi-
cate the company is seeking to find q
new place for Briar Hil Greek
II Is understood that the ore OF the
BristQfnnd lies pretty close to the
creeH Bind that Il will be necessary 10
make . change OF that stream for a
distance OF about half mile in order
10 get the water away from the new
property.
Many wonder why the Bristol peo-
pie have been so persistent Ia their
churn driIl work and this creek change
may be one OF the answers. They
don't know exactly what they want e
do yet and " Is a maxim with Supt
Bjork 70 know what he wants TO do
before he starts to do IL.
Ferd Gets Iron County Samples
From good sources We are told thai
several OF the Independent miners o.
iron ore In this county have been ask
ed to send samples OF their ore to De
troit to Uenry Ford's lientenants fol
analysis. The reason for the reqqes
is Mat the Ford interests are figurin,
on going into the smelling business
and will IL the nenr future make theli
own iron
This policy y said % have been de
termlned ~ thf entry 81 The Forl