The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-05-01
ORE SALES BRING
BETTER FEELING
LOCAL MINING MEN HOPE TO GET
RID OF MUCH ORE
BRISTOL BUYS THE SURFACE
Secures the SWl-4of Sec. "a and
S1-2 Of Sc la of Sec. rs, ,43-33,
in Connection With Next Find

The big sales OF ore reported from
the iron centers have stirred local
ore miners to hope for better thing
this year than they hoped for early I'm
the season. The particular part OF the
reports that pleases is that old range
non -Bessemer is being sold in fairly
large quantities. There is much specu-
lation here as TO the finn that made the
reported big sale and most people
pick the NJ A. Hanna company for
the reason that they are sending out
their ores from local properties at a
fairly lively rate.
Rayenna Mine Shipments
A steam shovel was started up az
the Ravenna mine last week and load
ing is going on there at fairly rapid
clip. II is understood that about hair
of the pile will be loaded under the
present expectations and 1t Is hoped
TO ship all of the pile,
The Ravenna stockpile contains
about 100000 tons Of ore. Some
of IL is Of fairly high grade but the
bulk is low in iron contents similar to
the Bristol ore II was for this reason
that the mine was so suddenly closed
a month or so ago.
The M. A. Hanna people have num-
ber of forties In the Ravenna option
and since the suspension of work at
the Ravenna the Keystone drill has
been kept busy exploring TO the west
OF the mine.
Work was started close TO the ore
body in north-westerly direction
from the proved o.c and operations
will be continued up the Briar Hill
valley, the section that is just now at
tracing the attention of explorers.
Bristol Buys Acreage
The Bristol people filed deeds dur
ing last week to the surface right OF
the SW Il OF Sw Il OF section "a and to
the u Of SIC Y OF section 25, 4s-ss.
The land on "a was purchased from the
Pfister Land Co Of Milwaukee and ON
25 from the Longyear people. The
Bristol people hold the lease upon the
mineral in these lands now as they are
included In the tract OF lands tied up in
the new find
The purchase of this tract may have
two meanings one the building Of a
mining location and the other the turn
ing of Briar Hill creek. II Is known
that the ore body follows pretty well
the course of the creek and that some
Of the best holes have been put down
very close to the creek so that a change
of the water course wouldn't be our
OF the way at some future date The
experience OF mining companies has
been such that they provide ahead for
such contingencies and not wait until
the necessity arises and thus have to
pay fancy prices for lands.
The exploratory work OF the Bristol
/ people Is still confined to churn drin
work. The operations are along the
west end Of their holdings and the re-.
port Is that tho surface Is exceedingly
deep
Cole A. Mcdonald Started
The Cole & Mcdonald people have
been moving machinery onto their op-
toned lands in section "a f3--33 all
week and will sta. / boring as quickly
as possible The lands included in this
option are the Michigan Mineral Land
holdings on section "a which includes
the n X OF S y Of the section as well
as the II a Nh n and w " NV 4.
The mineral possibilities are sup
posed TO be on the N Y OF the lk
The Bristol people have under option
the u OF Sw Y and the s X Of Sc Il
and is owned by the BreItung estate
When the Bristol started work IN
the section west Of the city II was not
supposed that the formation would ex-
tend as far north as II appears TO at
this writing and for that reason the
forties secured by the Cole & McDon-
aid people were not included In their
group OF lands
Should the Cole a. Mcdonald people
be as lucky IN getting ore on section
"a as they have been on section 30 "a
80. II wouldn't be surprising 70 some
Of those who are most intimate with
these people 70 sec them open up their
property west of The city a rroat deal
depends upon the turn business will
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