The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-05-29
HEMLOCK Mine
HAS CLOSED
UNDERGROUND MACHINERY TAKEN
TO SURFACE LAST THURSDAY
GOOD ORE AT AMASA-PORTER
Drift to Vein Has Opened up Some
Fine Stuff--Balkan to Commence
Concrete Work Very Soon

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Thursday morning saw the last piece
OF underground equipment landed on
surface and the shaft was sealed for
good.
Hosting was suspended at the Hem
lock month ago and during the month
a crew OF workmen has been busy
getting out all OF the equipment below
the surface. Much OF the material has
been underground for dozen or more
years and the Hemlock yards looked
like junk yard when all of this ma
terial was brought TO light
The big Gates crusher that has done
duty in the shaft house II om the time
crushers were first brought into use
was lowered from its place TO fat
car and shipped to Alpha to be used at
the Balkan Captain Hughes removed
the crusher in remarkably short time.
He hoisted IL out OF its place by means
OF the hosting engine and lowered II
onto the waiting car. There were two
large pieces, one OF them weighing a
dozen tons and they were handled
without any difficulty at all.
1t is supposed that the Hemlock
machinery will be put into commits
sion later on at the Warner mine near
by The Warner is without equipment
and belongs to the Hemlock company
which is one OF the subsidiary con-
Germs of Pickands. Mather Il Co.
The Amasa-POrter
The operators of the Amasa Porter
property are feeling much elated this
week over the showing at that proper
". The drift which has been driven
from the shaft cut the ore body early
in the week and the samples ran SO 80
with .0O3 phos. making the ore an ex-
ceedingly desirable one.
The work OF getting the surface
ready for new buildings and machinery
is being carried on daily The pocket
tracks and the coal trestle tracks are
about graded and ready for rail.
The next improvement will be the
building Of the location which is to
occupy the west half OF the ST Il OF
SE Il sec. Is 44-33 The houses will
stand in row north and south and
face west. the intention being TO event
ually bring the county road along the
front of this row. Six houses will be
built right away and as the mine de-
velopes more will be added.
The machinery in use now is small
and intended for temporary use only
AS the mine developes the new ma
chinery already agreed upon will be
added according to a regular plan Of
surface Improvement
The Balkan Mine
At the Balkan the big steel shaft
house is nearly complete. The crusher
from the Hemlook is to be installed
next, after which the steel work will be
completed
Another Improvement contemplated
is the concreting OF the shaft from the
surface down to the ledge This work
will be started soon and while Il is
being prosecuted little else will be
done at the mine,
The stripping work is going along
nicely and IL is hoped that the strip
ping will be finished in time to allow OF
an output OF close 10 100000 tons, pro-
vided, OF course, the underground work
progresses sufficiently to allow II It's
being GOT out.
The pit has reached = depth OF about
so feet and with its winding tracks to
allow OF egress, makes one think OF
the Mesabi range.
Cole 4 Mcdonald People Here
A number of the officials Of the Cole
& Mcdonald company were In Crystal
Falls during the week 10 confer with
Ira odgers. the local member Of the
firm over the disposition OF the ore de-
posit found on section 30 just west OF
the city.
In addition 10 their work on section
10 this firm In drilling on section "A
Az 81. inst north OF the new end OF
the Bristol Mining Co.
The decision Of the Cole g. Mcdonald
company VIII be watched for with in-
tereat and most local friends of the.
concern hope 20 see them enter the
mining end Of the business Crystal
Falls people have more than passing
interest In the find made by this com
pany FIRST for the reason that Il IS right