The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-12-23
START new WORK
TO SAVE D0BER
DIRT WILL BE RUN INTO THE MINE
TO SEAL UP OPENINGS
oDcERS SHAFT IS IN ORE
indications are That a Big Body OF
Ore Exists in the Basin lust
West of This City

Gen. Manager o G. Davidson en-
phatically denied that their was any
truth in the rumor that the Oliver Iron
Mining company was considering the
abandonment of the Dober mine IN
stambaugh The Dober mine is
very valuable piece Of property and It
islnot TO be wondered that the Oliver
company would exhaust the last rem
edy 10 save the property aud this II
seems, Is 10 be their policy, for work
has already been started 10 save the
mine.
AS was stated before the company
al one time considered dumping dirt
into the open pit in an effort to seal
up the openings that were giving
trouble but on considering the ques
ton from all angles, IL was found that
owing to change i'm pitch OF the
walls OF the ore body. near the third
level, the dirt couldn't BE- securely
placed against the walls so as to seal
the property :,
This change OF pitch in. the walls
begins at a point near the third level,
II Is possible now 60 drain the mine Of
water down to the fifth level and keep
the smoking part OF the mine sealed
so the mine has been drained that
far and the miners started on the
work OF putting up raise from the
point where the dirt which may be
dumped into It from above will be
spilled close 10 the burning wall
The raise will be driven up TO sur
face and when II is holed through the
work OF dumping in dirt from the side
hill near the property will commence.
Sufficient earth will be put down 70
effectually seal up t. property and
cut off the smoke fumes. AZ any
time in the future when IL is neces-
sary to add TO the earth so put in
additional dirt may be run down into
the workings.
Ore In 0dgers Shaft.
surprise was met with az the
Odgers mine some few days ago when
the main shaft which was being drop
ped another lift suddenly broke
into fine. rich ore. The shaft was
started in ore formation The holes
that had been drilled in that vicinity
we're sufficient. so IL was thought, TO
determine the value OF that particular
section OF the property but Il seems
that there was some omissions in the
drilling go that accurate Information
was not secured and what was sup
posed to be barren ground Is rich in
ore.
The shaft will be continued down
and no plans made for future work
until the property IL more fully ex-
plored from below and the operators
riven accurate information on just
where the ore body lies and what di-
rection II is making.
!. Work az This property Is progress
sing nicely and the operators look for
II hnc output from the property the
coming wear.
The Odgors certainly made record
the past wear. II was along in the
latter part OF February OF this year
that snpt Richards started work at
l,he propcrtv which rad 10 have the
timber cleared from the furface be-
fore auything could be do, towards
surface equipment. A shaft VAS INK.
a level opcnel mp and $1,000 tons OF
ore shipped from the property be-
tween the arst OF Ia 4 March and the
first OF December.
In addition To the above mentioned
work. permanent plant OF machinery
of the electrical type was installed,
the property equipped with perma-
nent buildings and twenty I've dwell
Ing houses erected for the use of the
employees at the mine. all within the
epace OF nine months