The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-11-04
MANSFIELD Mine
MAY BE REDEEMED
RUMOR THAT ]. NJ. LONGYEAR HAS
PURCHASED ALL OF FEE
WILL EXPLORE THE PROPERTY
Story Says That the Water Power
Win be Utilized if Developments
are Favorable

There is rumor going the rounds
that the old Mansfield mine may be
redeemed by J. NJ. Longyear whom, the
story says, has purchased the interest
OF the other fee owners in the proper
~ and will do lot OF exploratory
work in an effort TO locate an exten-
sioI Of the ore body.
The other fee owners of the Mans
field property were the Case estate OF
Detroit and Seymour Coleman OF Chi
cago. MIR. Longyear has held small
interest in the mine heretofore.
The Mansfield passed from the
Crear-C Clinch interests Of Chicago to
the U. s. Steel company at the time
OF the general ore property buying
movement in the steel corporation. II
was operated by the Steel company
until abou. three years ago when they
decided that the ore that remained In
che mine was at too great depth and
TOO small in volume to pay for It's
mining and the property was aban-
doned.
II has been allowed to FIJI with
water and the general superstition has
been that the property would never
be redeemed.
The Longyear Program.
Recently Mr.. Longyear's son came
to the Crystal Falls district and has
been occupied in exploratory work
on section 16 in this town. There Is
rumor that the interest Of the jun
ior Longyear in the exploratory game
has been the motive force which has
prompted Mr.. Longyear to spend his
money in the ey.o-pment OF ore
pkor Nyties IN this s., ion, and that "
~ - sr Regarding e Mansfield Is
: ruev y6T exploratory work Will be
under the direction Of the younger
man.
AS we get it, the intention is TO do
lot of drill work about the property
with the idea of locating the eXten-
sion of the ore lens If this Is dis
covered the old property will be
opened or new shaft put down de-
pending upon Developments.
Water Power Involved.
The Mansfield rumor carries with it
an additional item in regard to the
water power that exi3ts a short dis
.tanco above the old mine. This power
if<Q good one and can be developed
vcB cheaply as things go these days.
Il is said that II the exploratory work
shows up ore In sufficient quantities
TO warrant opening property, the
water power will be developed and the
mine operated by that power
There has been many rumors re
garding the development of this water
power and the wonder Is that II has
not been picked up before this time
but Il Is likely that the owners had IN
mind some such development as it
outlined IA tic rumor which is goinr
the rounds al the present time.
Ore In Great Demand.
one thing III favor OF the consum
ration of the reoortad opening Of the
Mansfield Is that Just now the ore
which s produced ~ the Mansfield
and the properties Hlong the Crystal
Falli-Amasa run OF formation, Is the
-oYe that Is m great demand II is
low phcs non-Bessomor and nils the
export bin 70 nieety While there
q a distinct Ion ia the demand for
other Iron county ores, the low phos
ore Of this section, Il rea seller
and commands a fgir price
The Mansfield mine yielded Bes-
semer ore during the early days OF rs
development but during the latter
years II became a low-phos non-B Bes-
semer property and the ore was al
ways In great demand.