The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-03-04
HOSTING ORE
AT The TOBIN
WATER RAISED HAVOC WITH
EVERYTHING MADE OF IRON
DUNN BACK MINING AGAIN
Report is That Fortune Lake Shaft
win Be Started Very Soon is De-
MED BY Local Officials

The Tobin mine started to put ore ON
stock pile last Wednesday morning
The hoist is very small just now as II
is confined TO the cleaning up of slopes
and making ready for regular mining
work but il will be increased with
every succeeding day until an output
as large as that before the shutdown
is made.
Reports from the mine are TO the
effect that everything made OF iron and
| left underground was nearly eaten up
! by the action OF the chemicals in the
water The 3O-pound rails were reduc-
ed TO the size OF 2O-pound and If the
mine had remained full OF water two
more years there would have been no
rails left The hangers in the drift
walls were all eaten away and the nails
in the woodwork were eaten so that
the work came apart
Otherwise things were found 10 be
in good shape at the property and min
ing work was started sooner than ex-
pected The hangers had TO be put up
for all wires so that there was a delay
in getting down the motors and cars.
Two motors were sent down early IN
the week and two later on. The cars
are being sent down as rapidly as there
is any demand for them below.
II is remarked that copper was not
affected by the water at all. The cop
per wires OF the trolly system that
happened to remain. the light wires
and other articles of copper were not
affected in the least.
No effort was made TO start pump
ing out the 9Th level this week but we
understand that next Monday morning
attention will be turned in that direc-
tion and the pumps started just as
soon as possible. II was necessary to
increase the level pump capacity so as
TO take care Of the extra water that
will come from the pumping out Of the
18th level The pumping will be done
from a cage in the winze which leads
TO the new level.
Men are being added daily at the
rate of from ten TO dozen aud on
Thursday morning there were about
I25 men at work This number will be
increased right along until the mine
is completely manned.
AZ the Dunn Mine
But little mining work has been done
at this property for about month or
so back owing TO the chang over Of
pumping apparatus gables and other
items OF apparatus, getting ready for
the summer hoisting campaign.
This preparation work stopped the
drifting to the small piece Of ore cut
with diamond drill on the propert
to the east and which the Corrigan
Mckinney people desire to open up
and mine through the Dunn shaft The
drift had been driven in distance Of
about 600 feet when work was stopped.
The breast now rests at about $50 feet
and there are about so feet more to go
TO get the ore. Very much depends
upon what is shown up in this ore
body as TO the future Of the Dunn.
The drillings didn't show up anything
OF great size. in fact the Cleveland
Gins people who did the drilling
didn't consider the showing sufficient
to pay for the expense Of opening mp
a new mine there.
The mining work that is being done
Is all on the Richards property TO the
north OF the Dunn mine proper and
connected with the Dunn by a con
tinuous formation. A couple OF small
enrlchmen1s were found in the forma
tion and they are being worked upon
now.
In this connection II might be stated
that the Richards ore lies below the
drill work done by the oliver Iron
Mining Company several years ago on
this property A big bed of states parts
the Carpenter-w Wilkinson enrichment
from the Dunn enrichment. II has been
questioned whether the two enrich
ments were In the same formation.
some claiming that there was nothing
under the states. The oliver Company
drilled holes over 1000 feet deep and
cut nothing. Now along comes the
work ON the dip OF the lense, reaching
out further 20 the north with every
foot In depth until II looks as II away
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