The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-07
ORE OUTPUT WAS
BIGGEST OF ALL
LAST SEASONS SHIPMENT FROM
IRON co. MADE A RECORD
RE-ADJUSTMENT IN THE AIR
Reports Current That the Attention
of Iron County Men is Turning
to The Future

When the figures are all compiled
il will be found that Iron county has
made record output OF iron ore for
the year 1918. The figures will not
by any means show maximum, but
they are expected to show greater
output than has been made in any
season of the past,
There hasn't been any fare of trum-
pets this year over what was being
done; just steady saving of wood
all the time.
Crystal Falls District Gained.
The major portion of the increase
over last year is expected to be
shown to have been made in the Crys-
tai Falls district where the steam
shovels were kept pounding every
day during the summer
In this district the Warner mine
cleaned up its entire pile Of stocked
or and shipped from the pocket as
long as the season lasted. This mine
will work during the winter at the
same rate that ii was worked during
the summer.
The Amasa-Porter had a hard time
OF it the past year. The accident at
the property in the early spring cut
the operating time in two so that the
output from the property will be
greatly curtailed. The mine is being
worked to the capacity of the labor
supply at the present time so that
next years output ought to be a
dandy.
At the Bristol mine very good
output was made and large chunk
OF the pile that was in stock in the
spring was cleaned up. The mine Is
operating on one-shift basis this
winter and there Is some complaint
made by the operators about the
quality OF the ore of late so that the
future Of the mine is just now in
doubt.
At the Great Western a very large
slice was taken from the big stock
pile that stood for so many years to
the east of the old shaft. 1t Is the
first time that real. good chink was
taken from the pile since the ore
was placed in stock in 1907
The Odgers mine cleaned up its
entire stockpile and shipped from the
pocket until the close of the season
The output from this property should
show an increase over last year.
The Tobin mine will also show an
increase over last year, but nothing
to what II could show II the property
was worked to its capacity. The
shovel was kept pretty busy at this
property during the season and as f,
result big chunk OF the No. pile
was shipped away. In addition the
entire hoist of one shift was sent for
ward until the close of the shipping !
season.
The Dunn shipped none OF its stock |
ed ore the past year, but the pocket
output was sent forward until ship
ping season closed.
The Balkan mine shipped continu-
ously during the season from its J
pocket and also cleaned up all OF It's
ore that was placed in stock last
year.
The Judson shipped more ore from
It's stock pile this year than in any
other year and the amount OF ore on
the dump at the property is consider
ably reduced from what Il was last
year.
The Carpenter mine was the last
to stop shipping. the last car going
out from the mine on Saturday last
The Carpenter sent forward lot OF
its stockpile the past year and ship
ped all OF the hoist.
The Hilltop cleaned up It's pile and
also shipped from the pocket as long
as hosting was continued. Work
was suspended at tho mine early In
he summer.
Rail Arrangements Pleased.
From what information we can
yather II appears that the mining men
w ere we'll nlnaand with Aha rnIlrnad ]