| 1895 |
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Feet Drilled |
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Daily |
Total |
| May 19 |
Shipped boiler, diamond drill, and outfit from Metropolitan, Michigan, to Duluth. |
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| 21 |
In Duluth. |
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| 22 |
Mitchell, Irwin, De Haas, and Spencer
here. Came to Mesaba. |
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| 23 |
Located place for drill near NW corner
sec. 34-59-14. |
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| 24 |
Cutting road from Okwanin or Allen to
location. |
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| 26 |
Cutting road to Mesaba. |
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| 27 |
Car of machinery came. |
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| 28 |
Moved boiler and part of outfit. |
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| 29 |
Clearing off for camp. |
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| 30-31 |
Setting up machine. Digging pit to start
standpipe. |
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| June 1 |
Finished moving. |
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| 2 |
Set up tripod, made connections, etc. |
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| 3 |
Started standpipe down 8'. |
8 |
8 |
| 4 |
Trouble with standpipe on account of
boulders. |
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| 5 |
Standpipe down 16' on something solid. |
8 |
16 |
| 6 |
No headway today. |
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| 7 |
Put down 2' casing through broken ledge.
Black slate ledge dipping 10º. |
4
3 |
20
23 |
| 9 |
Pulled up 3" casing and blasted the loose
ledge with 1 1/2" no. 2xx Aetna dynamite.
(Electrical battery). Drove the standpipe
to depth of 18 1/2'. Did not strike quite
the same place as before and drilled a
new hole to depth. |
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| 10 |
Reamed 2" casing to depth of 22 1/2'.
Drilled black slates. |
6 |
29 |
| 11 |
Black slates. |
19 |
48 |
| 12 |
" " |
17 |
65 |
| 13 |
" " Getting harder. Dip 13º |
14 |
79 |
| 14 |
" " A little softer, as before. Dip 10º. |
16 |
95 |
| 16 |
Drilled black slates. At night, black slates. Grey mica slate. |
15
10
1 |
110
120
121 |
| 17 |
Drilled grey mica slate. At night, grey mica slate. Hard and silicious. Soft grey mica slate. |
12
5
1 |
133
138
139 |
| 18 |
Drilled grey mica slate. The rock
today appears to be all broken up. Very little core. At the last, the core
barrel was frequently wedged tight, apparently by small pieces caving into
the hole, and givso much trouble that I held off the night shift. |
11 |
150 |
