Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-28

street for six or seven weeks past as TO the
discovery of bed or vein of magnetic
iron orc at the Harvester works, about
three miles from the center Of The city,
but the parties possessing the secret have
remained very reticent on the subject
until a short time since, when the matter
began to leak out, and we now have the
pleasure of presenting all the facts in the
case from source entitled to the highest
credit 1t seems that the increasing de-
mands of the Harvester works induced
he directors TO commence the boring Of
an artesian well to procure water, and
for this purpose they en-
ployed Mr.. Carey and his
son, who had had experience in this line
for the past twenty-five years, and the
ing and near the foundry room. The
pipe was six inches in diameter and was
driven by steam, and when rock was
reached six IL CHI drill was employed TO
cut through it. The Messrs. Carey pros
ecuted their work with vigor, passing
through some three hundred and odd
feet of drift deposit and coming down
upon white quartz, through which the
drill passed, penetrating slightly color
ed sand rock some seventy-five feet; then
changing TO fine grained character;
then becoming OXydiZed with iron, max
ing in all about 233 feet of hard sub
stance through which the drill was driv-
en-, some forty feet of which possessed
layers of hard substances, and
indicating an iron vein or
bed. The substance brought up at this
depth, was similar to green mud, anu
to the experienced mineraIogist indicated
the
CHLORIDE OF IRON.
Then Mr.. Carey began to weary of try
ing to get on with his work, but he had
before met intruding obstacles in his
path, and believing that he could over
come them, pushed ahead, and not until
he had been batfied in making progress
did he communicate the fact to a gentle
man connected with the Harvester works,
whom he assured he could proceed no
further with his contract, as he was max
ing only several inches per day, instead
ought to make in the same length of
time. This fact was communicated to
the president of the works, Mr.. New
comb, who began to examine the hard
substance which impeded the action
of the drill, and on hav-.
ing it washed, he discovered that
it was metallic and was GENERALLY sup
posed by those who saw it, to be copper
1t was submitted to the inspection of
several gentlemen who were at a loss to
know what it was, when Dir. Newcomb
handed It to Maj. Newson, who at once
pronounced it iron of very superior
quality and peculiar character. He was
instructed to assay it and send report,
which he did as far back as the Goth
of June, and his report is herewith
submitted for the first time to the pub
lie:
FIRST ASSAY AND REPORT OF MAI. NEwsoN.
ST. PAUL, Num-, June 20, 1882.
Charles T. Newcomb, Esq, President Harry
ester Works, st. Paul, MIMI:
DEAR SIR-Ihe metallic material you sub
United to me, as having come from the Dor
Ings of an artesian we'll six hundred feet deep,
In your manufacturing establishment, has
been carefully analyzsd chemically and com
mercaly, by NE, and found to be a mixture
metal, and have made the discovery that it is
associated VITA more valuable mineral re-
sembliDg platinum. The metallic substance
after having been under heat reaching 5000
three times, failed to fuze; and sulphurlc and
muriatc acids do not fuze il, while in nitric the
iron is rapidly dissolved and tue residuun re-
sembles metallic platinum of a bright steel
gray color l am inclined to believe, as you
bore into the bed or vein, you viii fad the
metal very valuable one. OF course | know
nothing OF the quantity of this mineral,
nor can this be ascertained only through the
boring of diamond drill or The. sinking of
shalt. Ii the mineral exists In vein, as I
am inclined to think it does, by boring with
your diamond drill some eight or ten feet
this will pass through the side of the vein, as
it no doubt dips at an angle of forty five de.
grees, and you may pass down into a good
body of water. Ii il is simply bed of metal,
you can learn its depth by boring and Its ex-
tent IN feet by further Investigation The
fact that your present boring apparatus will
not penetrate the metallic substance more
than one or two inches a day, is sufficient
evidence that you have a solid body of ore and
not pocket. Ii is possible it may be part of
disintegrated iron vein, brought down by the
drift period, or glacial deposit, but the pecu-
liar character of the white quartz through
whica you passed, as we'll as the green col
Ored rock indicating chloride OF iron, are evil
deuces OF a solid bed of ore. ] would recon-
mend further investigation. Truly yours,
I. NJ. NEwsoN.
CONCLUSIONS OF Mr.. MARINER.
Following this announcement, Mr..
Dean, one of the directors, went to Chi
cago, 10 see about diamond drill, and on
presenting the iron obtained from the
hole to Mr.. Bullock, that gentleman ex-
pressed great surprise at such a remark
able discovery, and as the drill could not
just then be procured, he advised Mr..
Dean TO call upon a noted asSaver, Mr..
Mariner, aud get his opinion of the mat
ter. Mr.. NJ. IS first report tailed with that
of Maj. Newson, with the exception that
he made the percentage of iron larger.
In supplementary report, he says:
CHICAGO, June %, 1SS2.-This cerlifes that
l have tested two samples marked ''large''
and "smalf' respectively, for iron, with the
following results:
Lump marked Large" contained 81. "A per
cent. of iron.
Lump marked "smalln contained 81 per
cent. of iron.
Beside the above percentages OF metallic
iron they contained carbon in considerable
proportion, and other constituents not deter
mined. G. A. MARINER.
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