Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-27

/ DOIIus1- LUIS Saul PIE WIS cIay villa IRON II
| S Jme form (and from the quickness Of it.
| rusting and the metallic appearance of many
graips evidently largely metallic iron) an(
grains of sand The blue color is quite likely
due TO the argillaceous constituent found by
analysis.
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The result of these determinations, together
with those made for Mr.. Hood and already
sunmitted, seems to point 20 the necessity OF
obtaining = core from the present bottom OF
| the boring before any positive opinion can be
expressed. Metallic iron is certainly not
known to exist in large deposits in the outer
part of the earth's crust; and it is believed
that 1t cannot exist there for any great lepgt th
OF time. on account of the ease aud rapdity oi
its oxi6izing in presence Of water, and water
permeates everywhere through the rocks.
Very respectfully yours. G. W. HALL.
MORE ENCOURAGEMENT.
A letter received from well posted
gentleman in New York city, did not
hesitate to express the conviction that
the drill was down upon vein of mag
netic ore, and that it was very valuable
discovery. He, like others, was consid-
erably confused by the appearance of the
metallic iron, but outside of this.
he thought there was evidence enough
to warrant further prosecution of the
work. Indeed, from all sources the con-
vlction has been forced upon the directors
of the Harvester works that they have a
valuable iron discovery. Among others,
Mr.. Hinton, of the North Chicago Rolling
Mill company, wrote August 2:
81 hardly know what TO say TO you. have
never heard or read of a deposit of metallic
iron in the earth's crust and do not think it
could be mined proftably if there were one.
My opinion Is that you have struck vein of
magnetic ore and the indications certainly are
that it is rich in iron and extensiven
And it IS proper here to remark, that
the gentleman in Pennsylvania to
who replied-''An artificial iron
mine,'' has since visited the city, and
after having given the matter thorough
examination, has arrived at the conclu-
sion that while he is not prepared to ad-
nit that native malleable iron ore exists
in the ground, he Is prepared TO express
his belief that there exists at the Har-
vester works valuable bed or vein of
magnetic ore, and in vindication of this
belief, is quite willing to invest largely in
this new enterprise. President New
comb summed up the whole matter when
he. said:
"fhe superintendent of one OF the largest
Bessemer steal works in the country has been
here and made a very critical examination
He said to me at the investigation, you. have
undoubtedly struck bed OF magnetic ore }
He also informed me that this very quality of
ore is absolutely necessary to the Inanufac-
ture Of Bessemer steel and that it is now lm-
ported from the old country and
EVEN FROM AFRICA
Those who first analyzed the specimens
taken from the well, were puzzled by
the metallic character of the ore,
and it will be noted by the reports
that the chemists were inclined 10 the theory
thai we had struck a meteor ct go feet below
the surface; but forty-two feet of meteor was
too much for that opinion and so it has set
tied down to the belief that we have discover
ed bed OF very pure and highly magnetic ore.
We have had altogether twenty-five or thirty
different analyses made, and all agree as to
the purity and magnetic quality Of the speci-
mems submitte& to them. We have made
tests with the magnetic compass, and have
found that the variations are such as TO not
merely indicate, 5ut to prove positively the
existence of q vast deposit of iron ore upon
our property. The experts say that the indi-
cations made by the compass are far more pro-
nOunced than are required To prove the exist
ence of the nine We have already had over
tureS from some Of the wealthiest and largest
steel manufacturing mpanies in the country
to render assistance In the development which
we are now undertaking. As We penetrated
the bed or vein the drill knocked off solid
chunks Of the ore, showing that the bed
proper had been penetrated. OF course we
havn't any idea of the thickness of the depos-
1t, Only knowing that we havn't got through
1t IN fOrty-two feet. l am told that this quail
ity OF ore can be very profitably mined at
almost any practicable depth-it is so valuable.
Our diamond drill will soon be in operation
and viii determine just what we have"
THE PRESENT WORK.
Three experts were instructed to visit
the work and report upon place to sink
another hole. They did so, and desig-
mated point 200 feet Northeast of the old
hole, where the Messrs. Carey have been
at work and have now reached q distance
of over 800 feet. The last boring would
indicate that they were approaching the
ore bed, but no critical examination has
as yet been made.
THE GEOLOGICAL FORMATION,
The character of the soils, the natural
trend of the upheavals, the drift deposits
Of iron ore, the iron in the sand, the dis
turbance Of the needle, the metal OBJ
tanned from the borings of the well, all
indicate rich and valuable iron dis
covery. The only points are: How came
that metallic iron from that well hole?
Does it come from q bed of native iron,
or is it made by the action Of the drill.
When these points are settled, all is set
tied, and it seems to us it would have
been more wise to have postponed pub
liclty Of the matter until these points
had been fully demonstrated, and then a
great amount of capital would have come
here, rolling mills would have sprung
into existence, and St. Paul would have
jumped from her present population to
that of $50, 900 people, all inside of one
year. We shall watch this new interest,
and be glad to record it's further develop
ment.
Hung on the Spot Where His Crime Was
Committed.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 2S.-The negro,
Leonard Coker, who committed an outrage on
a woman named Catherine Hayes, and then
murdered her, was captured yesterday. He
confessed his crime. A crowd of whites and
blacks was engaged in the search, and when
captured be was taken to the spot where he