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-ance northeast, is highly impre egnated with

tance northeast, is highly pregnated will
| oxide of iron.
| Second-The sand, southwest, contains con
| siderable magnetic iron ore, found III various
| places, while nOrtheSt some SEQ feet from
| your factory, obtained from one pound ot
| sand one-eighth OF an ounce OF magnetic iron
| From hole SIX feet deep near your premises
| procured one -Guarter of an ounce of mag
| netic iron from one pound Of sand. About
/ one mile northeast. on the elevation of 200
| feet abnve your fsctory, ore-eighth of al
| ounce of magnetic iron was obtained from 8
! pound OF sand; so that the theory that this
| magnetic IRON might come from the washings
! OF your factory is untenable Magnetic iron
ore is found ditiused in the soils, but never 10
1 this extent unless vein or bed is near by.
Third-Upou side hill in cut in the road
picked up SIX or seven specimens of iron
ore, and on trying them found in two very
pure magnetic iron, reaching as high as 80
per cent. OF excellent iron.
Fourth-The country one mile northeast OF
your property is very greatly brok en- in char
acter, Indicating volcanic action some time
IN the remote past, and the trend OF tue break
seems to be froJu the region Of Lake Superior,
in the northeast.
Fifth-The magnetic needle varies in this
section, and tends TO the northeast. Indicating
iron ore IN this region. These surface indica-
tions lead me to the conclusion that iron ore
exists i'll this part of the country, but to what
extent cannot be ascertained until further eX-
plorations have been made.
SiXth-The borings of your well
clearly show: :-drst, soil and sand,
second, regular quartz rock, which
overlies all metallic veins; third, sandstone,
with oXyd of iron; fourth, oxyd of iron ore;
hfth, chloride OF iron, as indicated by the
green substance; and sixth, metallic iron and
ore, assaying as high as 81 per cent OF this
"a liz hyo ns,l,
cess, one quarter Of an ounce, and made 10
per cent, iron. Another test | made from 60
TO 10 per cent. iron. found, in all my tests,
II was very difficult 10 fuse; and, indeed, un-
der the strongest heat, have not yet been able
To get button Of any considerable size, al
though the pure iron is clearly discernible in
clear round globules.
sulphur, phosphorus and a trace of silver. l
also found that while the nitric acid acted
readily upon the iron, it left, untouched, 4
small thread of white metal resent bling plati-
mum, bat which responded readily to the mag
net.
EIghth-Ia seveo commercial tests, with
heat OF at least 5000, l failed to fuse the
metal, and in two tests succeeded in fuslng
the metal but failed to bring the metal into
two solid bottoms.
Nlnth-Erom two ounces of Ore-that is,
the green mud after it had been pressed ana
dried, and just as it came from the bottom of
the WE'LL obtained from commercial test,
one ounce of iron run into small globuies
and readily taken up by the magnet. This
test showed so per cent. of iron, by CONNER
cIal, working process, aud to me it is the
most satisfactory if it should prove that the
specimen came from bed or vein of iron ore.
Tehth-l he quartz, the sandstone, the OK
yde OF iron, the chrOride of iron, would all in
dicate that it is an iron bed or vein,
and these taken IN connection with the sur
face indications, should have an important
bearing Ill forming conclusion.
Elevtnth-The metallic iron found, after
washing, woulG pre-suppose that it was er-
tlhclal, placed there for some designing pur-
pose, but the assays of this iron show sal
phur, tin and other ingredients, which man
ufsctured iron would not show, for in the
manufacture of iron these elements would be
expelled by the action OF heat, while in the
native ore they would exist. Il requires
some 1900 heat 10 melt iron; while tin passes
Oft Ia vapor at Il considerable heaG, and sui
phGr at IL red heat.
Twelfth-The result OF my investigations
leads me TO the conclusion that you nave IN
iron bed, or vein, and I would urge fur
ther prose cution of the work, which | think
the surrounding facts VIII justify, by sinking
q shaft into the present we'd bed, or making
another hole Wlth the present drill, under
proper caution and guard.
Ill of which is respectfully submitted.
[Signed] 7. NJ. NEwsoN.
REPORT OF MIR. HOOD.
Mr. Hood finally concluded his labors
and made his report, which is dated St.
Paul, July 25, 1882.
1 have examined the samples of ore said to
have come from well bored in the land of
your company. Never having operated on
a Ch IA Of
present, do not feel competent to decide the
question as to whether pur. metallic ore tx-
lists, and leave 1t to the mineralogist; but if
1t does exist, these samples unqIestionabIy
belong to that class. The borirgs indicate
a large deposit of magnetic iron. | am puz-
lied that q boring should have been made
forty-two feet through deposit OF mag letic
ore without coming TO solid body OF ore or
getting rock borings IN the slIdge. After
Studying the matter over l have come to the
CONCLUSION that this can be accounted for in
one Of the following ways:
tirst-lnasmuch as, according to the in
formation furnished me, this ore has been
coming up with the horings of some forty-two
feet, ami it is a well understood fact among
miners and miEeralogists that q deposit OF
magnetic ore of that thickness would natu
rally, in forming, make solid mass, the
ore may have been standing on an angle Of
forty. five degrees, aud the Grill, in getting
through ii, would leave the ore around it in
hanging position so that the jar of the drill
would start pieces of,ore to the bottom Of the
hole and thereby chanping them against the
bottom produce the shape We find in the sam
pie, and at the same time SO clog the chlsel
that 1t would be difficult to bore
Second-Or the boring for forty-two feet
may have been through 4 solid bed of ore, and
PARTICLES o. sand or quartz may have run into
the bore and become mixed with the ore ana
prevented the chisel from working. | do MT
wish to express al opinion as 10 the quantity
of ore there may be, bat if, as have every
reason to believe, the samples shown me were
got out from the bore, pronounce the find =
good one, and recommend that it be explored
iurther. g. r. HOLD.
rRoFS. WEITBRECHT AND HALL.
Prof. Weitbrecht, formerly of the St.
Paul High school, visited the works and
examined the premises, and was consid-
erably puzzled. as all others were, at the
native iron which came up from the we'll
borings of the drill. He brought into
requisition the dipping needle, and found
that that instrument clearly indicated
iron, and finally settled down into the
conviction that iron must exist in this
region. Prof. Hall. of the
state university, also visited the premises
and, from the action of 1.-THE dipping
needle, seemed to be impressed with the
belief that iron must exist here He