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

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 deposit of metallic
iron in the earth's crust and do not think it
could be mined proftably if there were one.
NY opinion Is that you have struck vein of
magnetic ore and the indications certainly are
that it is rich in iron and extensive"
And it Is proper here to remark, that
the gentleman in Pennsylvania to
whom specimens were sent and
who replied-"An artificial iron
mine," has since visited the city, and
after having given the matter a 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 10 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:
"The superintendent of one OF the largest
Bessemer steel 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 manufac-
ture of Bessemer steel and that it is now i'm
ported from the old country and
EVEN FROM AFRICA
Those who first analysed the specimens
the metallic character of the ore,
and it will be noted by the reports
that the chemists were inclined to the theory
thai we had struck meteor at $50 feet below
the surface; but forty two feet of meteor was
too much for that opinion and SO it has set.
tied down 10 the belief that we have discover
ed a 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 submitted TO them. We have made
tests with the magnetic compass, and have
found that the variations are such as TO not
merely indicate, but to prove positively the
existence of a 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
lures from some of the wealthiest and largest
steel manufacturing companies in the country
to render assistance IN the development which
we are now undertaking. As we penetrated
the bed or vein the Grill 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-
it, only knowing that we havn't got through
il In forty two feet. l am told that this quail
ity of ore can be very profitably mined at
almost any practicable depth-iti is SO valuable.
Our diamond drill will soon be in operation
and will determine just what we have"
THE PRESENT WORK.
Three experts were instructed to visit
the work and report upon a place to sink
another hole. They did 50, and desig-
mated point 200 feet northeast of the old
hole, where the Messrs. Carey have been
at work and have now reached 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 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 its further develop
ment.