Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-02
Col. James III. Davidson,s Letter.

Col. James III. DGcidsOn's Letter.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. %, 1882.
To the President and Board of Directors
of the Silver and Copper Island Mining
Company, st. Paul:
| GENTLEMEN
In company with several of the direc-
| tors and stockholders of your corporation,
| 1 visited your property on the island, near
the mouth of Pigeon river, on the north
shore of Lake Superior, in October, and
spent two days at the mine, I went to the
bottom of the shaft now being sunk on
true assure vein, and examined carefully
and thoroughly the entire outfit, and all
the property of the company.
I took from the bottom of the shaft at
depth of about 100 feet from the surface,
specimens of the ore. I also selected
specimens from the dump, and on my re-
turn to st. Paul l sent these specimens,
properly numbered, to reliable mining
experts at st. Louis, Mo-, to be assayed.
After due time I received certificate of
the assay, made at the Mining and Metal
lurgical Laboratory of Washington Univer-
sity, by "Potter and Riggs, mining engi-
neers and metallurgist analytical and con-
showing three separate assays, / herewith
specimens to Chicago to be assaye5. They
were carried to the laboratory of Walter L.
Brown, who is graduate of the School of
Mines of Columbia College, whofor time
occupied the position of assistant chemist
in that institution. He made very care
full and accurate assay, and I send you
hnr - En,o IL
results. The specimen marked "No. l."
sent to each of these assayers, and referred
| to III the certificates, were selected bits of
ole. and much richer than the general run
OF the ore as 1t comes from the mine; but
| specimens 'No. 2" were only fair samples
OF medium grade ore, and specimen "No.
g." assayed at Saint Louis, was a bit of
Iow-grade ore selected on purpose from
the poorest ore.
I wholly refused to purchase any of the
company's stock until I had reliable assays
made. I am now satisfied that there is
value in the mine which you own and are
developing, and I believe it will prove
very rich. Since receiving the result of
the assays herewith handed you, have
bought of various stockholders twenty
thousand (20,000) shares of your compapy's
stock, which hand to the secretary to be
transferred to me upon the books of the
company. AS cannot get all the stock I
want from present holders, you may issue
to me twenty thousand (2O,OOO) shares of
the working capital stock of the company,
to be paid for on delivery. Yours truly,
| JAMES 81. DAVIDSON.
The assays to which the letter refers, are
marked Nos. II, 13, IA, and Is and 10.
RECENTLY DIR. Talmage lectured in
Crookston. The people there were anx-
ious to have him reply to Beecher on Evo-
luton, and sent him request to that eff
feet, before his arrival, but it failed to
reach him. On his arrival at Crookston
DR.. Talmage was asked if he intended to
| reply to Beecher on Evolution. He said:
''No, not tonight. I need more time to
deal with that subject than can have to-
night. have already given the Lecture
Bureau my subject for next year;it is The
Absurdities of Evolution Mr.. Beecher
assures the people that scientific men are
unit in favor of Evolution. This is a
big mistake; the vast majority are against
it. and in my lecture I shall prove my as
sertion. The tendency of Evolutionists is
toward infdelity, and I shall show that al
most without exception they are doing
| their best to Danish God from the uni
verse. Christian Evolutionistr there is
no such thing, it is false name. Mr..
Beecher accepts Evolution and then
ploughs up Genesis. He denies the Fall
of Man and he must deny the 'Atonement,'
as we'll as other cardinal doctrines of
Christianity, and what is there left of
Christianity after these are torn away? No!
there is no essential difference between
Ingersollism and Beecherism, and Inger-
soils lectures will not work half the evil
that Beecher's lecture on Evolution will
work" Many will hear with satisfaction
that DR.. Talmage will reply to Beecher's
Evolution theory. 1t may well be hoped
that DR.. Talmage's reply may be heard in
st. Paul, where the apostate preacher at
tempted to SOW the seeds of his nascent
infdelity. Henry Ward Beecher, if not
socially and morally, is religiously, a ruin.
The honorable mayor and common council of
the city of st. Paul, respectfully invite you to
attend banquet to be ginen in honor of Mr..