St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-15
COLO AT GRANITE FALLS.
People Of That Village Sure They Have
the Right Stuff.
PROPERTY GOES BOOMING
The Enthusiasm Over Prospects Not
Of the Efiervescent Va
rietY.

Special to the Globe.
GRANITE FALLS, June 14.-Tke ex-
citement over the gold discoveries still
continues, and as the first impressions
come to be analysed and the ia cts upon
which they were based are thought
upon and fully investigated, it becomes
more and more apparent that all claims
made heretofore are liable to be realized.
The Ben Harrison company is hard
at work, and every blast seems to open
up richer quartz and in larger quanti-
ties than the preceding one. Scores of
visitors view the shaft, and few have
been venturesOme enough to 60 to the
bottom. Invariably samples of the ore
are carried away, and it is the excep-
tion, and rare, too, to find any
one without a few in his pos
session. The fever is by no means
confined to the male population. One
lady is the fortunate pOssessor OF ten
acres of land or rock in the midst of the
supposed best gold-bearing district.
Its value two weeks ago was about $40
per acre, with no purchasers; to-day 1t
most of the lands where the gold and
silver are
SUPPOSED TO EXIST.
Mr.. Thompson thinks the vein
they are at present developing has
a general trend east and west. and this
is probably the case with other veins,
the OutcrOppings of which have been
discovered. What is known as the
''old river bed'' runs through the heart
of this gold district, and in this
were probably found the first "cOl-
ORS'' that attracted attention to
this particular vicinity. Ten
years ago good deal of excitement was
created by parties who washed some OF
the gravel from this former course OF
the Minnesota river and secured some
grains of gold. At that time. however,
no attention was paid to anything but
''placer" mining, quartz mining. ii
thought of at all, being considered i'm
practicable. The Ben Harrison COM
pany is proving that it is practlcable
and nearly every citizen is, or becoming
so as fast as possible, firm believer in
Gentlemen" said j. F. Ireland, a
prominent druggist, "there is sample
of free gold we found by washing some
refuse in the dump car. 1t was globular
in shape when found, but we tiattened
it. You can see there is no break in it,
even under the microscope. Soft as
lead. Must be nearly
PURE GOLD.
''I've had it in chemically pure muri-
attic acid for five minutes and the only
effect is to brighten it little. l tell
you the ''stuff'' is there, and there is
no getting around the fact"
''It's just this way,'' said E. F. Rowe,
who has prOspected more. probably,
than any man in town, ''as long as a
man keeps on the dead level OF his
neighbors- better, not much worse,
! education about the same-why, he's all
right. But you just let them get out OF
the ruts a little, advocate some new
, theory. or advance an idea not thread
bare to the community-they. set you
called both because have claimed for
years that gold and silver existed here.
Z Yet, there is gold and there is pure cop
per, Showing specimens OF
eeach] and copper is a mighty
good indication of silver. There
) IS plenty of good ore, and it's not all in
the Ben Harrison. vein either" That
is undoubtedly the case, and many are
cthe efforts made to get it. 1--WE expect
to 20 down fifteen to twenty feet fur
ther before blasting laterally," said Mr..
Thompson to your correspondent, while
nthe latter was visiting the shaft this aft
ternoon, ''and you notice by the ring OF
1.-THE hammers our force is considerably
taugmented-in fact it is doubled. We
are going to put in a pump tomorrow If
one can he found that is suitable. There
is but little water, but too much time is
used in hauling that little UP. want
the drills going as much as possible"
Your correspondents washed some OF the
DRILL DUST
taken from one of the tubs used in haul
ing the ore to the surface, and after a
little effort got an elegant scOlor" al
most as large as a pin head, and evl-
dently pure gold. The microscope does
not show any impurities, and acids will
not cut it. A. &. Digen, an ex-Black
Hills miner, washed out several pieces,
some a good deal larger than that seen
by We scribe. This shows conclusively
that free gold exists. and in more and
more abundance as the shaft deepenS.
Property has advanced considerably
already and several thousand dollars
worth has changed hands. The citizens
and outsiders who are acquainted with
the village and surrounding country
are we'll aware of the fact that there IS
abundant reason for a general advance
III real estate ValueS ana are eVinclDS
their faith in it's early naturalization
by judicious investments. The enthusi-
asn is great and not of the effervescent
variety that is liable to collapse
faster than it rises. The people
are earnest and sincere in their belief
in the future prosperity of what is now
only the most beautiful village In the
Minnesota valley, and that the precious
metals existing in our abundant supply
of rock are to contribute largely to that
end. III. !. WILKINSON.