St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-07
The MESABl MINES.
Interest Growing Greater in
the Wonderful Develop
mentS Made.
Another Large Exc ursion to
the Land of Unprecedent-
ed Iron Deposits.
Interviews With Leading Bus
mess and Professional
Men on the Outlook.
Prof. WinchelTs Valuable
Opinion on the Range
Words Of Wisdom.
SneciaI to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, March 6.-lnterest In and
enthusiasm over the great Mesabl iron
finds continue undated. During the
day stocks change hands with great
rapidity and at night the Iobbies of the
Spaulding are filled with anxious trad
ers who find the day all too short in
which to buy and sell the valuable GER
tificates. The many excursions up on
the range and the encouraging and en-
thusiastic reports brought back by the
sightseers are responsible for this con-
dition of affairs, for hardly day passes
but what some new strike is made, the
report of which, reaching the eager
crowd in the hotels and exchanges,
sends the stock Exiting"
The largest and most decidedly sue
cessful excursion to the range so far
made was that of yesterday. The party
numbered Seventy-fve persons, com
prlSing leading business men from st.
Paul, Minneapolis, st. Louis, Duluth
and West Superior. AS the guests OF
Messrs. A. E. Humphreys & Co., who
are recognized as
The Leading Operators.
on the range, the party was chaperoned
by Messrs. George E. Milligan and
George T. Atkins, who are, in all that
the words imply, hosts par excellence.
The train, which was in charge of Supt.
Greatinger, left the union depot at $50,
and a rapid run of about three hours
and subsequent sleigh ride of twelve to
fifteen miles brought the visitors to the
famous Cincinnati mine. After exam
lining this wonderful property under
the guidance of Supt. Florida, visits
were made to the Bewabic, Kanawha
and Hale properties, and ample oppor-
tunity given to all to view the develop
ments and the extraordinarily large
quantities of ore. After the day had
been thus profitably spent the return
journey was made to MeSabi station,
and, after the excursionistS had dined
and were comfortably seated in the
train on the return journey, your cor
respondent interviewed number of
them, with the following profitable re-
suit:
WincheIl's Views.
n. II. Winchell, State Geologist, St.
Panl-As to the range in general. Will
say that it is unquestlonably a duplicate
of the GOgebic range on the south side
of Lake Superior in all its conditions.
except that we have no dikcs as we have
over there, which bikes seem to be the
promoting cause OF the location of the
iron deposits; but instead of the dikeS
we have a continuous range greensboro
underlying it, and it is likely to con-
tinue through for many miles westward.
We know it runs to the Mississippi
river, and the ore is about the same
grade as in the Gogebic. The demon
Stration at the present time is equal TO
anything we saw for the same length of
time in the Gogebic, perhaps greater l
have every reason to say that the large
mines which are already demonstrated
are facts that nobody can dispute. The
others are hypothetical as yet, with
large deposits also. The MeSabi range
is bound to produce the greatest econo-
mic developments the state has ever
witnessed.
Other Opinions.
A. M. Kilgore, Duluth Well, [ am
astonished at the sights | have seen. |
am satisfied that with the developments
in sight on the Mesabi range, Duluth is
bound to become the greatest shipping
city in the Union within five years. |
am astonlShed to find that of about tif-
teen mines with stock on the market
not less than twelve have already
found ore.
Charles Taylor, Duluth-lt was my
first trip up here and | am absolutely
astounded at the developments. 1t is
something wonderful.
A. w. FausSig, Duluth was pre-
pared to be surprised, but must say that
the enormous bodies of ore shown up are
a perfect revelation to me. No one who
does not go up and see for himself what
developments have been made can form
any conception of the amount of wealth
exposed.
r. A. Faussig, Duluth-The develop
ments here are far beyond my eXpecta-
tions. Although am not an expert in
mining, [ was surprised at the wonder
full showing on the Cincinnati, Kanaw
ba, Hale and Bewabic. There is no
question but that millions of wealth
have been exposed there.
j. d. Ables. eX-PreSident Mining EX-
change, st. LouiS-I was more than sur
prised at the amount of ore shown, and
certainly there was no element OF dis
appointment that came within my view
l do not pretend to know anything about
iron mines, or the possible demand
there may be for iron ore; but the only
disappointing feature that | can see
(probably in my lgnorance) is where the
market is to come from for the enOr-
nous quantities of ore that can be mar
keted. There is absolutely no question
in my mind that the amount of ore re-
serves already exposed are practically
ineXhauStible.
j. D. Howard, Postmaster, Duluth
| was completely surprised to see so
much ore. Although had heard stories
about it often, | never believed it thor
oughly until saw it.
j. &. MiShler, Duluth-lt was my
first trip up the range, and ] must say
that [ am aStonlShed beyond measure
at the developments.
Senator Bowen, Duluth-lt is a SUI
prise to me. There is far more ore
there than had any Idea of. The Gin
cinnatti, Kanawha and Hale are sur
prisingIy good.
What HOdgsOn Thinks.
E. j. Hodson, st. Paul simply say
that | am surprised at the amount of
ore that is in sight. 1t is simply beyond
all expectation.
G. E. Dickerman. ST. PAUL. say
with Mr.. Hodgson that am very much
surprised at the sight of the develop
meats. They will be very large for the
next year.
A. S. Cooper, West SUPERIOR think
it is something wonderful. | have ex-
amined number of mines, but never
saw such all extensive bed of iron as
they have exposed to view. In fact,
they have not found the extent of it
yet. The specimens | have seen are all
excellent and all good bessemer ores.
w. G. Moss, West SUPERIOR am
more than surprised at the wonders my