St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-02

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Norton. NJ. E. Dunn, and G. F. hester,
of Ohio. and Gen. j. Ii. Baker, Capt.
Frank Barrett, f. ii. Warner, +. w.
Griffin and F. A. Bartlett, of Minnesota,
arrived last evening over the st. Paul q
Duluth in their special car ''Hel-
the Mesaba. The ex-eXecutlves Will
soiourn in the city today and leave this
evening for the East. The party left
st. Paul last Friday at 2:15 in the after
noon, arriving about 10 p. m. at La
Prairie, station on the Duluth u Win
nipeg railway, the nearest point by rail
from which to reach their properties.
Saturday morning teams were In walt
ing, and at 7:30 they embarked for the
mines, arriving at the Diamond mine
just as the first whistle on the west end
of the Mesaba was blowing the noon
hour. With the assistance OF +. w.
Griffin. general manager. they made
careful and thorough inspection OF
The Diamond Mine.
The depth of this shaft is 121 feet,
showing a hematite ore 65 and &c per
cent iron; So per cent of iron was found
at ITO feet. There are fifteen feet of water
in this mine. but. with the cOmpany's
three pumps and an eighty-hOrse power
engine in operation, it can be cleared of
water in twenty-fOur hours. All the
necessary machinery is placed on the
timbered, ore will be produced for ship
ment by Wednesday morning. There
are tons of it raised at the present time.
Within a radius Of from 200 to 800 feet
of this point four other pits have
been sunk to depths respectively
of IL, 20, % and 50 feet, all
showing hematite 60 per cent
iron. This mining camp is supplied
with everything imaginable in modern
mining machinery. buildings, ETC., and
there are some thlrty-eight men en-
ployed on the. ground, including the
timber cutters. The party were agree
ably surprised at the outlook; in fact.
were enthusiastic, and they have good
grounds for such enthusiasm. All that
is lacking now is railroad, and neceS-
sity will compel the iron horse to reach
the mines within the next three months.
The above shafts are in sections 16 and
81. township Sc and range "a. A pOr-
ton of this property was leased to this
company-the Buckeye Iron Company
by E. H.Warner. Minneapolis. About
equidistant between this mine and La
Prairie is located
The Buckeye Mine.
AS the party were homeward bound
they visited this property. 1t is located
in sections 16 and 36, in township Sc,
range 25, and is about seven miles from
the railway, or La Prairie. This is
very handsome sight, a plateau over
looking lake fifty feet below, sheet
of water about the dimensions of Lake
Elmo. At the time of the party's visit
it was alive with ducks and other water
fowl. The visitors chriStened it Lake
Buckeye" On this site there is shaft
to the depth of 100 feet with drift
northeast Is feet, and southwest 227
feet, and is Sx6 feet, with nothing
in sight but hematite ore that assays
from 60 to IS per cent of iron. This
plant is equipped with machinery, en-
CINE and buildings. You can gain
faint idea of the rich quality of ore in
the two mines referred to above by my
calling your attention to the fact that
an average of the output of all the iron
mines in the United States is only 81
27-100 iron; and in hematiteS 70 per