St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-17
THE RAINY LAKE REGION.
+ EXPLORATIONS DEVELOP A NEW GOLD
1 FIELD.


Interesting Chat With c. : Moore,
| ! ~ Of Fort Francis-What an Ex-
| ] ptorer Found-Gold Assaying
| From SIT to $500 Per Ton
| Large Deposits of Nickel and
| Iron Ore-A Beautiful Country.
\ G, A. Moore, of Fort Francis, Ontario.
| is at the Merchants, aud came to st.
I Paul from Duluth. He was seen last
7 night and gave out some interesting i'll
| formation. Il have been engaged III
| mining in the Lake of the Woods dis
trict for the past twelve years." said
/ Mr.. Moore, but l am now con-
nected with important gold discoy-
cries in the Rainy lake region
Last June l fitted out a prospector from
| Rat Portage with grub stake canoe
and other parapnernalia for two
months exploring expedition in that
district. l had heard since my resi-
| dence at Rat Portage various rumors of
| large ore groupings in that country, and
had also Samples of mineral, including
iron, nickel and collaborating quartz.
| brought on several occasions to me at
| Rat Portage by lumbermen who
HAD been logging in that district.
| 1t was Oh the strength of this that l
| started prospector out to investigate
thoroughly and report to me if there
was anything in the deal. After he had
been out about three months he finally
turned UP at Fort Francis, having under
gone a varied experience. but having
successfully accomplished the object of
his mission. He shipped to me at Rat
| Portage some sixty pounds of quartz
| that showed visible free gold in every
piece. The samples were taken from
different prospects, mostly from town
II north, range % west. There were
also some from the Canadian side of the
international boundary line, which
showed UP equally as rich. l caused
number OF assays to be made, which
resulted in showing of from SIT to $500
Der ton, the latter being. of course, from
selected pieces. l do not believe that
the gold deposit is confined to town II
alone. l have traced the mineral belt,
and find it to he some twenty-five miles
i'll extent i'll a northeasterly direction.
This seems 10 he the general trend of
the veins.
Il also find that there are other valu-
bic metals in this district besides gold. |
have found large quantities of nickel,
associated with cobalt, and there also
occur large deposits of magnetic iron,
which is as good as gold itself, as it has
I to be largely used Ill connection with
hematlte oxides, now mined on the Me-
Sabe range, III the manufacture of the
several grades of steel and iron. The
body OF nickel that l find surpasses
anything yet discovered. 1t oulcrops
on the shore OF a nameless lake, which
i have chriStened Nickel lake. which
Is about one and 0ue-hait miles in
length and nile wide. The
bands OF nickel are numerous
and underIie the lake. The veins are
from 80 to 800 feet in width, and are in
tercolated with bands of pure iron py-
lrites that have width of from fifteen
to forty-hye feet. This latter mineral
affords large supply of sulphur. used
IN commerce: also III the manufacture
OF suiphuric acid. A large supply
OF sulphur is required in commerce,
and the only place where it is
now ,filned i'll large quantities, is in
Nova Scotia, and il is being obtained
from deep-worked mines there, and re-
10 the surface. 1t has market value
OF SIS per ton. If this price can be ob-
tallled tor the quantity IN sight III the
Rainy Lake district, 1t would be better
imam any gold or silver mine ever yet
discovered in the way of investment.
AS summer resort, in my opinion,
the Rainy lake region is destined 10 be-
come the most popular of any on this
continent. From its location, being in
the northern part OF this progressive
republic, with the many railway lines
stretching away to the sunny south,
where the people, through the heated
term are looking for health. rest and
recreation in some cool retreat, Rainy
Lake, III my estimation, will be
their Mecca i'll the future. The
lake and streams are teeming with fish.
the marshes with wild fowl and the for
ests with deer, caribou, moose and
bears, besides the many fur-bearing
animals that there abound in large num-
bers. For its grandeur and the beauty
of its varied landscape. this region sur
passes that OF the famed Thousand ISL
andS of the st. Lawrence. The
lake is studded with innumerable isles
and lSIetS, from one acre To thousand
or more acres IN extent, well covered
with virgin forests of spruce, pine,
helnlock, cedar. balsam, poplar, bass
wood, maple, oaks and other hardwood
timber. Berries abound in profuse
quantities, particularly blueberries. In
the latter part of the summer season
these are SO thick that the ground ap-
pears as though covered with car
pet of the richest blue The
main shores of this picturesque
lake, which, in dimensions, Is estimated
at length OF sixty miles, by width of
thirty miles, comprise two great arms,
known as tile northwest and the south
east The main shores of this beauti-
full lake are made UP of deeply indented
bays. They are mol steep nor abrupt,
but are lOw-lying and slope down to
stretches of sandy beach, that extend
for many miles i'll places"
Col Standards Sword