St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-02
BEAUTIFUL KADETO6AMA
FIGHT kLOEG5iDE THE VIEW MINNIE
SOFA GOLD FIELDS.
YELLOW METAL PLENTIFUL.
1t Is Found in Brittle Qaar:z,
Which is Easily Crushed =
Prospcctors Have Hard Work
to Find Enough to Eat-A BliZ-
Yard Strikes the Camp-On to
Rainy Lake.
Special correspondence St. Paul Globe.

Special correspondence ST. Paul Globe.
LAKE KABEToGAMA. Runy Lake
District, March 29.-WaileI in 10y gran
tie or rocky hills, fringed with a dense
growth of pine, and inhabited only by
the moose, caribou, bear and smaller
game. Lake kabetogama, with its six
teen miles of length ami extreme
breath of five or six miles, is one of the
prettieStS spots on MinneS0ta'S face.
But the proSpectorS have not come here
for sightseeing, and the struggling
little companies of hardy and semi
scientific men whose pathways are oc
caSionally marked by sharp dynamite
decorations are not drawn to this VI
cinity by any admiration of the beauties
of nature-tiley are. to use a vulgaiism,
'out for the stuff" and they are fiirling
it. too!
The great gold range. which has its
Terminus in Canada, and tavUrs Uncle
Sans domain with dip of about five
OF six miles i'll extent. and has made the
Rainy lake Region famous. seems to
have had a southern offShoos which has
found an abiding place in this section,
and forms the greater portion of the
shores of Kabetogama lake. IT the
Rainy lake region is rich in the yellow
mineral. Kabetogama is infinitely
richer. aud in addition a wonderful
wealth of other minerais-a veritable
storehouSe of theH--haS been discovered
within the last few days
Platinum, copper, nickel. consider
CT, Of
silver have all been found here. and in
nearly every instance within mile of
the lake shore. The great amount of
snow, some two or three feet, reta rds
complete exploration, but as soon as
that is melted the work of development
will go forward with rush.
L am not geulugiSt, but the evil
denceS OF mineral presence are so plain
that any one must be convinced both as
to their extent and richness Fcee
gold, or gold which is plainly visible,
has been discovered in II lumber of
places. running generally in blue
white quartz, the latter hard but eX-
ceedingly brittle, while the mineral
itself is something like tangled mass
of fine wire. Two or three finds of gold
have been made in decompUsed or rot
ten quartz: III this case the bright p II
ticleS or cOlors are found in reddish
brown, dirty-lookihg deorganized lode,
aud are generally obtained by washing
In one Instance the find WAS washed
out in warm water from one of the
camp kettles. and the result obtained
i'll the tin which was generally used TO
bake the camp biscuits in. Tue wash
ing revealed gold particles valued at
about 50.
There are very few, if any, vacant
claims Oh the shores of Kabetogama
lake, except in places where the land
has not been surveyed by the general
government. The nearest trail to Rainy
Lake City from Kabetogama lake is
about fifteen miles. and the nearest
point of this lake to Tower is about
sixty miles. Several times during each
day the passing of teams or passengers
and supplies for Rainy Lake City breaks
the monotony of an existence here.
Already the rumorS of a couple of
townSites have spread. and it is quite
probable That the surveyors will be set
at work as soon as The snow disappears.
The town Oil the northeastern side of
the lake will probably be called KabetO-
CANA, after the lake. while the one
OH the southeastern side of the lake
will probably be named Hammond.
There are no provisions of any descrip-
ton here, except such as are packed in
or bought from the supply teams going
to Rainy Lake, but with the opening of
navigation this drawback will be OBJ
liberated.
On Monday. if the lookout man in the
GLOBE tower he'd focused his observa-
lions hitherward, lie would have seen a
blizzard which would be prize winner
in most any section. The morning was
bright and pleasant until about 10:30.
when clouds commenced TO gather, the
wind raised and the snow commenced
to fall. Our tent, protected by pine
boughs and banked with snow, was very
comfortable, and the five inmates passed
the balance of the day smoking, playing
cards or studying number of township
maps. Today. however. the sun is
bright and the temperature is COM
parativelv comfortable, and as we strike
camp for Rainy Lake City at o'clock
will close, and write You next from the
new metropolis.
CHARLES c. BROWN.
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