The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-26
PROSPECTORS STILL HUNT
The BORING Ceases and a Drill
Sent for.

j. E. Stowell, who is prospecting
around this city with view to find
ing some minerals in paying quanti-
ty, is still engaged in that work, and
has his locator, Mr.. Edlund, at work
in various spots along the Redwood
river, as we'll as in other places. On
last Saturday Mr. Stowell was success
full In securing lease on the Pea
body farm, on which he has been bor-
ing, with some success. With this
lease he also secured one from Ed.
Chapman, who owns the land in ''the
hollow" back of the Madigan resi-
dence,and running up to the Redwood
river on its south shore. These leases
are drafted with the right to prospect
and afterwards to buy, if the pros
pectors so desire.
The prospectors are now engaged in
sinking hole in the side of the hill
east of the Peabody residence on the
north side of the river, and it is
claimed that in the downward descent
of their drill they came across fine
bed of Ignite coal between seven and
nine feet in thickness. They have al
so brought to the surface various
specimens of rock and blue stone,
which they have carefully concealed,
or sent to Minneapolis to the assayer.
That the main object of these two
gentlemen is to find something other
than coal there does not seem to be
the slightest doubt. They may be
prospecting for copper, but it is
well-known fact that Mr.. Edlund, in
examining the banks of the river along
the Peabody farm, came across placer
gold in the sand, and as gold-bearing
veins are often found by tracing the
placer gold up the valleys to the side
of the vein it is only fair to presume
that the drilling is being carried on
with view to finding one or more of
these veins. Placer mines are the
comparatively superficial detrital de-
posts foriaed by the action of rivers
and floods upon the veins, and hence
it is probable that the placer gold has
been washed down from the side of
the hills in which veins are probably
located, whether in paying quantities
or not is question which the exam
ination now going on will determine
Mr.. Stowell stated to a GAZETTE re-
porter early in the week that as yet
nothing of any particular consequence
had been found, but there were pros
pects::which would indicate that they
are On the path to a good mineral find.
No effort will be spared to unearth
the minerals, if there be any around
here, he said. He naturally desired
to secure leases on all the land that
borders on that in which there are in
dications of mineral deposits, so that
when a lode is discovered it can be
worked to its entire length by con-
cern which he will cause to spring in
to existence for mining purposes. He,
as we'll as Edlund, are confident that
they will make a find before leaving
here.
Prof. Blake, in touching upon form
ations in which gold might be found,
states that when rough and ragged
masses of gold are found in
placers, it is good evidence that they
have not been transported far from
the original source, and that there are
frequent examples of detrital deposits
being barren of gold above certain
veins, and rich in gold below them.
Hence, the drilling now going on can
be accounted for, as they have prob
ably been unable to locate lode from
the side of the hills,and propose to go
beneath the detrital deposits. The
same authority says that quartz veins
which appear to be perfectly barren
sometimes seem to have been the
source from which large stream de-
posts of the metal have been sup !