The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-03-10
THE NEW ELDORAD
Tho Destination of Crys'
Falls pilgrims"
RAINY LAKE AND ITS RESOURC
The Timber Story Has Bel
Ovordrawn.
Tho Region Contains Gold and MI
Develop into Valuable Fioid.
a Mushroom city.

Rainy LANE hEGlON.
With the advent Of spring Il sn,
exodus promises To tIanspirc ia Crys
Falls. The lcayotaking win not. ir'
present appearances, be of protrac
duration, but a small army Of iortu
seekers are now planning an cxpedit
from this yilluge to the ncwly.ioun,l q
fields Of Minnesota. the Rainy Lake
trict. In view OF this fact, u slight elnl
into the conditions and prospects oftl
rcputed new Eldorado may be OF inter
TO readers Of The DIAMOND DRlLL.
Local enthusiasts are not cunlin
their anticipations to the prospect
accumulation Of mines OF the yellow O
but arc directing their attention ia
large measure TO the advantages
stretched to homcstcadcrs IN the way
valuable timber claims. Report
become current that il IL an easy mat
to homestead" piece Of land in Il
district containing couple az mill
feet OF pine, while claims on which stan
four or five million feet are
rarity. From all information of
reliable nature, however, the timl
proposition seems To- have been consid
ably over-drnwn. 1t il given out
people presumed TO possess infornatiI
on the subject that the timber 81
Rainy Lake district is very similar
that OF the Mcsaba range-scraggy, sht
and very inferior in quality TO that
Tins portion OF Michigan. A homeatel
covered with timber Of this sort to 4;
amount OF even two million feet would |
quite novelty ia point Of tho thicknd
oi the growth, while the price Of su
timber ia not as large M il might be.
Rainy Lake City, the centre OF the G.
belt, is located on the south shore
Rainy Lake, through which passes
international boundary, between Minr
sofa and the Dominion OF Canada. III
best route at this season OF the year
said TO be via. Tower, from which poi
the gold district is reached by a journ,
oi about 10 miles. Itais very huzarJoS
trip at This scnson % the year W
extremely low temperature nndSs
wildncss oi the territory. The
will be rendered more accessible A..
summer season 10y the use OF boaI
across Nermilion Lake. thence by siaI
and thence By boat again 70 tho cent
of the district.
Rainy Lake City, recently PLATED
takes in hall a section. hoconycntionI
real estate fend IL getting in his bcj
licks npd some 81 thcmost choice cornci
arc going NJ $500 People are noclIl|
in already from an directions md N
more sanguinc believe that by the tin|
summer has reached TINT irigii climc III
population will number = 200 souls. Al
the toughncss OF frontier liic is prcscI|
and miserable whiskcy, dispensed 1
tents, sells at fabulous figure. A sal
mill q! 10000 feet daily capacity vi
soon be in operation, and much bnildin|
il is said will follow It's iirst produciio|
OF lumber
In regard Go the gold resources ~ ih|
country, there remains much to bo IN
yclopcd. The history Of all gold cxcit1
mcnts conclusive proof TINT vcr|
little gold viii cause u great deal d
excitement. That the quartz Of tlu]
region bears gold, thcrc appears TO be n
doubt, but IL remains yet to be dctel
mined whether or not the yellow mei
occurs IN paying quantities. Recent N
vcstigu,ions al the interior depnrtmeil
of the United government f,iled d
establish the fnct that gold occurred 1
ynluabloquantitics, but prospectors VIII
hive visited the field state that there
any amount 81 quartz hearing fire. col
TO the extent uf from SO tu $40 u,
ton A twenty stamp mill viii be crcctc
at Rainy Lake city during the comm
spring. The MinncapolisJounal rcccn
~ sent special correspondent TO III
region aud his story in the paper nIlc
several columns. Confirmation n give
in the Journal 20 tIlc reported gold End
but the timber opportunities arc n,
mentioned.
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