The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-20
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1894

Thu KSDAl, DECEMbEn ~, 1904.
publish the facts in the alleged find
If there is any mineral there it wants
to see it unearthed and placed in util-
ity. If not, it does not want the peo-
pie imposed upon by purchasing
stock. At present it advises would-be
purchasers to move slow until the
company can satisfy them by reliable
assay that they have something.
On Monday X. E. Glassco returned
from St. Paul, where the three speci-
mems of SO pounds each we're assayed
by DIR. Lehnen. Mr.. Glassco was en-
thusiastic over the report of the assay
list, showing an average of SIS per
ton. and when he struck Hotel Fran
co.'s he was surrounded by half the
city's population, they all wanting to
hear the news. Kim didn't like to
talk about the matter, because the
journal story was such "fake," he
said, and it made him tired to think
that paper would run down an en-
terprise as the Journal did. In last
Sundays Minneapolis Times there ap-
pears quite screed on the mine and
the assay of the quartz taken to St.
Paul by Messrs. Glassco and Barnes,
the substance of which is as follows:
For the benefit OF the public and all
concerned, the manager of the mine
had two wholly disinterested gentle
men selected to make test, getting
the quartz themselves and having it
analysed by an analytic chemist. The
gentlemen selected to perform this
work we're X. E. Glassco and w. R.
Barnes, of Redwood Falls. These gen.
tlemen are in every sense wholly dis
interested, and performed their SER
vices faithfully and we'll. They were
seen by Times reporter last evening,
at the Windsor, and talked quite free
" on their Investigations. They said
that they had gone to the mine, per-
sonally and caused blast to be made
in their presence. With their own
hands they gathered three sacks of
quartz, containing so pounds each.
One of these was selected from the
dump and the other two from the
bottom of the shaft. They immedi-
ately came to Minneapolis, arriving
here Friday evening, and on Satur-
day morning they had the quartz ex-
amined and analysed by DR.. N. Lehn-
en-, Phi. D., of St. Paul. The smelling
was done in their presence and the as
say as given by DR.. Lehnen, resulted
as follows: The first lot taken from
the bottom of the shaft, showed gold
to the value of $50 per ton. The Sec
ond taken from the dump, 500 ton,
and the third, also from the bottom of
the shaft, $50 per ton, an average of
about $75 per ton. From the time it
was first blasted, before their own
eyes, this quartz has not been for a
moment out of the possession of
Messrs. Glassco and Barnes. They
performed their work as disinterested
parties and have made their report &C.
cordingly. This result shows conclu-
sively which is the fake. The report
branding the Redwood mine as a
fraud entirely, was either published
for the purpose of blufing the owner,
or else it was made by some one who
erred very much in his estimation.
The result of the assay made by the
chemist of this particular quartz will
have the effect of starting shares on
the boom again. There can be no
doubt that gold abounds in this re-
gion and that this mine will prove a
bonanza to those interested in its de-
velopment. Further information con-
corning it will be given to the public
in the near future. It is deemed suf-
ficent that the story circulated has
been branded as false by most posi-
tive proof. Those who hold shares
will now breathe easy once more, and
those who contemplate investing will
not be swerved from their purpose.