The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-02-14
GOLD SEEKERS.
Ed1und and Vanfiemert Persistent
In Looking for the Vel
low Metal.
Shaft House, Engine and Other Ap.
plianCes Now Being Placed
In Operation.

GERS of the Minnesota Mining and Re-
fning Co., of l. elhi, this county, in
connection with the property pur-
chased by them dnring the past year
for gold mining purposes,there cannot
be the slightest doubt but what the
same officers compose one of the most
persistent set of men ever set
foot in Redwood county.
To-day up in the Minnesota valley
can be heard the sound of hammer
and saw. The whistle of the hosting
engine startles the natives and informs
them of the various eating hours of
the day. There is a putting, graf
ing and all the necessary sounds for
active mining life. There are miners
there now-not two or three men, but
if our informant is correct, in the
neighborhood of a dozen men are find
ing employment at the mines-and
salaries are paid at the end of each
week.
1t was the middle of last week
that VanHemert and Edlund, the two
chief boomers of the property, reap
peared from their scouting tour in St.
Paul and Minneapolis, with plans for
active operations, and commenced at
oncs to put those plans in operation.
First, several teams were sent over to
Rer:ville station for the purpose of Sc
curing lumber to be used in the erec-
ton of the shaft house and necessary
adjuncts. The latter is in course of
construction. 1t is an L shape build
ing, with the shaft and hosting en-
gine in one end of it, a living apart
ment, tool shop in the other end.
Overhead is the assayer's room and
othsr small apartments. The build
ing is located so that the shaft por-
tion is directly over the hole in which
the men have been working with pick,
shovel and windlass.
In Delhi Monday afternoon reliable
parties informed reporter for this
paper that night and day crew was
now being worked, and dozen men
would be employed, at the least, from
this time forward.
VanHemert, who is next to Edlund
in the enterprise, and who is probably
first owing to his booming propensi-
ties, has been making the rounds Of
fering to purchase all the stock sold
to private parties by the company.
Strange to say no one, SO far as heard
from, has offered to call the "bluff,"
if bluff it is, and VanHemert goes on
his way rejoicing.
The GAZETTE has gone to great
deal of pains and considerable of ex-
pense in ascertaining the cause of this
last move on the alleged gold mine
chess-board. While it has merely
been the ambition CT VanHemert and
Edlund to push the work they have
been handicapped by an insufficient
amount of ready funds. 1t is learned
on reliable authority that wealthy
retired farmer, now residing in ST..
Paul, but who formerly resided down
in the southeastern part of the State,
where VanHemert is we'll known, has
put up the money to carry on the en-
terprise. With this statement came
another to the effect that the aforesaid
retired wealthy farmer was out here
about month ago and descended in
to the pit, taking piece of quartz
from the side at each foot of the de-
scent. These various specimens he
kept separate, marked them in feet as
to their depth from the surface, and
then took them to Chicago before one
of the leading assayers of the Windy
City. They we're assayed and the
aforesaid wealthy retired farmer re-
turned convinced that there is millions
in the mine and has advanced money
to find the wealth. An effort has been
made to secure the correct report OF
this assay, but SO far the effort has re-
suited without success.
A reporter has been shown letter
from party residing in the eastern
portion of Minnesota. It is addressed
to business of this town, and was
called out by reason of the business
man having previously written bis