The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-11

in paying quantities Another hole
will be put down now on the south
side of the same forty. and if unsuc-
cessfui the search for mineral on this
forty viii be abandoned. This forty
will be plated for an addition TO
Hibbing la the spring.-Hibbing
News.
Reports from the Seine river gold
district are TO the effect that the
Canadian surveyors are all busy rum
ming out lands. and more Canucks are
investing than formerly Thomas
Wiegand, who first discovered gold on
the Seine. has given an option on all
his holdings TO the English syndicate
headed by W ID. Ferguson. of London,
and Professor W. Hamilton Merritt,
Of Toronto. These parties have a
complete outfit of machinery on the
kelly-Mosher land, which they hold
under option for s30, 0oo and are sink
ing several shafts
On the Foley property the two
working shafts are each down one
hundred feet, and a hundred feet of
drifting viii shortly begin. There
are two air drills in each shaft. and
work is carried on night and day.
The vein is of a wave formation.
widening and contracting irregularly.
but free gold is plentiful all through.
associated TO some extent with galena
The quartz is not so hard as was ex-
pected TO be. compared with that
found IN other pits on the Seine.
1t is reported that while shoeing a
horse at the Foley recently, four or
i've small nuggets of gold were found
imbedded in his honf. William Blunt.
alias Cheerful William, was CON-
missioned TO make the announcement
TO the somewhat sceptical public, as
he is well known storyteller of I'M
questioned Teracity. It is promised
that the pariags from the hoof show
ing the nuggets as they were found.
viii be brought to Duluth Christmas
and placed on exhibition. as sample
of the wonderful richness of the
Rainy lake district.
525 tons of copper ingots were
thrown overheard from the wrecked
steamer Centurian a few weeks ago
near Isle Royale in a storm. 4 Dull
nth tug has been to the scene and
secured 200 tons Of the metal.
Manager 81. B. Sturtevant. of the
Pioneer, viii lit out the Pioneer tram
cars with axle bearings of his own
patent. The bearings work on the
same principle as the ball bearings in
a bicycle, with the exception that
steel 4 or inch cylinders are
used. The principle has been in use
for number OF years but the cylin-
ders were too small to work satisfac-
torily and Mr.. Sturtevant hit on the
larger cylinder idea with apparent
success. Two hundred sets Of the
new axles have been ordered and all
the tram cars at this mine viii be
Immediately reftted with the new
continuance.
New No. shaft has reached depth
of 2l0 feet and is going down at a
rate of II feet week The shaft is
16x14 in the clear and viii contain
three compartments. The work of
sinking is being done by Peter Ham
burg and Louis Nelson. The rock is
a hard diorite and not a great deal of
Roadway can be made. The timber
for the new :shaft house is being
framed and viii be raised in a few
days. 1t will have a 4+foot base. 60
feet high, 50 feet to the first landing.
Ole Freidsberg is doing the work on
the shaft house.
The new shaft house at the Pioneer
is at present being raised. The ma
son work for the new hosting plant
has been completed and ready for
the machinery which will arrive in a
few weeks
All the shaft openings at the Chan
der mine have been fitted out with
gratings covering the openings TO pre-
clude the possibility of cars running
down the shaft or of men accidentally
falling through
Ar addition to the Chandler dry is
being planned for construction in the
immediate future. The addition
will be 30 K 40, two stories and will
contain private apartments for
captains. shift bosses. etc.