The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-10-31
S PRESIDENT NO MORE.
Alfred Ed1und Drops Out of the
Minnesota Gold Mining
Company.
A Meeting in Minneapolis Last
Week Made Him an Ex-
President.

AEIIE over Two weeks ago, MIR. Alfred
Edlund has ceased his connection
with the Minnesota Mining & Rein
ing Co. both to the full extent of own
ershlp of any shares or portion of
shares of stock and as to the manage
ment or direction of any of the affairs
of the company.
A meeting of nearly all of the stock
holders was held in Minneapolis on
Monday afternoon of last week. It is
impossible to learn the full particulars
of the meeting,so far as Edlund drop
ping out is concerned, or so far as
work in the future is concerned, but
The GAZETTE was able to CLEAN some
OF the particulars from A. VanHem-
ert, who has acted as manager of the
company ever since its inception.
VanHemert attended a portion of
the meeting. He went down on the
st. Louis afternoon train and arrived
at the meeting place before the meet
ing was over. He came back on the
passenger train last Thursday after
noon and was in a fairly talkative
mood.
"Edlund is no longer with the COM
pany in any connection" remarked
VanHemert when questioned on that
point. | can't say just now why his
relations have ceased but 1 can posi-
lively state that he is not interested
with us any more"
"Was there any trouble between
Mr.. Edlund and the managers as to
the administration of the financial af-
fairs OF the concern so far as his work
at the mines went?" was asked.
Il can't say, I tell you. We propose
to go right on with the work at the
mine. That is we are going to run
tbs shaft down deeper and then branch
out to see whether we can't finc a bet
ter paying ore. We are going to start
that work as soon as l get back to the
mine to-day"
Will the stamp mill or crusher start
up again at once?'
"No, it will remain idle for week
or ten days. l expect that the man
ayers or directors of the company will
be up before we will start up again.
We will go ahead and get out quartz
and have plenty of it on hand to feed
the mill Wien it is started
els there any truth in the report
that the stamp will be increased from
five to ten or fifty, as reported!"
'There was some talk of it but real
ly we don't know just what we will do
on that point
"Now, Mr.. VanHemert, are you GER
tain that you have gold in paying
quantities-that is, have you struck
it,"
Certainly we have. Wouldn't sell
my shares to-day, for what paid for
them. We are going to make some
thing out of the mine by working it
because there is gold there to work y
Mr.. VanHemert states that the com
pany now includes himself, John A.
Cole of Rochester, Fl. R. Owen OF
Minneapolis, and one of the Erickson
brothers, as we'll as smaller stock
holders. When asked whether G.. w
VanDusen was interested in this mine,
he replied that VanDusen had one OF
his own. A shaft was being sunk for
the latter and, said VanHemert, as
soon as Mr.. VanDusen becomes con-
vinced that he has struck good find
of gold he will put in mill of his
own.
Separate and distinct from your
mill?'
"Yes, sir, separate and distinct from
our mill. He will run a larger stamp
mill, of course. Oh, I tell you, there
is gold in the valley; we aren't fool
ing"
Here Mr.. VanHemert went down
into pocket and pulled 9 good speci-
men of anthracite coal from that sack
/. "You see that. Well, I got that
out from q mine I am working with
another fellow near Franklin. It't
just like that. We have only found
little Of it but We have passed through
the right kind Of material covering
coal and when we get down 300 feel