The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-11-20
MIN|NCNOTES
Notes on Iron and Gold and Their
Production Cleaned From
Various Sources.
EXCHANGES CONTRIBUTE.
Much Development Work Going
On on the VermiliOn and
MeSaba Ranges.

NQCSdo1 1AohSScs
Since the Foley Combine" &C
auired the Ray-Weigand additional
Aots. AL 1915, the work of develop
ment upon these. and their original
purchase, viz. AL Il, has gone on
much more yigorously-if not more
Systematically. Machinery, including
air compressor, and two 1ngersoll
drills, with pumps, HOSTS. &C., are
now in position and force OF miners
at work in both shafts upon full time.
No. 1 shaft is down 20 feet, on COM
paratively small but exceedingly rich
vein: while the No. 2 shaft has at
tanned a depth of 36 feet upon a
strongly defined. and, if possible,
richer auriferons quartz lode than
shat Of the Ne. l. This, the No. 1, is
upon the original Ray-Weigand loca-
ton. as is also the No. shaft. Both
these. and il may be observed almost
all these ,opes have strike of north
west, 20 to 25 degrees west and are
consequently nearly parallel and IN
yariably most pronounced in dip and
strike: the dip being nearly vertical.
About 95 tens of free milling ore, OF
splendid grade may be seen upon the
duran of Ne. /, while the output OF
No. .. with its stronger lode, exceeds
that of No. in quantity and value,
the latter fact being due TO the high
percentage of coarse and fine native
GOLD. In addition to the foregoing
ledes. there are at least seven Others
distinctly visible and upon all OF
which considerable stripping and
testing by shallow pits has been car
ried out By the original owners and
pmspectors Colonel Ray & Co Build
ings. including officers quarters, ad-
ditional sleeping camps, engine house,
etc. are now drawing towards COM
Dletion. and the entire property is at
present writing being closely inspect
ed BY the new company, most OF
whom are from Detroit and other
mining centres of Michigan.
Next in order of merit, discovery
and general interest comes the estate
of Colonel Ray, which exclusive OF
his interests in the ''Foley claims" re-
ferred to. owns and controls the entire
of block K 1873 lnow subdivided ihto
five lotsl. also AL "a, e5, 96, 81, 80 and
400. The subdivisions referred to,
are as follows: e 26S. E go, E $50, E
osl and E 262, or nearly 500 acres,
which traversed as it is by two series
of auriferous lodes, viz: those from
the Hunter group" K 40, with
their north-easterly strike, and the
s.Weigand-Foley" lots, the strike OF
which is north % to 25 degrees west,
to say nothing of their being I'M
mediately adjacent to and in the
same geological formation and horizon
render the conditions most interest
ing. = = During the latter part OF
September and early this month, a
force of men under the supervision OF
Colonel Ray did some effective work
in producing and stripping the
numerous lodes traversing this tract,
and obtaining samples of their ores,
ASSAYS, of which it is needless to
observe gave most satisfactorily re-
4 The "Bill Weigand
claims. ~ Immediately east Of the
Raw and Foley claims, already partial
" described, comes the now well.
known bill Weigand claims" includ-
ing AL I03. IO4. 105 and LOG (all of 4C
acres each). Work upon these lots
has been carried out in most intelli.
gent and practical way during the
past summer, and only this week dis
continued for lack of capital. Here
also may be seen the same rich series
OF aurifeorus quartz veins, with, in
most cases, the same dip and strike al
those upon the Ray claims, the ex
-ception being in the large lode
traversing location AL lob and l04
which describes curve around the
rescarpment of both claims. dipping
westward. A very appreciable amount
OF stripping has been done upon thu
principal lodes here, the width OF
which varies from feet inches Il
II feet 3 inches, and from almost al
~ which geed panaine. as we'll a