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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
NUGGETS

The machinery for operating the
Weigand mine is now on the ground
and is being placed in position. 1t
consists of steam pumps and hoists for
two shafts, steam drills, three boilers,
engine, piping, wire rope, dump cars,
buckets, and everything else compris-
ing first class mining outfit. With
steam drills it will be possible for the
company to put down from two to
three or more feet a day, and it is
much more expeditions and cheaper
than hand drilling. Both shafts are
to be pushed down three hundred feet
and then it will be determined what
machinery to put in for ore treatment.
The machinery received weighed 80
tons and is the largest the gold
country has ever received.
1t is reported that test run of two
hours of the machinery at the Lucky
Coon mine, was made one day last
week and $40 taken from the plates,
While 40 per cent usually retained in
the battery was not taken out. At
that rate the stamps would turn
out 5000 while the rich concentrates
would remain and bring the output up
to phenomenal figure. According
to this, the Lucky Coon mine is all
right and under the Hillyer manage
ment will prove agood thing.
Messrs. Asplund and Fransen have
their sluice boxes put in on locations
HI. p. 1854 and III. P. 365, in the Manitou
country and will soon be washing out
gold from their placers. In addition
to the placers the property has a Is
foot vein of quartz and the owners
have an assay of $3.50 to the ton, made
by julius Ropes the former Michigan
assayer, president of the Ropes Mining
company Of Ishpeming.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
Our Agricultural Exhibit.

To prove that this country is more
than barren rock on which nothing
but-using the words of a homestead
cOntestor-irOn ore and hi could be
raised, several of our farmers have
made up an exhibit which leaves to-
morrow morning for the state fair at
Hamline. Rich. WhiteSide shows
wheat which in straw and grain will
compare AL with the southern grown
wheat. He also is sending peas and
oats while A. e. Camp has on exhibit
ion several kinds of vegetables. Mr..
Camp shows a box of potatoes which
measure not less than six inches each
and assay 100 per cent potatoe. They
are of the early RoSe' and "Great
Divide" yarities and while picked,
are nothing extraordinary in size,
being taken with view to showing
his average crop. He has larger po-
tatoes but they are not regular, being
knotty and several grown together.
At the City Drug Store can be seen
two tubers grown by Mr.. Camp which
weigh nearly three pounds.
Ely's exhibit at the fair will be the
best ever gotten UP. The iron ore
exhibit of the Chandler and the vege-
table and the cereal exhibit by Messrs.
Whiteside and Camp will attract
manifold attention to our iron and
agricultural resources.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
Bicycle in the Head.

John 0. Hole, a resident of Tower,
was sent to Fergus Falls Insane asy-
lum last week. His case is 4 peculiar
one. He imagines that he was born
200 years before Christ, and when
asked how long he had lived at Tower
he said that while people claimed he
had lived there 10000 yeats, he did
not believe it to be more than 200
years. He also owns number of i'm
mense gold mines at Norwegian bay
on Vermilion lake and he offers any
of his friends the use of one for ten
years, at the end of which time he ex-
poets to want it again. He has two
missions to perform. First he is to
find the true meridian, for which he
expects to look n the Indian ocean.
After that he is to punish the
Japanese for killing Cinnamon by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
A Good Catch.

DR.. Geo. w. Fraker, wanted at Elk
celsior Springs, Neb., and for whom
detectives have been looking for two
years, and for whose arrest a reward
of $40, 900 was offered, but which offer
expired on Aug. 10, was arrested 20
miles from Tower on Sunday, by
Deputy Sheriff Phillip, accompanied
by Robt. T. Henrik, an attorney who
represents pool of insurance COM
panies who have caused Fraker's
arrest, and whom he is charged with
having swindled. Fraker disappeared
in 1893 from Excelsior Springs on a
fishing trip. He in company with
three cOnfedrates while fishing on the
banks of the Missouri river, a land
slide occurred, carrying Fraker into
the river. 1t was supposed he was
drowned, and his companions swore
they saw him drown. The insurance
companies paid the $4,000 for which
he was insured.
About six months ago Fraker ar
rived in Tower, accompanied by SER
want, and soon located in a hut in the
woods, where he has since been en-
gagged in hunting. He occasionally
visited town to purchase supplies and
secure his mail. 1t was through let
tiers addressed to him that he was fin
ally traced to his hiding place. 1t is
to be regretted that the reward offer
expired before the gentleman was
captured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
That Book Business.

Relative to the Leggett-Thornton.
Chamber of Commerce history of the
ranges which the Ely patrons are anx.
ious to see, the Two Harbors News
gives the following:
"There is considerable inquiry from
the range towns as to what has be-
come of that book descriptive of this
portion of Minnesota, for which sup
port was requested and given last win
ter. Two HarbOrs business men went
into the deal for snug sum, but don't
yet indicate the alarm apparent up
north. The last we heard of the pub
LEGATION was the offer of purse of 1925
to the Duluth lady who would write
a poem for it, and the delay is pro-
badly caused by the lady's inability
to arrange her fancies compactly. The
book will probably soon be delivered
and subscribers may wish that they
hadn't hurried it's issue''
The above may be very assuring but
is nothing definite. If someone can
inform us who the publishers are and
when the book, or the returned cash
will appear, we will feel more at ease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
Muchly EniOyed.

The chamber recital Thursday eve
ming was success, both from a social
and financial stand point. Miss Moak
has voice full of music and expression
and rendered several solos in pleas
ing manner. Mr.. Jones is very
good singer, with pleasant natural
voice, and his baritone solos were well
received and encored. Miss Rice,
Miss McInnis and Mr.. Raymond, with
their piano selections, left good i'm
preston on the audience.
The Arion octette, composed OF
Messrs. Anderson, Sheridan, James
and White and Mesdames Aubolee
and James and Misses Stewart and
Goldsworthy, were particular favor
ties. They were called to respond to
an encore after the rendition OF the
s:Hero's Serenade."
$40 was realized from the entertain
ment. After the program was
finished, the young people repaired to
Turf hall where they INDUCED in
dancing. to the sweet strains pro-
duced by Messrs. Sheridan, Whitford
and Mead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
An Iron Ore Palace,

President Greatsinger of the Duluth
& Iron Range and General Manager
Philbin of the Duluth, Missabi &
Northern, are in receipt of letters
from the St. Paul Commercial club
requesting them to furnish a collec-
tion of ores to be used in erecting an
ore palace at ST. Paul. The commune
cation is from one of the club and
reads as follows:
''YOu probably are already aware
that the state fair of the present fall
promises to be very much more i'm
portant event of the kind than has
ever occurred before A movement is
now on foot to erect grain and ore
palace in ST. Paul for the crowd to
visit on the evenings during the fair
week, of which / have the honor to be
chairman.
1 would respectfully request your
cooperation to the extent of furnish
ing collection of ores from your line,
which we will willingly place on eX-
hibition properly labelled. Kindly adj
wise me of your views in the matter
at the earliest possible moment"
Both gentlemen are very much inn
pressed with the project and have
already begun the work of collecting
the specimens and will do everything
within their power to make the fair
success.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04

proach 1000 feet in length. The new
dock will be on the same general plan
as the present one. twill be four feet
higher, two feet higher from the water
to the pockets and two feet more in
the pockets. 1t will require about s.
100000 feet Of timber, and therefore
means quite little for the lumber
men.
The contract will also soon be let
for connecting track to the dock
front on the east side of the present ore
dock. This track will start at the
foot of the east approach of the
present treStle and swing north and
pass under the present approach and
under ST. Paul & Duluth tracks on a
line with those of the Duluth Transfer
railroad, forming connection with
the latter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
Coming Event.

The Odd Fellows are figuring on an
elaborate dance to be given on Sept.
Goth, to commemorate the anniversary
of the birth of the order in this city.
The Ely lodge is the strongest in the
state, containing the largest member
ship and having the largest financial
income. Sam Smale, Rich Johns and
Engineer Penrod are the committee
having the arrangements in charge.
The hustling reputation of the COM
mittee, assures Ely the event of the
season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
August Shipments.

August ore shipments from Duluth
and Two Harbors, exclusive of the
shipments from the Duluth & Winni-
peg. docks, doubled those of August
1894, and exceeded those OF July by
nearly 100000 tons. Last month the
two ports shipped 624, 172 tons accord
ing to the custom house report, of
which Two Harbors shipped $50, 1856
tons and Duluth shipped 26s.2S6 tons.
The month before the two ports ship
ped $50, l4S tons and in August, 1894,
they shipped 3O8,276 tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
Nav Not ReIinuuiSh.
season.


An important decision has been
received from Secretary Hoke Smith
at the Duluth land Office. 1t relates
to the REIMBURSEMENT of an Indian
allotment.
The letter recites that on March Is,
"a, the commissioner of the general
land Office transmitted to the secre-
tary REIMBURSEMENT by Chas. W..
Danielson of his Indian allotment to
lands in section 9, 5S-19, the relinquish-
ment being based on section of the
act of February s, 1887. With the
REIMBURSEMENT was a homestead final
proof for other lands.
June %, 1892, the allotment was
made by the secretary of the interior
in favor of DanielSOn, but no patent,
for some cause unknown, has as yet
been issued. Danielson now wants to
relinquish and enter other lands On
the ground that his father is a white
citizen of the United States and his
mother a half blood Indian. Nothing
is shown as to where his parents have
lived and whether as members of a
tribe Or among white citizens.
The fifth section of the allotment
act declares that the government will
hold the allotted land in trust for
twenty-five years and that if any con-
veyance or contract is made in the
meanwhile it is null and void. The
circular of September II, 1887, directs
that Indian women married to whites
or to others not entitled to the benefits
of the allotment act will be regarded
as the heads of families. Husbands
are not entitled to the benefits of the
act in such cases, but the children are
Doubt is thrown on this rule by the
departmental decision in the case of
Black TOmahawk VS.. Waldron.
But the secretary cannot think of
allowing Danielson to relinquish, even
if it should be conceded that the al
lottee was not entitled to the allOt-
ment. Circumstances surrounding
the case raise the suspicion that the
application is but cover for sale.
According to Attorney General
Garland's opinion the allottee is not
allowed to cut or sell the timber, ex-
cept as may be necessary in building
a house or making other improve
ments. In this case the parties who
had been contesting the allotment
were now trying to enter the land as
a homestead and there was doubtless
a collision between them and the
allottee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04

lined ividing Canada from this country
has never been settled upon. The
net seizure was certainly a dirty
piece of work, being as it is the case
OF no set lines between the two
countries. Manager Fenske of the
Fish company says that three of the
nets taken were in clearly American
waters. The Arion company is suffer
ing severe pecuniary loss through
the oyer-ZealOus action of the
Canadian officials and will seek to
recover for the same.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
The Boundary Line.

The old boundary dispute between
the United States and Canada, over
the boundary line in the Rainy lake
country, bids fair to again come up.
If it does, it will be through the
seizure of the nets of the ArfOn Fish
company on Namekon lake, few
weeks ago, The company has received
Word from the U. S, officials that the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
MESABA NOTES.

The Drake & Stratton company is
making excellent progress on the new
Throughout at the Biwabik. 1t is
noticeable fact that the company
pushes work with much more vigor
than they did when they started strip
ping on the Biwabik mine two years
ago. Experience is a good teacher
and this company has evidently pro-
flied by experience in moving Mesaba
dirt. Three steam shoyels are work.
ing night and day and dinkey engines
are constantly flying around the prop
erty like fees on dogs back. The
company is now employing between
$50 and 300 men. When the fourth
shovel arrives at least 100 more will
be added. They are a class of men,
too, who are of some value to the
town in which they reside, a majority
of them being Americans. Their
presence in Biwabik is bound to have
a good effect upon all the business en-
terprises of the village.-Mesaba
Range.
Shipments from the Ohio comment
.ced on Friday last, but are light as
yet, only night crew being employed
in loading. This is because of the
fact that the d. M. & N. switch en-
CINE, which for the present handles
their cars, cannot attend to their
work during Che day. With the arriv-
al of the new standard locomotive to
be received by the Drake & Stratton
company, however, to be used at this
mine, both day and night crews will
be run Enterprise.
The Franklin has commenced load
ing cars from stock pile No. /. So far
this season this company has shipped
about 10000 tons, and it is expected
that in the removal of the ore from
the stockpile more expedition will be
observed and that at least another
100000 tons will be added to the COM
paratively large output before the con-
clusion of the shipping season.
The lull in business circles, OCCASION
ed at Virginia, by the removal of two
of the Drake-Stratton steam shovels
to Biwabik a few weeks ago, is taking
a very nOticeble turn for the better.
Every day this company expects new
shovel and three or four new engines.
As soon as these arrive they will at
once begin stripping on the Lone
Jack property.
At the Oliver at Virginia, the de-
mand far exceeds the supply. Forsom
weeks this company has been compell-
ed to lie idle for want of cars. Their
daily output still cintinues to lead all
other shippers on the range.
]. NJ. Sellers of the Sellers Mining
Co. at Hibbing, states that the output
of this mine will be materially increas-
ed as the company intends to mine all
the ore possible during the life of the
lease.
AT the Mahoning mine at Hibbing,
good progress is being made, both in
stripping and mining, but men are
yet very scarce.
The Norman is now shipping on at
average of $4,000 tons monthly,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
THE CHANDLER EXHIBIT.
The Exhibit Being Prepared for the State
and County Fairs.

Ihe EXHIBIT Being Prepared for the State
and County Fairs.
General Manager Pengilly, of the
Chandler. has taken the matter in
hand for an exhibit of ores of the
Chandler mine for the state fair and
which will later be exhibited at the
county fair. The exhibit will consist
of conical shaped pyramid, standing
seven feet high and mounted on a
5x5 pedestal. The pyramid will be an
artistic piece Of work, built of the
finest specimens of ores taken from
the Chandler. In addition to the
pyramid, another exhibit showing the
way the ore runs in the ground before
being mined, is being built in the
shape OF box Aka feet in which will
be shown the formations of rock, soap
stone and ore in strataS as they appear
under ground. The top of the box
will show the surface of the ground,
a part in its natural state and another
section showing the surface after the
ore has been removed.
The Chandler exhibit of the work
ings of the mine constructed under
the supervision of Mr.. Pengilly and
showing the various levels, drifts,
raises and Slopes, shaft houses and
shafts with the timbering and men at
work, was good piece of work and
attracted considerable attention in
the Minnesota exhibit at the Worlds
fair. This model of one of the
greatest iron mines in the world is at
present at the Field Columbian
Museum, where it is prominent
feature. In all probability the exhibit
at present being built, will grace
some educational institution after it's
exhibition at the state and county
fair.
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300 PER YEAR in ADV ANCE.

Strengthening the whole nation. Then
he expects to come back to Tower and
resume his possessions. He admired
the county jail very much, and said
he intended when the big train came
along to take it up to Tower, as he
might need it. He is very mild and
harmless old gentleman, and he owns
considerable property around Tower.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
Yes. Why is 1t?
ELY, MINI, SEPT. 8, '95.


All towns and cities in re state
yesterday celebrated Labor Day in a
public spirited manner suiting the
occasion. What is the matter with
Ely and why did not this city show
its appreciation of American prin-
ciples? The Finn and Slavonic holt
days are observed, why not observe
American days? of course, this is
free country to do as you please, but
would it not look thousand times
better to not pay so much attention
to foreign days and honor few of our
ownp AMERICAN.
Subscribe and pay for THE MIkEfs,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
Missabi Ore Dock.

The new dock to be built by the
Duluth, Missabi & Northern road at
Duluth, will be just about one-half
the size of the present dock and it
will be built west of that. 1t will be
1900 feet long and viii have an APP
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04
The Ishpeming Strike.

The steam shovels at the Ishpeming
stOckpiles were started loading ore
Monday morning. Six companies of
MALTA were on hand to guard against
any attempt of the strikers to inter
fere with the work. Nothing hap
pened however, and probably nothing
will, as great many of the men are
without provisions, money or any
thing else, and assistance is not COM
ing as fast as anticipated. The mer-
chants of Ishpeming have all started
selling for cash, and cash only.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-04

A young lady in Virginia worked
three weeks selling baking powder for
Chicago firm and for payment was
to receive safety. She was hot
enough to warp her clothes when she
received big pin, such as is used to
keep the baby's bloemers On with.
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
RESULT I'm KANSAS.
Returns Coming in SlOwIy-Martin Elected
Supreme Judge.

Returns Coming in SlOwIy-Martin Elected
Supreme Judge.
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 6. -ReturnS from
the state are coming in slowly. It is
impossible to give any reliable figures,
but enough has been received to estab-
lish three things: The state vote is
lighter than expected. Chief Justice
Martin has received smaller vote than
expected and his opponent, c. K. Hol-
liday, has received many more votes
than expected. Martin is elected by a
large majority, but it is nothing like
that predicted by the republican man
ayers The large vote recorded by
Holiday is accounted for by the fact
that during the past few days the re-
su bmissionists have rallied around
him to make an expression on that
issue. Nothing definite will be heard
from the counties until this afternoon,
as the vote was counted slowly.
Early reports indicated the election
of the republican tickets in Leaven-
worth, except state senator; Douglas,
Shawnee, Atchison, Bourbon, Wyan-
dotte. Labette, Cherokee, Anderson,
Crawford, Bourbon, johnson, Frank
lin, Reno, Kingman and Sumner.
Populists were successful in many of
the smaller counties. billiard, fusion
candidate for judge of the Sixth dis
trict, is probably elected. Holiday
for chief justice carried Wichita by a
sweeping majority.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
Trust Tanneries Closed.

New YORK, Nov. 6.-The United
States Leather Co., known as the
leather trust, yesterday shut down the
100 tanneries under its control and not
another hide will be taken from it's
watts for sixty days. During the sixty
days that the 100 tanncfies are closed
more than $1,000 laborers, tanners
clerks and employees generally will
BE without work. The meeting at
which the lookup was decided upon
was held a fewl days ago at
the Office of the trust. As a result an or
der was sent to the tanneries Saturday
to put no more hides in the watts and
to take no more out after We sterday.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
GREAT NORTHERN TIED UP.
The A. II. U. Strike Has Gone into Effect on
That Line and TRAFFIC Is CrippIed.

The A. II. q. Strike Has Gone into Effect on
That Line and Traffic Is Crippled.
DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Nov 6-The
Great Northern strike went into effect
at o'clock yesterday morning. Train
No. Is, through fast freight, arrived
in the morning and is still standing on
"a side track. Three engine crews re-
sponded to the call of the foreman, but
so far no train crews have been Sc
cured. Only part of the employees are
out. The city council last night
adopted resolution declaring that in
case of strike the company's property
and it's operation of trains would be
protected at all hazards This was
wired to President Hill. In view of
the fact that DEVILS Lake was the CEN
ter in the last strike this is deemed
significant.
Since the strike was ordered no
freight trains have departed and but
one has arrived. The latter was a
trains were not interfered with.
Mayor Kelly and the city council are
determined that no such disgraceful
scenes as were enacted in the last
strike shall occur. The business men
generally are provoked and dis
gusted with the state of affairs.
The elevators are full to their
capacity with wheat, and unless cars
are furnished promptly they will not
be able to take in more grain, which
will cause complete staguation in
business, and jobbers will quickly feel
the effects. as country merchants will
be unable to meet their obligations at
maturity. The strikers are quiet and
orderly and have made no action to-
ward interfering with their fellow en-
ro1nunC