The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-04
NllNlNGNOTES
Notes ON Iroa and Gold and Their
Production Cleaned From
Various Sources.
EXCHANGES CONTRIBUTE.
Much Development Work Going
On on the VermE ion and
MeSaba Ranges.

6ergrupnd at the Cincinnati refused
TO GO 60 work as they had not received
their Spay for last months labor.
Can't. Roberts held conference with
The men and. assuring them that the
rnaesry would be here this week. they
returned to work They have been
Maid promptly heretofore but they
nrobabiy became suspicious on ac-
count of the previous reputation OF
this n,ine. - The money has not
vet arrived to pay off the labor at the
North CINCINNATI but Capt. Pearce
has been advised that it will be here
soon. TIE Range was in error last
week in saying that there had never
been a pay day at this property
The first months labor was paid for
by Corrigan. Mckinney & Co., who
have a reputation for prompt pay
,nent Of tneir labor. There is two
months pay due from the new owners
Of the lease. Messrs. Ridgeay & Stuart.
OF Pittsburg. c. ID, Frazer, OF
Pittsbufg. Pa. secretary OF the Oliver
Mining company, and Capt. T.
Florida. OF Duluth, maoager OF the
mines of the company, were in Mime
apolis last week closing contracts Tor
the stripping of the property recently
bought bg the Oliver company At
Hibbing. at the west end OF the
Mesaba range. 1t is understood tnat
the contracts viii go 60 Winston Bros
< Co. and that the amount OF the
work to be done this winter viii
aggregate about 900, 600 cubic yards OF
material. The contract will be for
not far from $4,000 The mine to
be opened has already shown up over
e 1000. oe9 tons of ore. and will take its
place as one ST the largest on the
Mesaba- The fee of the property is
owned BY Mr. Fletcher and Mrs.
Leonard Day, of Minneapolis. The
Oliver Mining company is not yet
able to state TO what extent opera
tiens will be carried on at the mine
next wear. but it has been stated else
where that there would be not far
from 4e0.0 tons taken out ii the
market was favorable. = = The work
Of sinking shaft G at the Canton is at
last completed and drifting is in
progress The shaft is 40 feet deep
Water is still very plentiful, nearly a
Thousand gallons minute being
raised. The timber for the new shaft
house are nearly all framed and viii
be raised this week Geo. Little is
now in charge of the work at this
shaft Work was resumed at shaft
A Yesterday after a shutdown OF a
week while the hosting machinery
was being repaired and lined up.
Stockpiling has already been COM
menced at all three shafts and big
pile of ore will undoubtedly be ready
for shipment by the opening Of naVi-
CATION next year--Mesaba Range
T. J. Jones has secured an option
on lands near Hihbing in section ID,
and has started a crew of testpitters
at work on the property.
Duluth mining men are interested
in explorations on section %, near
Virginia The land is said to show
good prospects Axel Carlson has
charge of the work.
Horace Y. Winchell has bought an
option on one Of the largest properties
on the Mesaba range. presumably for
the Mesaba Consolidated. The owners
are the Rouchleau-Ray company,
Giles Gilbert, Frank Higgins and
Clara A. Smith The property is the
ct of the mel of section IL, 5S-17, lying
near the Auburn in the Virginia
group. 1t has been testpitted but not
further developed and shows an ore
body of $4,000, 900 tons Mr. Winchell
has paid down s125, 900 earnest money
and has ninety days to complete the
purchase at 81 $500 The papers
were drawn by-J. B. Cotton, who is
attorney for the Consolidated He is
not at liberty to say who the princi-
nails are.-Commonwealth-
Jas McNaughton. of lion Mountain.
manager Of the Zenith Rine is in the
city making arrangements for the