The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-03-18
MININCN0'T I
Notes on Iron and Gold and Their
Production Cleaned From
VariOuS Sources.
EXCHANGES CONTRIBUTE.
Much Development Work Going
On on the VermiliOn and
NIeSaba Ranges.


NIesaba Ranges.
The completion of the new ore dock
at Two HarbOrs will make that BOOM
ing lake port by far the most import
ant ore shipping port on the upper
lakes. A vast amount of work is
being done at Two Harbors this
winter and no one is complaining of
hard times there. The work being
done by the d. & /. Il. railroad on
sher line between Two Harbors and
Duluth, in putting in steel bridges
over all the streams and in filling in
all trestles with solid earthwork will
make that portion of their line the
solidest piece of track in Northern
Minnesota vs. The D., M. & n. r.
r. are already preparing TO do away
with the wooden bridges on their
main line. which are costly to keep
in repair and very liable to damage
from bush fires. The company is
putting In steel bridge over the St.
Louis river at the second crossing at
IL cost Of $4,000, which have a span
of l02 feet and foundations and peers
for double track. The company's
new depot at their yards at Proctor
knott will also soon be ready for
occupancy. y < At the Pioneer pre-
parations are being made by Supern-
tendent Ii. e. Sturtevant for big
seasons work. At present 2lO men
are employed, but as soon as the new
hosting plant is in operation this
number will be doubled. This new
plant consists of first motion hoist,
with two eight foot drums made by
Webster & Co. of Akron, O., and is
operated by Corless engine, 26x4S
cylinder, and is equipped with steam
brakes, steam friction clutch and
steam reversing gear. It is designed
10 lift dead load of four tons Of ore
at time. With this hoist in, pretty
big work may be looked for, and in
less than a month the ore will be
coming up at lively rate. The Pho
neer has only one shaft which is
down about $50 feet. There are nine
levels running south about so feet all
in first class ore and every move shows
up more ore. The compressor plant,
made by the Ingersoll, Sargent Drill
Company of New York is as fine a
plant as any north of Duluth and is
the peculiar pride OF Supt. Sturtevant.
North western Miner.
The Cripple Creek Mail says that
so desperate are some Of the jim-crow
companies Operating" in that dis
trict that they have peddlers hawking
tho stock from house to house, just
like a weinerwurst man or a book
agent and chrome and the Install
ment plan are in the scheme for
catching suckers. The paper also
says that ''The man who buys mine
or mining stock without first examin.
ing the property is a damphoOl and
ought to loose his money" The
same paper also says that there are
plenty OF men there who cannot get
work, and who are going from house
to house begging for something to
eat. 1t significantly adds: 'This fact
alone should be warning enough for
men thinking of coming here. II
they would not suffer they will stay
away from here. Every trade is over
done.'' The statements above are
given in the leading Cripple Greek
paper, and ought to be a sufficient
evidence that that country is no place
for poor man. 1t is to be hoped
that Rainy lake may be delivered
from boom of the Cripple Creek sort
Our situation now is exactly similar
to that there We have gold. lots o.
it, but it needs capital to get it out Of
the rock, and until capital is drawn
here to develop our mines, it is NJ
country for poor man.-Rainy Lake
Journal.
At the Wiley gold mine at Lake
Harold sawmill, with a capacity O
10000 feet day, has been erected
The stamp mill has capacity of Ion
tons of ore per day and to this twt
true vanners will be added. From
vein No. the last samples assayed
from the bottom of the 25-foot shaft
yielded e779 In gold and 14t ounce