The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-15
MINING NOTES
Notes on IrOr, and Gold and Their
Production Cleaned From
Various Sources.

various sources.
| EXCHANGES CONTRIBUTE.
Much Development Work Going
| On on the VermiliOn and
Mesaba Ranges.
1t has been thought for some time
that the heart this great gold belt
lies between Rainy lake and Wild
| Potatoe lake along Seine river. but
new and valuable discoveries have
been made further up the river and
north as far as Little Turtle lake,
says the Rainy Lake Journal. The
latter place, from all accounts,
to prove the wonde of the range The
parties owning one rich property there
are at work grinding quartz with a
lcontrivance made of such pieces of
wood as could be hewn from timber
and such scraps of iron as could be
secured without expense, all of which
did not cost to exceed ten dollaas
! The 'mili'', as it istermed, is nothing
more nor less than three "dollies",
enclosed and housed in log building.
Each dolly consists of a long heavy
spring-pole, fastened outside of the
building, hung on a swivel. Inside
the building, at the end Of the pole is
hung log, in a vertical position, at
the end of which is attached a worm
out stamp-mill shoe. or other heavy
scrap iron. A hole is bored through
the stamp-log and pole inserted for
a handle. The operator grasps the
handles, and by bearing down forces
the heavy stamp down upon the
quartz beneath upon the solid rock
| floor, the spring-poIe then making
quick heavy blows with little effort
which soon reduces the quartz to
dust, when the gold i "panned'' and
saved in the ordinary manner. The
three stamps crush about 500
pounds day, and as the ore is assort-
ed and yields from $50 to 500 a ton.
the three men are making more than
five times the ordinary wages. The
success attending the efforts of these
men should Induce others to go at
work in a similar way, and by so
doing they can laugh at the present
apathy ofcapital with regard to these
new gold fields. The "Swede boys"
can get a good pointer here about
their placer find success.
Capt. Harry Roberts is doing some
testpitting on the Mckinley town
site, the work being done under the
personal supervision of Capt. White.
Ore was recently struck in pit sunk
| by Neil McInnis during his explora-
tory work on the property and DESERT
ed on account of water, just across
the street from the Mckinley hotel.
The Security Land & Iron COM
pany, who recently let a contract for
considerable drill work on the Shaw,
are evidently bent upon thoroughly
testing the extent ofthe ore body on
this property, and have this week
contracted with Capt. John Mcleod
for doing considerable test pitting
thereon. * The drilling being
prosecuted by the Consolidated on
their option on the. Rouchleau-Ray
property on II, 57-l7, continues, but
work is somewhat retarded by lack of
water. At present but three drills
are employed, the fourth being laid
off on Saturday. ~ Winston Bros.
have temporarily abandoned opera
tions on their stripping contract at
the Auburn, the excessive cold render
ing satisfactory work impracticable.
< At the Franklin and Bessemer
properties the huge stockpiles attest
the aggressive policy being pursued
| by the Franklin Iron company this
winter. These properties are being
placed in most excellent condition for
the coming season, and will make a
big record in '96. The7pay roll shows
some 500 men, while still another
hundred are employed in getting out
mining timbers for the Franklin
lgroup. ~ J. o. Shadbolt and f. j.
O'Rourke have purchased portion
section SO, SILT, and will doubtless
explore same, personally or by grant
ing an option, at an early date.-Vir-
ginia Enterprise.
| Isaac Stephenson. OF Marinette, and
S. M. Stephenson and Joseph Fleshiem
iof Menominee, have just leased a new