The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18


has al the appearances OF another
Cripple Creek.
During his trip Mr.. McAlliffe went
through the gold fields in the vicinity
Of Little Turtle. Bad Nermilion and
Shoal lakes, the Upper Seine river
around Steep Rock lake, Reserve
island. Island Falls and Sawbill lake
He made several excellent mining 10
cations, and he brings back some
specimens of gold quartz that fairly
shine with the yellow gold. His
experience up there has made him
enthusiastic, and he is of the belief
that there are fully as rich properties
back from the waterways as those
already located.
AREA OF THE BELT.
The gold belt extends over an area
200 miles from east to west and from
80 TO 100 miles wide. All this country
is full Of prospectors, capitalists and
tenderfeet. all eagerly searching for
new leads that will eclipse the old
ones. The Wiley or Sawbill mine is
an immense property. The vein is
from three to six feet wide, and one
shaft is down ninety feet and second
sixty feet. In the latter shaft drift
of forty-fVe feet has been made
through the vein, which is composed
Of a soft, milky quartz-carrying iron
and copper pyrites and galena- There
is plenty Of visible native gold in the
quartz. The mine has been capital
lied in Toronto at $4,000. T. S.
Wiley is manager. Work is being
pushed and a l0-Stamp mill has been
ordered. which will be running May 1.
Five miles southeast development
work is being done on the Hawk
Lake mine, very rich location
owned by the Wiley brothers, of Port
Arthur, and Rat Portage and Hamil-
ton capitalists
Another promising Sawbill lake
property is the Hammond, owned by
New York people who have recently
purchased it, The vein is fifty feet
wide and the ore free milling. 1t is
estimated that the orr can De nlilled
and mined for s. per ton. The own
ers are talking of putting in a 80
stamp mill in the spring. Six miles
south Of here some development work
is being done by Mr.. Proudfoot on
Reserve island. The Cassidy proper
ty, with several good veins, is also on
Reserve island, and near it are two
valuable properties owned by ]. c..
Foley, formerly of Duluth. There
are hundreds of claims between this
point and Shoal lake, some of them
but recently surveyed. Around Calm
lake and Sturgeon falls, claimholders
are developing in small way, pre-
pairing for the boom which is looked
for next spring
On the Dortheast end Of Shoal lake
lies what is known as the Bull proper
IN. where some work is being done
and rich ore with an abundance of
visible gold being blasted Next in
order comes the Ferguson property,
with two shafts fifty and sixty feet
deep and third eighteen feet deep
with 50-foot drift. On this shaft
sixty men are at work, and snbstan-
tian buildings are being erected pre-
paratory to getting out gold. The
mine is equipped with steam hoist
pumps and drill, and S75, 900 mas been
invested. A 20-stamp mill will be
erected in the early spring. The
Hillyer, now bonded 10 Scotch syn
dictate for Sl5o.000 will erect a large
mill in the spring. The Randolph
has Just been sold for $50, 900. which
is said to be tenth of its value, to
S. d. Allen. Of Ottawa, who Will put
in 1O-stamp mill. The Wiegand
mine has lately been sold for $50, 600
This means employment TO many men
ia the spring.
THE FOLEY NINE
On Shoal lake is what is known as
the Great Foley mine, which Mr.. Nc
Auliffe says is dyed-in-the-wool,
yaro-wide bonanza. The property
five locations of 40 acres,
with twenty-nine veins from one to
nine feet wide, all carrying apparent
ly plenty of gold. The main work is
concentrated on the Bonanza vein.
where one shaft is 210 feet deep,
another ll3 feet deep and another $50
feet deep, with large stockpile Of
high-grade ore. No sinking has been
done since March, but up to Nov i.