The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-01-16
.EDLUND ShyS Bad FAITH.
How He Was Frozen Out by Owen
and VanHemert and
Others.
He Says that Gold Exists in the
Minnesota Valley North
of Delhi.


nesota Gold Mining & Refining Co.,
of Delhi, was passenger on the west
bound St. Louis last Saturday. He
left the train at Delhi and spent two
or three days in and around that
town, spent Tuesday in Redwood
Falls and left Wednesday for Min
neapolis.
Mr.. Edlund was seen on the train
Saturday. He spent several hours un-
folding his views, his intentions, etc.,
on the so called Delhi gold mine, and
on his future, and gave general sum-
ming up of past treatment received at
the hands of the stockholders OF the
Minnesota Mining & Refining Co.
In the first place he stated to a rep
resentative of this paper that the COM
pany owed him in the neighborhood
of $500 for services performed. These
services, he said, we're performed after
the organization of the company, and
we're in connection with the superin-
tending of the work in and around
the alleged gold mine, bossing the
setting up of the machinery so far as
his power went in that connection.
He stated that he would be satisfied
if the company paid him that amount
and that he would then willingly call
it quits.
When asked as to what his present
mission in and around Delhi was he
replied that he had quite large
amount of personal property at the
mine that he was going to collect and
take back to Minneapolis with him.
He did not anticipate any trouble in
getting this property but did not
know just what would turn up. He
stated that his connection with the
company had ceased and that he was
not even the owner of share of stock
in the same.
Edlund was asked whether he had
any intention of securing leases on
property around the present mine,
property on which the leases had ex-
pired. He replied in the negative
that he was through and had..washed
his hands of the whole business.
edo you think the mine is fake,
that there is no gold along the Mime
sofa rivera" was asked.
"No, I don't. I know that gold ex-
lists in the valley and on the land on
which the company had leases. But
l was treated worse than you can ev-
en- imagine and I don't want to have
anything to do with the company's
business or with any land around
where the company holds leases.
There is gold there, I tell you frankly.
The lowest test I ever made on quartz
there was from A to $S per ton, and
in many instances the tests averaged
more than that. After [ was froze
out they put some one else in to sue
ceed me. He did not know how to
run the machinery or make test and
the best test he could make was lit
tie over $1.50 per ton. If that busi-
ness had been managed properly the
company would have been on a good
paying basis to-day"
"Wnat made you get out?"
"There were several reasons. You
see fellow without any means can't
back up his stock. where they pro-
pose to bond the mine or where the
company proposes to get around the
on-assessment clause of the stock by
doing some work that will bring in
money to them. When expense mon
ey had to be forthcoming I could not
pay according to the stock I held and
I was simply froze out"
"Well, how did VanHemert keep up
his end of the business?"
"Say, that VanHemert is dandy.
Do you want to know what I did for
him?. I took him in with me and
o.ouo him & OOO choroc of otooL of That
company and then he turned against
me. Before the mine was ever thought
of I took him into my home at Mime
apolis and fed him. The only thing I
got out of him was an old horse, which
he since attempted to take away from
my wife while was away from home.
Well. he played in with the other stock
holders after done all this for him