The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-01-13
OUR Mines.
Considerable Work Being Done
In This Vicinity at
Present.
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR 1897.
The Chandler, Pioneer, Zenith,
"26", '3O", SOuthall and
Others.

OtAOAoe
Although there is no remarkable
rush at the mi les in this vicinity,
there is nevertheless much work be-
ing dome. Not since 1892 has there
been such large number of cXplOra-
tions as are working at the present
day. Every piece of land where there
is showing Of any kind is receiving
Il share of attention, whether large or
small. Should the ore market build
up during the year 1897 to anything
like it was before the financial de-
preston set in, there is no doubt but
what the Immediate vicinity of Ely
will show up several properties which
will hold their own and be classed as
producers within a very short space
OF time. Explorations hereabouts
were practically discontinued on the
discovery OF the Mesaba range and
everyone who had little money to
anyest fiocked 20 the new fields.
Gradually they are working back and
today they are willing to run their
chances on the reliable Vermilion.
AT the Chandler mine things are
running smoothly and 10000 ton
output is being made monthly. The
total amount on the Chandler stock
at present is about 175, 600 tons, 80 per
cent of which is the Chandler grade,
one Of the best ores in the world.
There are at present working at the
Chas,dler 400 men. No. shaft has
been sunk another level or Is feet and
a station is being cut. This shaft is
now down 500 feet and is the same
depth us Nos. 3 and 4 shafts. No. 5
has been sunk to the Sth level and
drift cut distance of 300 feet to No.
4 shaft. A station is now being cut.
Ne..5 will also be sunk another 112
feet before navigation opens the work
to begin next week. Regarding the
rumored changes in the management,
we are Informed by those in authority
that they did not know anything
about it and as we. presume the
parties in the rumored changes would
know, we conclude them as nothing
more than ozone waited from no.
where and intended for the same
place.
At the Pioneer, a force of $50 is en-
ployeG. For the past three months
practically only one shift has been
working very few miners finding en-
ployment on the night shift. About
800 tons of ore are daily being raised
and the mine has already quite a
stcckpile. The ore is being hoisted
by means of the 4-ton skips put in
soon after the new hosting plant was
put in operation and is being hauled
TO the dump in the 4-ton cars designed
by Manager Sturtevant and specially
constructed for him. This seems a
considerabl load of dirt but it is as
nothing to the large first motion
hosting engines. AS the skips and
cars are built OF heavy iron they are a
load in themselves. There is small
grade from the shaft to the dump and
the large cars run easily, the tram
mers pushing them loaded, a small
drum and cable being employed to
bring them back. B shaft is produc-
ing about 100 tons a day in the course
of development. This ore comes from
the drift on the sixth level which is
being driven south distance of 600
feet. For the underground tramming,
mules are being used.
At the Zenith, Major Burt is work.
ing crew of 70 men, the larger part
of the work being development work
on the 18th level although a crew is
also engaged in breaking ore on the
5th level. This is the only level from
which any ore is being hoisted with
the exception of a few cars which
necessarily comes to the surface from
the development work on the 18th.
THE surface around the mine has been
considerably improved. all the old
rock piles being leveled and stockpile
room made. There are about 5000
tons on stock at the Zenith, fair
showing considering there is being no
special effort made to hoist much ore,
the work all running to development.
On section %, Capt. E. j. Gilbert
with fair sized crew is doing con-