The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-03
RICH RAINY LAKE COUNTRY.
M. C. FRENCH, OF NINE CENTER,
TALKS ABOUT IT'S AURIFER-
Gus QUALITIES.
U. S. MINING LAWS ARE NEEDED.
Until They Are Applied to Mime
sofia, Americans Prefer to Go
Over Into Ontario.

| be so mUCn 10 ldNOE Tic pIOSpSCliLS VI
the Canadian gold fields as compared
with the investigation of the riches OF
the American fields in contiguous ter
~ritory," said M. G. French, of Mine
Center. Ont, who came out of the
Rainy lake gold region yesterday
morning and registered at the Mer-
chants He was commenting on the
disadvantages under which the Amert-
can miner has been obliged to labor in
both the Klondike country and In the
Rainy lake fields. 1t seems that in
the rich country in Northern Mime
sofa there is very little chance for de-
velopment because the mining laws do
not apply, and the American citizen
who is looking for an opportunity TO
accumulate a few sacks Of the
auriferous is obliged to cross the line
and do as the Canucks do to get pos
session of any wealth. And Mr.. French
seems by nc les cast down on &C
count of the Klondike fever He says
that it has stimulated interest in gold
prospecting everywhere, II the
northern part of this state and the
Lake of the Woods country is already
feeling it in the advancement of values
i'll gold bearing properties.
What we need to develop the rich
es of Northern Minnesota" continued
Mr.. French, lis the application of the
mining laws of the United States to
the Rainy Lake country. AS things are
now a man has to perjure himself TO
get hold of a piece of the public do
main or scrip his holdings. Now there
is no particular objection to lying &C
cording to the lights of most people but
there are those who had rather go over
into Canada and get away from the
necessity of perjury. Over there one
can buy what land is needed for the
sum of $3.50 per acre and get a title.
On this side one can neither homestead
nor buy, and there is little use of pros
pecting for gold if some other fellow
is going to come and camp with You
when you make a strike. At present
the development is largely on the Can
adam side. and it is being brought
about by American capital. There are
a number of paying properties on this
side and if the proposition that will be
put before congress to apply the mia
ing laws to Northern Minnesota goes
through at the next session, l honest
ly believe that the Klondike excite
ment will give way to the discoveries
in this very state. The work of the
past year has enormously developed
thai country in spite of the depression
and the lack of speculative money. In
the Seine river country, just across
the border, three new properties have
been developed lately, and their riches
are demonstrated in the phenomenal
showing made by one of them-the
Foley-Which cleaned up some $36, 900
since the beginning of April. The "A.
D.. 2" and the Preston are two other
bullion producers, and they are turn
ing out big returns, though | am not
advised as to figures. Iii the Lake OF
the Woods country there is one mine
whose output is really unprecedented.
The Mikado has been operated with
twenty stamps during the month of
August, and cleaned up $50, 900, which
is certainly a remarkable showing. The
Sultana is located near Rat Portage,
and there has been a ten-stamp mill
working there to such good effect that
two millions nave been offered for the
property. That would argue plenty of
wealth. wouldn't it? There will be
about twenty-five mills in operation in
that country by the first of the year,
and if the gold should come out this
way you would not hear much of the
KlOndike.
1.-THE Canadians have all the best of
it in the development, and they do not
talk as much about what they get out
as we would on this side, otherwise
the Northwest would be afire with the
excitement now. On the American
side there are a humble of paying
properties being operated and there is
plenty of evidence of deposits of the
precious metal, but nothing will be
lone on a large scale until the pros
pector can go in there and be sure he
will be protected in his finds. In the
Manitou district there are a number
of ST. Paul people interested, and
among them B. H. Evans, of Schune-
mar & Evans, NJ. F. Fitzgerald, C. w.
Turner and a numbe of others, and
they are all in a fair way to make q
barrel Of money. They know enough
about the country to be quite certain
hi there is plenty of available wealth
and some of them have large holdings.
cit seems to me that if the state at
large would give some attention to Sc
curing the application of the mining
laws to the mining country the pub
lie wealth would be added to
a boon to the The
matter of transportation into the
country is no longer a problem and
the gold region on the American side
is reached easily enough now. And
after what we hear of the manner OF
getting into the Klondike why one
might feel that it was merely a pleas
ure trip to go into the Rainy Lake
country. even under the conditions
that prevailed REGARDING t~ransporta-
ton ten years ago"
A party of forty-seven tourists, the Raw
mond- Whitcomb excursion. will arrive in st.
Paul this morning from the East, on the way
to %llowsto park and the coast. The
tourists will spend the day in the city
registering at the Ryan.
G. w. Armour and C. NJ. Bey. owning
large packing interests in Kansas City,
registered at the Ryan yesterday.
Senator Henry Keller, of Sank Center, and
Senator O.. ]. Wing, of Kenyon, were at the
Merchants yesterday.
R. Norrish, of Ortonville, is stopping at
the Merchants
Harold streeter, a banker, of Larimore, n.
D.. is a Merchants guest.
c. S. Benson, of st. Cloud, is at the Mer-
chants
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Koop, of Brainerd, are
at the Ryan.
Two Duluthites. F. E. Searle and H. NJ.
Peyton, registered at the Ryan yesterday.
4 H. P. Hubbell. of Winona, is a Ryan guest.
W. H. Yale, of Winona, is stopping at the
Ryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parker, of Appleton,
are registered at the Clarendon.
F. c. Hawley, of Faribault, is a guest of
the Clarendon.
James McHale. of shakopee, registered at
the Clarendon yesterday.
F. G. Perry, of Winona, is a Windsor guest.
w. H. Evans. of Lakefeld, is stopping at
the Windsor.