The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-01-14
STILL LOOKING FOR GOLD.
TWO Minneapolis Parties Get Min
era1 Contracts from Delhi
Farmers.
They Claim that They will be
Back Soon to Sink
Shaft.

During the past two weeks The GA
zETrE has informed it's readers Of the
fact that couple of gentlemen were
engaged in looking up and down the
Minnesota valley from the farm of
Henry Simondet to the present plant
of the Minnesota Gold Mining Rein
ing Co., and digging away in various
places, taking out large chunks of
rock from the immense rock formation
in the valley, and taking the same to
Minneapolis for assay or other purpos-
es.
The two gentlemen we're b. Swan
son and N. Almquist, giving their
places of residence as Minneapolis.
One of the two purports to be a
miner of extended experience, having
worked in the mines of his native
land, and who, since coming to this
country, according to his own allega-
tions made to property owners in the
valley, located several of the most val
liable mines located in Colorado.
The object of the two gentlemen, ac-
cording to all surface indications, is to
prospect and mine for gold and other
minerals in the Minnesota valley. They
first put in an appearance about a
month ago, when they engaged tenn
porary quarters at the farm house OF
P. H. johnson, near the Delhi bridge
across the Minnesota. They spent
several days here on their first trip
Then they left for Minneapolis, return
ing about week later, getting more
quartz, returning again to the city o1
wealth and money-making aldermen
returning about ten days later, enter
ing into agreements for the purchase
of land. This was last Wednesday
morning. Then they took the st
Louis east bound train for home again
The contracts we're drawn in the
Offices of j. B. Robinson & Co. and J
Fl. Bowers. They are with two farm
ers residing in the valley-Hermar
Moritz aud Henry Simondet, the two
of them owning nearly a section O.
land. The former contract is with
Herman Moritz and wife and Fred
erick Moritz, father OF Herman. The
two gentlemen named above are tht
paties of the second part. By this
contract the Moritzes agree to convey
the northwest quarter of the north
east quarter and the southeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of section II
the southwest quarter of the south
west quarter of section 13, and tht
northwest quarter of the northwes
quarter Of section "a, all in Delh
township, to the parties of the secono
part under certain conditions. Th'
contract for the deed allows Swanson
and Almquist to enter the land ane
dig and prospect for gold and othe
minerals, giving them the right II
sink shafts, tunnel in prospecting, ant
remove and sell the quartz or an,
other minerals found on the premises
In case the two gentlemen desire t
continue the work of prospecting 0
mining, without buying the land, the.
must on Jan. l, 1898, pay the Moritz
es $1OO-in case they want to drol
the contract they must pay them So
an acre for the land they have injuret
for farming purposes through thei
prospecting or otherwise, after whicl
the agreement entered into last Wed
nesday is to be void.
. In case Messrs. Swanson and Aim
quist find sufficient gold or minera
: bearing quartz between JAM |, 1895
and Jan. l, 1899, to warrant them il
continuing their work in looking 70
the yellow or other metals, they are Il
pay the Moritzes the sum of 5000 TO
the privilege of working the lane