The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-09-09
SEINE RIVER MINES.
DR.. Barrows Tells What He
Found There.

Found There. J
In my visits to the mines Of the Seine
river district I have had the good FOR
tune to be "personaly conducted" by
, John l.. Morrison of Duluth whose famil-
, iarity with the mining properties of West
ern Ontario has made him a recognized
| authority, and has created a growing de-
| mand for his contributions to the press.
Mr.. Morrison's method of news gather
ing commends itself thoroughly to all
that know how difficult it is to get at the
actual hcts, especially subterranean
facts. There is the sedentary news col
!, lector who locates at the hotel and spends
most of his time holding down an easy
| chair waiting for the news to float in his
| direction and interviewing Tom, Dick
and Harry between drinks; in this way
| he gets some news ani lots of fairy tales,
and it all goes. Mr.. Morrison, on the con-
| trary, canvasses for his facts. He is a
good traveller and never hestates at any
| kind of a trip, on fool Or by canoe. He
| has seen all the properties of which he
! camps. He visits the Seine river often
enough to keep track of what is going on.
| We made a trip to the Alice A mine
| in company with Mr.. W. T. McNair Of
| Manistique. We padded in a canoe, with
| the assistance of a fair wind and a sail,
| to the trail, which begins about eight
miles up the river from Mine Centre.
| Then We walked three miles to the mine.
It Is only a short distance south of the
Little Turtle river. The improvements on
| this property have a substantial air, and
everything about the camp looks perma-
| nent The office, sleeping quarters and
dining room are well built and we'll kept.
| Several acres of land have been cleared
and the work is steadily pushed along.
There is a good ice house and a warm
stable. On the Little Turtle river is the
saw mill with a capacity of 5000 feet a
day, and a two-stamp test mill. Shaft
No. 2 has been sunk to a depth of about
100 feet. The ore zone here is a mixture
of schistose quartz and water quartz,
with the remarkable breadth Of from 500
to 1000 feet. Mill tests Of this ore give
value of 50 per ton, free gold. There
is heavy yield of gold and by-products
in the concentrators, which, according to
the analysis OF Johnson, Matthary & Co.,
metallurgists Of the Bank of England,
will pay all the expenses of mining and
milling the ore, and a small profit, adj
ditional. The shaft is equipped with a
steam hoist and air compressor. =. =
| Colonel ]. s. Hillyer Of West Superior,
has consummated a deal by which this
property will soon pass into the hands of
II ,.io Fi.,:,,
IT, unexpected that the company viii in
stall 100 standard American stamps with
such an immense ore body extending the
length of the SO-acre tract, the supply of
metal seems almost limitless.
| The Emma Abbott, location K 215
joins the Alice A ON the east>and is of the
same general character, with a somewhat
larger proportion of white quartz. The
first series of stock is all sold and the
preliminary development of the property
will soon begin.
West of the Alice A is the Gold Bug
property of 80 acres, on which Mr.. J. s.
Campbell Of Duluth is engaged In pros
pecting. Tests of the ore with the huge
Alice A mill, when erected, undoubtedly
can be arranged for, and thus save the
expense of putting in stamp, mill until
the company has large treasury reserve
and knows just what kind of a milling
plant is needed.
A canoe journey of few miles down
the Little Turtle river brought us to the
head of Little Turtle lake, where we
struck the government road leading south
to Bad Vermilion lake and Mine Centre.
On the south shore of Bad VermiQion
| lake is the Golden Star mine, the best
developed and most successful property
thus far of the whole district. Here we
found on the lake shore aten stamp mill,
air compressor and electric plant in active
| operation at the shaft, steam hoist and
! a set of new ore bins. The ore is carried
to the mill by an aerial tram about 2,7OO
| feet in length.
The new mana cement is taking hold of
! the work in an encouraging way. Under
| the old regime the mine was robbed
| of its richest ore, and it will take some
| time to get the inside into proper shape.
They are now putting in an additional
| hoist, two new drills and a sinking pump.
The main shaft Is down nearly 400 feet.
On the fifth level they are drifting north
in a six-foot vein which maintains a
| good value. South of the main shaft 81
feet they are sinking a test pit into an
offshoot of the main vein measuring ten
| inches wide at the surface. At depth of
| 16 feet the vein is "a inches wide, at 20
feet it is "a inches on one side and some
what less on the other. Ore from this
vein assays SIS to $50 ton.
The May output of the Golden Star
was nearly $4,000 bullion, the June out
put $4,000 Which is supposed to be ex-
ceeded by several thousands by the out
| put for July.
The property includes sawmill on the
! lake and steam tug and barges for the
! conveying of timber and w..od,
Next to the Golden Star is the Randolph
property, owned by a company of West
| Superior and Duluth men. They have a
shaft about 65 feet deep, we'll timbered
! a shaft house, steam pump and hoist, a
blacksmith shop and good boarding
camps. The vein in the shaft is narrow
but the country rock Of the ore wall con-
tains quartz and sulphides, and gives good
assays, considering its character. At g.
| feet the company will cross-cut to the
| south in search of new veins or a blind
ore body. The rock formal tons of this
/ area are considerably disturbed, and while