The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

trict-SOme of Them Actively De-
veIOping Mines.
Marked progress is being made in the
Western Ontario gold fields. The de.
velopment for 1899 undoubtedly will
amount to more than that of the five
previous years combined. Right now
bullion is being produced at the rate OF
81, 600, 900 year and the beginning of 1900
will see enough new stamp mills installed
to greatly increase that amount.
The production OF bullion in 1898 was
1915 ounces, valued at $271, 9O6 In 1897
the output was LAP ounces, valued at
$190,244; 1896, 7,154 ounces, worth $121, S4S.
In 1895 only 3,038 ounces, values at $50,7S1.
were produced. In 1894, the output was
worth only $S2, 1866 Thus you see the in
crease has been sure and steady.
The Rainy River district occupies re-.
gion half as large as the state of Iowa.
The gold-bearing area begins at the
United States boundary and has been
prospected north to the Canadian Pacific
railway track, and even beyond. 1t ex,
tends from the Manitoba boundary on
the west nearly to Lake Superior on the
east.
In that area there are several well de-
fined mining districts or groups. Rat
Portage is headquarters for the Lake OF
the Woods region. The rich Manitou lake
group is reached from Wabigoon on the
Canadian Pacific. Port Arthur is the
headquarters for the Sawbill and She
bandowan lake districts.
American ipto-aCtc aro nj in oil
the districts, but strongest in the Seine
river district, of which Mine Centre Is
the headquarters The first bullion was
turned out there two years ago, but
steady production did not begin until last
December, when the Golden Star mine
started up. Since then monthly dividends
of l per cent on a capitalization of
81, 000, 900 have been paid. The May clean
up from ten stamps gave $4,000 in free
gold, to say nothing of the concern
trates.
The Olive mine has ten stamps and the
ore runs from $40 to $50 in free gold per
ton. With two stamps enough gold was
produced the first two years the property
was operated to pay fve-sixths of all
expenses. A ten-stamp mill was lately
added and the wide ore body is being
| explored with a diamond drill.
The Alice A mine has lately been sold
9SOO,0OO. The deal was made by Col. j. S.
Hillyer, of West Superior. A working
capital of $15O,000 is in the treasury, and a
reduction plant with over 100-stamp ca
pacity will be installed this fall. The
Alice ore body is from 500 to 1000 feet
wide, and mill tests showed SO per ton
in free gold, aside from rich concentrates
The Gold Bug and Emma Abbott proper
ties are extensions of this dixie, and will
be developed on a large scale at once.
The Lucky Coon mine has five stamps
and development work Is going on rap
idly. A recent mill run from Vein No. 8
gave $50 per ton in free gold. A 20-stamp
mill will go in as soon as development
permits.
The Foley mine, which produced IS, 900
in bullion with twenty stamps in the
spring Of 1897, but which shut down a
year ago, has just been sold to an En-
glish company. The old company re-
ceived $4,000 in cash and 1854, 900 in stock
Operations will soon be resumed.
A. c. -Clausen, Of st. Paul and Frank
| lin Paine, of Duluth, are developing a
property on Bad Vermillion lake. Otto
Taubert, of st. Paul Also is working the
Fighting Chance mine, near Mine Cen
ter
The Mutual Gold Development COM
pany, limited, of which Judge c. L.
Lewis, of the supreme court, is president,
Will develop group Of eighteen proper
| ties.
A rich strike recently was made on the
! Swede Boys, and development machinery
has been installed on both the Randolph
and Golden Crescent mines. The Decca.
! adjoining the Lucky Coon, has a steam
! hoist and air drills at work, and will in
stall 10-stamp mill next winter. The
Independence mine, near Sturgeon Falls,
! owned by Sparta, Wis, capitalists, will
| resume work soon, after shutdown of
! some months
Many English experts and capitalists
are looking over the district Dr. L, N.
| Wood, representing L. T. Letter, of Chi
cago, is now at Mine Center. repre-
sentative of Capt. de la Mar is also look
| ing up the merits of the district There
is no boom and no rush, but healthy
activity is bound to increase month by
month