The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-12-21
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Professor +. ". Taussig. of Harry
ard university faculty, who recently
paid a visit to the mining ranges Of
this county, il greatly impressed
with it. OF his trip over the rauyeS
with Samuel Hill his Harvard class
mate, he said that what he saw had
been a wonderful revelation to him
of the wonderful mineral resources
of Minnesota. Said Professor Taus-
sig:
IL was not exactly ignorant of the
resources of the NeSaba range, for
| had obtained considerable infor-
nation of same by hearsay and by
research enough to write several
articles upon the subject from a
technical standpoint and somewhat
in detail. Still ] was hardly pre-
pared for what | saw. consider
the Ne@a',a range deposits. their
discovery and development. one Of
the most romantic and interesting
episodes in economics since the dis.
covery Of the ColnStock lode in Ne
vada in the COS. 1t will have most
important bearing on the future of
this state and with your other di-
verSiticd industries ought to con
tribute greatly to making this the
future empire state.
| have been profoundly impress
ell with this great state. 1t il only
when a man takes an occasional trip
like this through our big SiSttrhood
that he begins to appreciate the true
greatness Of this republic. 1t is il
matter Of ron@ratulntion to Harry
ard university that so many of her
young men have succeeded in the
battle of life. | find them every
where in this great West occupying
the seats OF professional and COM
merCial power. All Il man seems to
need is Il Harvard Endorsement.
CANADIAN IRON RANGES.
Examinations of iron ore formal
tons and deposits all along the
north shore of Lake Superior west
ward from the \ipiGon and one hun
dred miles westerly from Fort Will
liam were made the past summer by
experts under the direction of one
OF the great mining companies in
the Minnesota and Michigan fields.
The results have not been salts
factory and the rejudicc existing
against Canadian ores lying west Of
the \ipiSon is not likely to be re-
moved by the work done. Large
beds Of ore along the line of the Ca
madam road running west from,
Lake Superior, that were expected
to furnish large tonnage for the
road, are found to be Of little value
at least for the present. Exa,nina
ton Of these ores has been made b>
a diamond drill, working under til,
direction Of the Ontario govern
ment. The ore is much mixed with
Jasper. Other large ore fields il,
the same general section are found
to be titanifero'1s to a large degree
and others are of a magnetic that
is undesira bic
Of course there are deposits in the
region that are excellent. notably
the Atikokan, and this should not
be taken az applying to the whole
vast region mentioned. It il too
great and has been too little expl0r-
ed for any man to say what there il
there, but 80 far the Developments
are not of the best 1t is now claim,
ed ore has been found Just east OF
Nipig on lake that is of an excellent
grade. and explorations by experts
will be made at once. Still farther
cast are the ores OF the new NiChip
iCotcn range, which do not come
into this category and are proving
themselves good.