The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-28
ARE in need OF MEN
GREAT SCARCITY OF THEM RE-
PORTED IN THE SEINE RIVER
DISTRICT
GOOD WAGES CAN BE GOTTEN


Good Workingmen Are Not Oh
tainable-G0ld Mining Business
Progressing Well, and Different
Properties Are Showing Up Well
Olive and Swede Boy Properties.
DULUTH, Feb. N.-Supt. Flaherty, OF
the Golden Star mine, is at the ST. Lou
is hotel, from Mine Center, Ont Mr.. Fla
herty when seen by the News-Tribune,
said that he was in Duluth for the pur-
pose of purchasing repairs and machin-
cry, and some supplies for the mine, and
for the further purpose OF employing
miners. He expressed himself as very
much discouraged with the trouble he
and all other miners in the Seine river
district were occas;oned by reason of the
scarcity of good, reliable wo-kmen. He
says that he is paying So day, and that
even at that price it is almost impossi-
BILE to get good, reliable help, and that
the Isabelle, Randolph, Crescent, Swede
Boy and Olive mines are all experiencing
the same trouble. He says that there IS
sufficient employment in the country for
a great many men more than are now
there.
Mr. Flaherty says that since he took
charge of the Golden Star he has bent
his efforts to the blocking out of stop
ping ground for future work, and that
he now has sufficient pay ore blocked
out to keep his ten-stamp mill in opera
ton for long time to come. Just before
coming to Duluth he visited the Ran
dolph property, Immediately adjoining
the Golden Star location, and he says
that that property is certainly showing
a very fine quality of ore, and lots of Il;
that the Golden Crescent property is go
ing through and finding fine quartz.
MIR. Flaherty visited the Olive short
time ago, and gave a statement as to
the formation of the different sections. of
the district He says that the Olive
property, as well as the Swede Boy, are
dyke formations in an up.ifted slate, and
that their ore will run, as he is inform
ed it does, an average even of 81 or S.
a ton throughout the dyke, including the
vein matter that they have fine paying
property and big proposition. He says
that he has not visited the Swede Boy
property for some time, but that from
reports coming to the Golden S,ar mine
he understands 1t to be doing well, and
that under the efficient and careful man
agement of Supt Mcleod thorough
test is being made of all the veins, in
Guiding the dyke matter, by the new
stamp mill lately instituted: that the
Foley property has been reopened, and
all the men obtainabfe and available are
at work placing it in a position to be a
producer.
Mr.. Flaherty expressed the hope that
railroad communication with Duluth
would soon be an assured fact, because
Duluth Is the natural market for the dis
trict. AS to the information that it is
deemed very probable that either the
Great Northern or Iron Range roads will
make connection with TIE Ontario &
Rainy River railroad at Mine Center or
Koochiching, he said that such move
would do more for Duluth and the dis
trict at large than any other one thing
that could happen.
Mr.. Flaherty is of the opinion that,
outside of the gold mining business, tn
| Seine river district is rich in iron, and
expressed the opinion that the day is
not far distant when 1t will cut a con-
siderable figure in iron production, pro-
vided only that railroad communication
is available.
The iron formation, he said is con-
sidered to be of high commercial value,
and on two properties near Bad Vermil-
lion lake fine iron ore is said to have
been found which was high enough in
metallic iron and low enough In titanicim
and phosphorus to be Bessemer ore