The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-13
MINING MEN In TOWN
SEINE RIVER GOLD DISTRICT Is
SLOWLY FORGING TO THE
FRONT
FORMED A CHAMBER OF MINES
Three Dollars 81 Day Offered for
Practical Men Who Understand
the business of
Mining.

T. ii. Gilmour, of Rat Portage, who Is
now IN the city, was seen by the G O b e
yesterday in reference to mining matters
III western Ontario He states that
chamber OF mines for Central Canada has
| Just been formed, as result of nego Ia
tons in that direction which have been
under way for the last four months 1t
| is considered that the formation of this
chamber of mines is the most important
thing that has happened in connection
with the gold fields of Western Ontario.
| The membership is limited to 100, the fee
| for each member being $780, The fund
thus obtained will form the nucleus Of
| the necessary expenditure for the collec-
ton and dissemination of absolutely C r.
rect information. There are already eigh-
| ty members, and many applications are
under consideration. The honorary EST
| dents are: The Hon. Hugh j. Macdonald,
premier of Manitoba, and the Hon. d.
| w. Ross premier of the province Of On
tario. The president is Mr.. F. w. Stob-
bart, president of the Winnipeg Board Of
Trade, and the secretary is Mr.. F. III.
Malcolm, who has lived Nin johannesburg
for the last nine years, and who, through
his residence in Winnipeg during the last
few months, has brought about this or
ganization
Among the committee of management
are the Hon. George A. Cox, PR sident Of
the Canadian Bank of Comm cree; j. B.
Monk, manager of the Bank of Ottawa,
at Winnipeg; c. A. Kennedy, manager of
the Bank of Nova Scotia; Osler, Ham
mond Nanten, financial agents Of
Toronto and Winnipeg; r. H. Agur, man
ager of the Massey Harris Manufacturing
company; II. III. Beck, managing director
of the Manitoba Assurance company; AL
loway & Champion, private bankers,
Winnipeg; M. Aldus, land commissioner
of The Hudson's Bay company; Robert
Rodgers, manager of the Bullion Gold
Mining company; d. G. Cameron man
ager of the Rat Portage Lumber COM
pany; John A. McRae and n. w. Ken
nedy, timber merchants. r. A. Mather,
manager keewatin Lumber company; I.
III. GilmOur, O. c., of Rat Portage; w. A
Weir and F. r. Goodwin, manager of the
Bank of Ottawa, at Rat Portage; F. w.
Drewry,, of DreWry's brewery, Winnipeg,
and large number of other financial men
and bankers.
This organization is based on the same
lines as the chamber of mines of the
South African republic, which has had
greater influence than anything else in
inducing the great flow of capital from all
over the world to the gold mines of the
Transvaal. The purpose of this chamber
of mines is to advance and protect the
mining interests OF Western Canada by
the collection, compilation and circula-
ton of absolutely correct statistics and
information, SO that any statements made
which are sanctioned by it will be ac-
cepted as reliable, and on the same princi-
pie as information is given by boards of
trade and chambers of commerce.
Mr.. Glmour adds that there is more
actual work now in progress in Western
Ontario than ever before, and while the
actual bullion product for the year 1899
was double that Of the year 1893, 1t is a
conservative estimate to expect that the
bullion production for the current year
will exceed $1,000,O00 as several large
stamp mills are now in course of con-
struction, and others which have been de-
cided upon will be-in operation before
next autumn.
Maj. A. w. B. Whitley, G. e. and M.
E.. of Mine Center, is al the Ryan, on his
return from Winnipeg, where he has been
reporting the progress of several mining
| properties which are being operated by
the Rainy River Development company
with English capital under his charge.
Said he:
'"The Seine River gold district is slow
ly but surely coming to the front I
could mention fifty properties that are
showing up extra well, and there are a,
few that will be hard to beat in any
gold country. Amongst the most promi-
nent at present are the Randolph Golden
Star, Olive, Swede Boy and Golden Cres-
cent. SDeakiN; of the Randolph it is
simply a wonder; the best assays | have
ever seen taken from any property with
a vein Z feet wide at the depth of 10
feet, / took from the Randolph about two
weeks ago The average assay Of Of the
ton, and the north side $685. I also
found three other veins on this property
carrying just as good values as the one
they are working on, and my opinion is
that these veins will eventually come to-
gether at a certain depth. The Ran
dolph also has the famous Golden Star
vein. This property paid $4,000 in diVi-
dends the first six months that 1t was OPP
Grated besides paying he original price
of the property. all development work
and machinery for the production OF
bullion
1.-The Golden Star shaft is now at the
depth of $50 feet, with over 5000 feet Of
Gent blocked out to keep. the present
stamp mill running for a long time. I
understand the management intends to
| increase the stamping capacity as soon
! as navigation opens.
"The Olive, which Is only short dis
| tance from the Golden Star and Ran
! dOlpn, started TWO years ago with only
! two stamps, and is now operating TWEEN
! ty-fiVe. The management of the Olive ex-
! perimented with a diamond drill all last
/ summer and were so thoroughly salts
! fed with the results Obtained, that they
| have concluded to purchase rs stamps
more, making 100 stamps in all.
Il L. May, of this city, is interested
with the Rainy River Development COM
| pany. This last summer l gave two con-
! tracts for sinking shafts to the depth of
! 10O feet on the Hidden Treasure and
| May Flower two of the many proper
/ ties owned by this syndicate. The con-
tractor has Just completed his work to
my entire satisfaction, and we intend to
continue work this spring on the May
! Flower. This property IS showing up
| exceedingly well, and there is no doubt
about the property becoming a bullion
producer,
| 81 have just ordered steam-hoisting
machinery which will be shipped at
once"
| Maj Whitley, although a cool and con-
| sentative mining man, is very enthusi-
astic about Seine River. The major also
states that good miners are very scarce
and hard to get: the superintendent are
willing to give as high as So per day for
practical miners. However, the com
| panies expect to get over this difficulty
when the new railroad is completed which
| will be this year. This road crosses ms
of the aforementioned properties
Discharged the Prisoner.