The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11

~ 40 HApcCtSU ~ I've 0rS1t
Factor I'm Developing the Already
Rapidly Increasing Product From
the Rainy and Seine River Min :
Ing Regions-M. G. French Is In
| St. Paul. Si@
| M. c. French, formerly a newspaper
man, who has spent several years in the
| Western Ontario goldft1el is at the
Windsor. Mr.. French is now engaged in
mining, and is secretary of the Randolph
Gold Mining company, Which is operat-
ing property adjoining the Golden Star,
which paid $4,000 in dividends in 1899. He
| says: =
1.-The country Is improving rapidly, and
the building of the Ontario & Rainy Riv-
er railway, which is now in progress, will
| open up a wide area of mineral agri-
cultural and timber resources. 1t goes
| through the heart Of the Seine river gold
district where there are already several
paying mines in operation.
| Few people have any conception what
ever Of the area Of the mineral lands of
Western Ontario. From a few miles
east of Winnipeg the mineral belt extends
| may be found gold, silver, iron, copper,
| nickel and, other valuable minerals The
three first named havesalready been found
! in paying quantities In, the western por-
| ton, while explorations have shown up
| copper and nickel in large quantities.
The great nickel properties of the world
are in this district, still farther east in
the province of Ontario. However, it is
the portion of Western Ontario which
surrounds Port Arthur and west which
has attracted the greatest interest the
past few years. and sufficient to bring
into that section a large amount Of Amer
lean English and Canadian capital.
.Tt has been only about five or six years
that gold mining has attracted any con-.
siderable amount of capital, and that at
first from class who could not under
stand that 1t took not only capital, but
experience, to make mines in any sec
ton.
1.-THE first money to go into Western On
tario was from men who never saw a
gold mine or a gold prospect, and in de-
veloping the various properties exercised
as little business judgment as might be
expected from a four-year-old child in
charge of a wholesale glassware store.
Not one case of tenderfoot mining, but
dozens of them. The first effort in the
Rainy Lake section was the erection OF
five-stamp mill three-fourths of a mile
from the mine, across a body of water,
for the purpose of booming Rainy Lake
City. In consequence of erecting this
stamp mill before shaft had been sunk
fifty feet, and in the place4i it was erected,
the Little American was bound to be
failure Experts who. have examined the
property still insist that in spite of the
foolish attempts which have been made
to make a mine the Little American is
good gold prospect and worth spending
money on to open 1t up. Another attempt,
coincident with the erection of the Little
American mill, was the erection of ten
stamp mill on a property which had only
a fifty-foot shaft sunk on it, and from
which only three assays Of ore had been
obtained. Still another was the erection
Of a fiUe-stamp mill on a property which
had only two small shafts sunk, and
this mill was erected by the, mine, and
when they were ready to start the mill
there was no water to operate 1t with.
These foolish attempts. followed timex
and fast.
"a property In sthesseine river gold
district. which cost It's owners $500, 00Q, has.
not more than $4,000 worth of intelligent
work sacconplis hed During the past elgh-
teen months more intelligent work mas
been done throughout the entire Western
Ontario country, and the results OBTAIN
ed are sufficient to attract the attention
of experienced mining men from all parts
of the world. The people who. are now
putting their money into that country are
not all professional boomers, but many OF
them practical mining men, not only from
the American side, but from South Africa
and England. c.a,sf, IFS
Eat least four English syndicates have
taken over prominent properties, recon-
mended by South African experts. These
are the Sultana, Foley, Scramble and
Sturgeon Falls properties. One of these
experts, in concluding his report, com
pared the Foley to many. of the free mill
ing properties Of the WitWa tersrand OF
South Africa, and said Western Ontario
offered greater Inducements to capftal
than British Columbia and many West
ern mining camps that olhe had looked
over. $500 49, @..sze,
1T is the large low grade. propositions
that attract attention, and there are
many Of them in WesteThn Ontario. Large
bodies of ore, low grade values, large
capital and the utilization of the many
water powers will make the Western On;
tario gold fields famous. Among the
number might be mentioned the. Sultana
and Scramble Of the Lake Of the Woods
and the Foley, Alice Al and Olive Of the.
Seine river district andcthe Hammond
Reef in the Sawbill bdofnot mean to in
fer that Western Ontario has no high
grade mining propositions. but, on the
contrary, 1t has some very good ones.
The Mikado, owned by snf English syndi-
cate. can show the best record in the
Lake of the Woods district; while the
Golden Star, in the Seine river district.
paid $4,000 in dividendsthe first year of
its operation, besides buying additional
land and doing considerable exploraS ton
work The Golden Star, represented only
an expenditure of $50, 05S.20, including the
cost of the property, which was $4,000.
The property more than paid for its
development work and the erection OF
machinery the first year of its operation.
The Golden Star could have been made
to pay even more had its management
30 desired, but they have started out on
a systematic plan OF not only bearing
( the stock, but of future development OF
the mine on larger scale. -
There are scores Of others. In that
same location which give equal promise.
Among the number might be mentioned
the Manhattan, Golden Crescent, Lucky
Coon, Isabella and Randolph. The two
last named adjoin the Golden Star. The
Randolph adjoins 1t enSthe east and the
Isabella on the west. The Randolph is
now at a depth Of nearly 100 feet and has
four-foot vein of very rich quartz. 1t
Is being developed by West Superior and
Montreal capital. 1t has the. same fea-
lures that characterized the Golden Star
development much richer values and:
larger ore bodies 1t tsfmy equipped for
mining, and the management have an
nounced their intention of-erecting ten
stamp mill on the property the coming
summer. Nv NJ
Eyes, there VIII be boom in that coun-
%ry ~, ooroiner Won hound 10 aoroa
The building Of the Ontario & Rainy
River road and the vast amount Of capt.