The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-27

developing is being done on the property
| at the present time, but when enough
extracted ore has accumulated to war
| rant, stamp mill will be erected and the
| mine be operated to its fullest capacity.
ADVANTAGES OF SITE.
| The reasons why it is claimed that tho
Lake of the Woods gold mines will prove
! the richest producing properties of a like
nature in the world are many. Foremost
is the cheap cost of production, compared
with the values of the ore, which is posi-
bic because of the many natural resources
Of the district favorable to mining. The
gold throughout the country Is all i'm
bedded in free milling ore. The chief re-
quirementS necessary to work this kind
Of ore are water and fuel These abound
almost without limitation So far as the
water Is concerned, there is an mex
haustible supply within easy reach of ev
cry mine, and each property in it's virgin
state is heavily covered with timber, 50
that fuel in every case is furnished with
the original purchase price of a mine.
When the wood on a particular property
has been exhausted, ample supplies can
be secured from the neighbGring coun-
try, which is heavily wooded throughout.
At the Mikado mine the timber has all
been cut, but wood is secured near at
hand al such reasonable cost that the
cost of mining and milling does not ex-
| coed IS per ton Then, too, the mines arc
so situated that the transportation Of
supplies, machinery and other commodi-
ties by way of the lake is reasonably in
expensive. Besides these advantages, it
is not unlikely that, at no distant future,
the mines in the Lake of the Woods dis
trict will be operated by electricity To
this end the Keewatin Power company
has constructed large dam in the Win
ntpeg river, at the northern outlet Of the
lake, by which it produces a 40000-horse
power in electricity. This power can read
lily be conveyed to mines within twenty
five miles of the dam at a comparatively
small cost, when it becomes too eXpen-
sive to operate the mines with steam.
CANADA VS.. AFRICA.
A comparison between the mines of Cen
trail Canada and the Rainy Lake districts
with those of South Africa gives a com
prehensive idea of the value Of the Cana
dian and American gold mines The
mines of the Transvaal and Of the Lake
! of the Woods and Rainy Lake distIic s
are of the same class, producing alike
| what is known as low grade, free mill
Ing ore. The average run Of ore in the
South African mines is a tribe under Sc
a ton, over the plates. In the Lake Of
| the Woods mines the run is rarely lower
| than this, and averages on the propert' es
now operated $14 a ton Such being the
! case, it is readily seen, when the cost
/ of mining in the two districts is consid.
! cred, that the richness of the Lake Of the
| Woods mines far exceeds those of South
Africa. In Africa the mines; are deep.
| averaging $500 feet, and frequently run
| ming to depth of 1000 feet before PAL
| tIcle of gold is secured, while the Lake
! OF the Woods mines give a large profit
! paying product from the moment the first
| pick sinks into the veins cropping out Of
! the surface. Some Of the large outcr1p
| dykes, returning 50 to the ton, can even
| be worked as open Quarries in the Lake
| Of the Woods mines, thus doing away at
! once with the tremendous expense neces-
! sary TO reach paying ore in the African
! mines. Then, in the mines of South At
! RIGA, it costs fortune to alone provide
| water, while in the Lake of the Woods
country an inexhaustible supply of water
| can be obtained with scarcely any ex-
! penditure at all.
! For instance in Africa If is necessary
! to construct two large dams one to gath
| er the water for the mill while the
! other receives the water once used, when
| 1t is pumped back into the first dam
! to be used over again and again. The
| cost of these dams for each mine aver
! ages $500, 900, twice as much for the water
! supply alone as is represented by the
(
mine In Canada, as it stands al present
with all of its equipment Likewise la
Dor Of all kind is much higher in Africa
/ than in the Lake of the Woods mines
! while the cost of supplies is also exorbi-
! tant in the TransVaal compared with
the cost in the Canadian mines In
extent the Lake of the Woods and RAINY
/ Lake mining country greatly exceeds the
i South African mining territory The Jo-
/ hannesburg main reef is about fifty miles
! long by seven miles wide, while in the
! Lake of the Woods district alone the gold
/ district is $50 miles long by $50 miles wide
| showing the Lake of the Woods territory
! to exceed the South African fields seven
/ times in length and more than twenty
one times in width. Yet with all of the
invaluable advantages and resources
millions of dollars have poured into
| South Africa, while through ignorance of
! the great value of the country >scarcely
any capital at all can be diverted to the
! Canadian and United States mines. When
| the truth is realized it is predicted that
the Lake of the Woods mines will leap
/ into a prominence overshadowing the
! gold mining districts of the world
TO ADVERTISE THE MINES.
Believing that the financial world needs
only to be enlightened as to the rich
ness of the Lake OF the Woods gold
mines, the Central Canada chamber of
mines has been organized, with view to
furnishing reliable information regard
ing the condition of the country This
organization is composed of prominent
business and professional men of Winni-
peg, where its headquarters are located,
and has tie commentator of the Domin-
| ion government Through its agency it
is aimed to make known the vast Te-