The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-12
HOPES OF RICHNESS.
Restless Expectations in the
Region About Superior.
MILWAUKEE, CARNIVAL JULY %
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Madison, July 9.-The Superior and
other papers in northern Wisconsin in
sist ON talking of precious minerals,
and have before me little book put
out by the ''Citizens Copper Commit
tee of West SUPERIOR appointed by
the Commercial club. The book is
compiled by Kirby Thomas, the edi-
tor, who is an expert on mining prop
critics. Douglas county lies close to
the Michigan copper country and the
citations of biologists to prove the
identity of conditions is impressive.
For instance:
''This formation (the Douglas, St.
CrOiX and MinOng ranges is not only
the equivalent of the great copper
bearing terrane of Keweenaw point,
but is directly continuous with it, and
fOrms it's western prOlOngatiOn. IS
Theoretically, therefore, there is little
or no reason for believing that the
igneOus rocks of one district are less
rich in copper than other portions"
Other quotations from the book are:
F"The area of the copper-bearing
formation in Wisconsin is known as
the western Lake Superior copper dis
trict The chief activities until this
year have been confined to Douglas
county Wis. Recently considerable
exploration and development work has
been done in Bayfield,, Washburn, and
Burnett counties. On the Douglas
range is located the Chippewa mine,
the Percival, Fond du Lac, AmnicOn,
Copper Creek, Culligan and several
less developed properties. The st.
CrOix Consolidated Copper Mines
company owns a large acreage cover
ing some of the best locations on the
st CrOiX range. A number of indi-
vidual operators are also developing
on this range. On the MinOng range
the Weyerhauser and Nudge interests
are engaged in development work. The
greater part Of the promising land on
this range is controlled by a Syndi-
cate in which some of the stockhold-
ers of the Calumet and Hecla company
are said to be interested.
THE work during the past two years
in the western Lake Superior district
has been mostly exploratory and with
very satisfactory results. The Chippe-
wa Copper Mining company is now
erecting a stamp mill and will soon
be producing copper and gold. The
promoters of copper mining in Doug
las county have found that it takes
time and money to open a copper mine,
but they are, in fact, exceedingly sat
isfied with the present prospects,"
Much space is given to this last
named mine, which is Incorporated for
$1,5OO,0O0. 1t is located fifteen miles
from Superior. Five shafts from thir-
ty-fve to fifty-fve feet deep had been
sunk through a period of years. The
new company, having more money,
went down 200 feet and then side
ways, on one side for 500 feet There
are half dozen other companies enc
capitalized at $2,500,OO0.
SO much to show the active hope
that northern Wisconsin may develop
something of this sort. If profitable
pickings are fOund-if the mining
ever gets past the capitalization and
prospectus stage into declaring divi-
dends it will cOnvulse the state as
when copper was found in northern
Michigan and iron at Mesaba. | know
some experts who say it is a dream,
but dreams come true. Is it Won
der that the pursuit for buried
wealth is tireless?
The total dividends of the Lake Su-
perior copper mines to the end of 1899,
according to Stevens Copper Hand
book, amounted to $96,933, 100. The
estimated dividends for 1900 are given
as $9,S16,O0O. One hundred dollars
invested in 1893 in Boston and Mon
tana Copper company is now worth
$1,S66; 800 invested in 1896 in Butte
ana Boston copper company is now
worth $4,000; 800 invested in 1880 in
Calumet and Hecla Copper company,
Mich, is now worth $3.50.
Iron Near Lacrosse.
Every few weeks stories come of
finds Ex-MayOr Truelsen of Du-
luth and others think they have found
iron in Wisconsin, across from Winona.
and are securing farm options. And
the Iron Mountain Press tells a new
find on the Marquette range, near the
original Champion mine, from which
ore is taken, 20 per cent iron, with
the vein six feet below the surface
The Champion is the deepest mine in
the United States, the No. shaft hay
ing reached a depth of 1000 feet.
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