Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-14
REGARDING RICH FINDS
IN WAWA LAKE DISTRICT
Near Michipicoten-. Additional Informa-
ton that Comes to the
News-Record.

As was to be expected the an
nouncement OF new gold discover
les in the Michiplcoteu district, the
ore carrying yeilo Y m -tal of tabu
lous richness, and the formation of
a new company of local people 10
work the new claims, caused no
little excitement In both Soos,
when the information was made
public yesterday throu n the me
dirm of the News. Record.
In talk last 'ght with some OF
the officers of the new company,
and with a man who has spent
considerable time on both the
Grace and the Mariposa properties
they all said that the tale as told
by the News Record has not been
the least exaggerated. mo one
has ever doubted" said the gentle
man referred to that gold bear
quartz existed In the Wawa coun-
try In paying quantities, miles and
lies of 1t. But 1t Is a little strange
that of all the exploiting that was
done there FIVE years ago, the
mother vein was not uncovered.
Yet stranger things have happened
In other mining districts. Within
the past year have been over all
this property very carefully. l as
sisted In stripping the Mariposa
vein for distance of three quarters
of mile and there Is plenty of ore
there that will 60 $4,000 to the
ton instead of So 600, as was stated
by the News-Record yesterday. I
will tell you another thing that /
assure you Is not generally known,
and 1t probably would not have
been had not your paper dug out
yesteroa"'s big story, and that is,
that very recently, fifty FIVE tons of
rock were shipped from the dis
trict, that brought $50 900.
The Company that has just come
into possession of the valuable
Mariposa property. spent several
months conducting their rvestiga
lions and securing the claims they
desired to acquire. The main vein
is eight feet wide and has been
stripped for a distance of three
quarters of a mile. It has been
traced two miles and the showing
for the entire distance Is very rich.
Three parallel veins have b.en I'M
covered, one of which has been
stripped for a mile, forming a juno
ton with the larger or Mariposa
vein proper and these also carry
verv rich ore.
Bob" Green, who will have the
management of the work at the
mines, said to the News-Record
this morning that In all the pros
pecting that has been done, the
company has yet to mortar Its first
pan of rock that has not shown a
good streak of the metal. Dave
Brown, who has also put in a great
deal of work on the property, says
1t Is rich beyond Its fondest dreams
Plenty of capital Is In the hands
of the company for development
work and they propose to keep the
good things all to themselves. Con
gresham Sheldon Is now In Chica-
go arranging for the purchase of
the necessary machinery to inaug-
urate the work of milling on an ex
tensive scale. He Is expecte here
in few days, when several mem
bers of the company will make a
trip to the property.
On one of the colored supple
ment pages of today's News Record
will be found a map which shows
the Wawn district and the location
of the Mariposa and grace proper.
ties. As stated yesterday a tug or
other small craft can land within
six miles of the property and from
the landing place there Is a good
road to the mines over which a
bicycle can be easily ridden.
So quietly has work been pro
crossing in the district the past
year or two that Is not generally
known within radius of FIVE miles
there are now or soon will be, four
stamp mills In operation The
largest of these Is Is on the Grace
property. where a twenty stamp
mill has been provided for. The
next largest Is the ten stamp mill
for the Macmillan mine, the ma
,hlnery for which was towed mp
this week by Capt. Ganley. -Sault
News Record.