The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-09-11
MINING NOTES.

Tommy Walshts famous rabbit
ranch has at last Yielded something
of far more Importance than bun
MES, says the Tower News. 1t Is a
vein of high grade iron ore and from
present indications the deposit Is an
unusually large one. The find was
made near the centre OF large swamp
only short distance southeast OF the
railroad company's water tank at
Tower Junction. Mr.. Walsh has had
a crew of men at work all summer in
clearing up the swamp and a few
weeks ago the brush, which had been
cut and piled, was burned and it was
owing to this that the ore was dis
covered as the fire also burned off con-
siderable moss on the surface and ex-
posed the vein so that Mr.. Walsh,
in following trail which lie had
travelled over for years, came across it.
The vein has already been stripped off
for distance of 125 feet each way
from where the outcropping was
found and at that distance it dips
down about IL feet on either side.
Two years ago holes were put down
with diamond drills within 500 feet
on both sides of the vein and it was
necessary to sink them fully 300 feet
before the ledge WIS reached. The
ore taken out so faris OF very high
grade and Mr.. Walsh, as well as
several experienced mining men who
have viewed it are of the opinion that
the find is an extraordinary good one.
In ali probability drills will soon be
put TO work to determine as far as
possible the extent Of the deposit.
Mr.. Walsh took up the land several
years ago on the strength of the sur
face indications of iron. Considerable
exploration work has been done on it
and the opinion prevails that this is
not the first deposit of ore which has
been found. The description of the
land where the ore was found is the
northwest quarter of section 4, 61-15
and is only about mile east of the
city.
Duncan Graham, proprietor of the
Pioneer hotel at Tower is showing
number of samples of asbestos which
he found a.few miles. from the city.
Mr.. Graham refuses to diyulge the
location of the find Until he deter
mines who owns the property. He
says there is large quantity of it
and it appears to be of an excellent
quality. In one or two previous in
stances asbestos has been found in this
section but never in sufficient guam
titles to pay. There is only one place
in the world where asbestos is found
and it may be possible that Mr.. Ora
ham has struck something even better
than an iron mine.
The assays made of the heralded
find of soft ore near Jasper peak at
SoudaD showed such poor grade that
it will not be worked. However, we
understand that further development
work will be done on the proposition,
M. L. Fay and W. III. Yawkey have
purchased thirty thousand acres of
lend in Alabama for consideration
Of 81, 100000 Mr.. Fay says 100000, 900
tons of iron ore and SOC, 900, 900 tons of
coal have been shown up on the land.
DR.. S. Weideman. of the Wisconsin
state survey, is preparing Monograph
on the Baraboo iron range which will
be issued the coming winter. This is
the work already done
in connection with the Devils lake
region and published by the Wiscon-
sin survey about two years ago, before
the discovery of iron had been made.
The Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron
have awarded a contract to
Winston, Bros. & Dear for stripping
the Iroquois mine at Mountain Iron.
The contract was made through III.
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