The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
MINNESOTA
iron ORE FROM
CROW WING FIELD
ORIGINAL CONCERN IN THE RE-
4 GIoN HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING.
Million Tons of Low Grade Ore Said by
President Adams to- Have Been
Shown Up-Result Of Explorations of
Pickands & Mather and Other Pros
pectors.

Special to The Journal.
Brainerd, Minn April 1.-THE Orchards COM
pany of Duluth was the original concern doing
iron ore exploration in the Deerwood region.
east Of here and along the main line of the
Northern Pacific road. and 1t has just held
special meeting at Duluth at which report of
the years work was read by the president,
Cuyler Adams
This report stated that since the annual meet
ing In 1904 additional exploration was made
on the company's lands on section 16. township
&C. range %, Grow Wing county, and at least
1000. 900 tons of low-grade ores can IN the
opinion Of the president. be said to be shown
up there. This ore averages about AZ per cent
iron. with some assays running up to 90 and bS.
On the Marriott property. to the southwest
of section 49, a body of ore at least 100 feet
wide has been shown up. This ore is very hard
ticable to drill it with the Davis calyx drill
that the company had been able to use else
where. SO far as shown up. this ore body
assayed about so per cent. Adjoining the Mar
riot lies the Rasch which has not been drilled,
but persons who have worked on the other side
of the Rasch have shown body OF ore that
is said to average about 81 per cent. me pres,
ident concludes that ''unquest1onably the ore
extends under the Rasch.' -
In another locality the company's lands
explorations have shown a body or ore at ieasC
125 feet wide and at least 100 feet deep
holes at that depth being bottomed in ore. This
contains, as far as shown, about l,OOo,OOO tons,
Il large part of which would average IN com
bired units of iron and manganese from 81 to
with the manganese averaging over largo
part of the property as high as Is per cent
On private properties in the southwestern part
of this new range explorations have shown ores
at some points.
7 In the case of Pickands. Mather & Co. there
have been showings of ore running up TO %
per cent for depth of 125 feet, OF which sixty
feet was about SO per cent. and in another hole
where the drill has just cut ore the indications
are still better. Explorations by another pri'
vate interest have not yet made any very favor
able showings. The statement concludes that
''this is ali that can be reported up to the
! present time on the lands of the company. which
cover about $50 acres It was decided to offer
for sale to the highest bidder among the stock
holders certain amount of its shares in order
to pay OF some outstanding Indebtedness and
to continue exploration Of favorably located
lands. Mr.. Adams was continued as president.
The so-called Deerwood range was discovered
| by Mr. Adams and he has been very enthusiast
| tic over it for some years Indications by the
| dip needle. carried~on by him. indicated that
attraction exists running thru Grow Wing county
with a strike Of northeast and southwest for
about eighteen miles. This commences in sec
ton 10. township 46, range q, about two miles
east from the village Of Deerwood and mile
south Of the Northern Pacific railway, ana con-
| tinues parallel to that road to point IN sec
ton 81. township As, range 20. about a mile
southeast of this place. Near the east end OF
| this course the work mentioned above has been
! carried forward the past two years.
| In section 36. township AZ. range -, ore mas
| been cut and the formation eAposeu' anu st,i'
| further to the southwest there are other work
| ings that indicate the continuity of the forna
ton In sections a. 8, o and 10, township As,
1 range %, there are strong indications and some
ore has been shown at various places. The
characteristics Of the region are low-grade
ore, non-bessemer but it may exist in some
T. considerable quantity.
T. II seems that the new range. If such it may
be called is more nearly like the GogeDlc thaI
| to any other in the lake region. 1t has diI
somewhat similar. tho sleeper and pitches tt
| the north. That it Is not correlated to tn
| Mesaba there seems no doubt. Some examlna
+ions of tha district have been made on behal1
| Of the government and a report covering the
! results Of this work will be published. "a