The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
SOMETHING DOING
Miner May Have Something of
Importance Soon.
News That Will be News Regard.
ing Section 80.

A party of prominent mining men
were in the city several days this
week looking over Section 80. When
asked as to their mission, the reporter
was requested to say nothing as to
the mission. 1t does not take much
discernment on the part of the aver
age reporter. however, to draw con-
illusions and had it not been for the
request to say nothing, the MINER
would in all probability have some re-
juvenating matter to disgorge to the
interested public this week, but as it
is our readers will be content with the
promise of something in the Section
30 matter next week.
In the party were. d. M. Philbin,
A. NJ, Chisholm, Edw. Lynch and
Bert Merritt, of Duluth, M. N. Nc
Donald of Virginia and VIM. Wearne,
of Hibbing and the gentlemen thor
oughly looked over Section 30 and the
work done thereon, taking with them
loads of samples. The shaft had been
cleaned out before their arrival and
everything was in readiness for thor
ough investigation.
The actions of this party of reput-
able mining men looks rather sus-
picious and would indicate that some
thing was in the wind regarding this
valuable property. The fee owners
have maintained the existence of a
large body of ore on 30 and their
claims have been substantiated with
drill reports and tests. From pref
ty reliable scource it has been ascer-
tanned that 1000, 900 tons ofsore have
been shown up on the property. How
far this goes, we are not prepared to
say.
That the Vermilion range, and es-
pecially the district about Ely, is OBJ
jective point Of numerous OF the best
mining men of the state, is without
doubt ikV-- Tie Masahau-has.
nearly exhausted its chances for new
discoveries and mining men are turn
ing their attention elsewhere and this
range holds forth inducements better
than any in the country today.
Vast tracts of land in this immed-
late vicinity show all indications of
iron deposits and had not the Mesaba
"butted" into prominence at the
time it did, would have shown up
producers long ere this. Ore was so
easily and cheaply found on the Me-
saba and tile cost of exploration and
developing on the Vermilion were so
large that the mining men naturally
forgot the older range and turned
their efforts towards a newer field.
They are returning daily and the
near future will see something more
than prospects for this district.
Already considerable amount Of
work is being done on the Vermilion
and the hum of the diamond drill is
heard on every side. There are the
Pine Island and the Roy properties
at Tower, two drills at Robinson lake
the White Iron Lake Iron Co. on Sec
tion 2, the Cyrille Fortier claim, the
Silverman lands on Is and on Eve lake
and several others upon which work
has progressed not forgetting 30 and
the lands adjoining.
Rest assured, all the ore about Ely
is not confined within the lines OF the
Chandler, Pioneer, Zenith, Savoy and
Sibley properties. The surveyors run
the lines several years after the uni
verse was created and the creator had
| no idea at the time where the lines
were to run. Some of the deposits
may have stopped over.