The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-18
DISCOVER ANOTHER
BIG COPPER VEIN
BOY MAKES RICH FIND NEAR
LARGE MINE.
Valuable Deposit in Agouah District,
Ontario, Averages 65 Per Cent, and
Can Be Worked with Economy-Dis-
l. covery Was Kept Quiet Till Company
Developed Vein.
Special to The Journal.

special to the journal.
Calumet, Mich, Dec. 1s.--1nformation concern
ing what is considered to be of the most
important discoveries of copper in Canada has
been received here by the officers of local
company operating in the Algomah district OF
Ontario. 1t is on the property Of the Massey
Mining company, and has been exposed for three
quarters of a mile.
The discovery was made by boy. He was
ont errand and found rock which WAS
strange to him and which he brought In and
gave to the colnpanys assayer. 1t was tested
and its high values were soon known. The
vein has been tramped over for years by the
miners working there, and it's appearance was
such as to lead them to think it was an iron
formation.
The Massey discovery has been kept very
quiet, SO that the company has been able to
expose not only on the surface but also to
depth of 500 feet by means of a cross-cut from
the other workings. The deposit Is gray
copepr at the surface, running 50 per cent
copper in all assays made, across the entire vein
which has a width of nine feet.
At depth of 500 feet the vein has width
of twelve feet, with seven feet Of the same
character Of gray copper ore that Is exposed
at the surface, while the remaining FIVE feet OK
the vein Is red copper ore running 90 per cent
copper in the assays.
The vein is shown to have dip of about 30
degrees, and this steep incline adds greatly to
! its advantage for economical mining. 1t Is only
about 200 feet from the vein the Massey has
ton had been run time ago for explora-
tory purposes to distance Of about $50 feet
without success This was at the 500-foo level.
When the discovery of the vein was made on
the surface, with such remarkable values, 1t was
therefore only necessary to extend the cross-cut
| fifty feet to expose the formation at depth.
Asks Heavy Damages.
George w Morgan, formerly president and
! director of the Sheba Gold & Silver Mining com
| pany and H. 4. Clawson, formerly vice presl'
! dent and director of the same company, both OF
! Salt Lake, Utah, have each filed n suit foi
| $50 900 damages on the charge Of libel against
| the Michigan directors and stockholders who
signed circular issued some time ago relative
| to the manner in which the affairs Of the com
| pany were conducted.
| This circular accuses the company's manage
ment of diversion of funds, mfsstateinents O.
facts and msmanagement Thereby meaning
imputing and intending to convey and be under
stood,' says the complaint, ''by those VIII
would see and read said circular that the plain
tiffs had been dereict in their duty -.
| Clawson, who is high official in the Mormo,
church, alleges that the publication was falls
and defamatory, and that many people hav
man and guilty of dishonest practices. He say
that his feelings have been greatly injured
and that he has suffered great mental dis
tress.
Morgan, who conducts restaurant, says tina
he has been exposed to hatred, contempt ridi
, Guile among his neighbors and the general public
In the circular the principal officer Of tn
company brought into mention is Judge G. W
Bartch, who has not come back at the signer
with libel suit. He Is member of the su
preme court of Utah. Morgan is mentioned onl
l once in the circular and Clawson is not mer
toned at all.