The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-04
vERMILIoNf RANCE
Taking on a Boom lays the News.
Tribu5e.


Triby e.
There is every pro ect at present
of boom of conside bile magnitude
on the Vermilion ird range saws the
News-Tribune of Du 9TH.
1t is learned that thin the past
thirty days between Dirty and forty
quarter sections of bid there have
been taken under option. Promin-
emit among those who have become in.
terested are J. G. Gilchrist, of Cleye-
land, of the Gilchrist line of boats;
Patrick Culli2an, of5Alpena, Mich;
Andrew Gowan, G. Twohy, Daniel.
Haley, Thomas KelliIe, P. A. Smith
and Geo. Gamble of Duluth. They
have taken exploration options on the
northwest quarter off. the east half
of the northeast quarter of 4-61-15.
The terms of the lease are 45 cents
royalty per ton, and a minimum out
put of $50, 900 per year. Exploratory
work will begin in few days.
The foregoing claims, which are
known as the Roy and LaChance,
were named after th original home
steaders, who settled n them in 1882
Both claims have be in litigation
for many years. Til IaChance tract
was the property und consideration
when the secretary j the interior
made what is know as famous
swamp land decision allowing con-
testants the right to- Drove fraud or
error IN the COVER bent surveys.
This decision was Mgersed by the
present secretary two Fears ago.
The fee of the Lam described is
now owned by John. kennan, P. D.
Jones, II. j. Walsh, names LeBrec,
w. B. Kellogg and Jd sph Roy.
The Roy case also REQUIRED much
prominence, going Trough all de-
partmenJ IS of the lano Sffice and also
from the district cou of st. Louis
county to the suprem Tribunal of the
United States. Boz claims have
been considered prom ing by many
mining men who ye examined
them. "a
Some little work haN already been
done on the Roy whidtlhas shown up
thirty feet of ore. N, work has been
done on the LaChance as yet, but on
the property are two large outcrops Of
jasper and mixed ore. which is con-
sidered encouraging. 1t adjOins the
Walsh on the east, which has body
of exceptionally high grade ore.
The Oliver Iron Mining company
has begun exploration on the John
Semer land in 62-l4. The Calumet
Iron company has begun work on the
Martin Nelson land in 7-6l-15. E. j.
Longyear has begun exploration on
section S-62-13. A Cleveland concern
has taken options on the Ebener land
in Is o2-14, and on the state land de-
scribed as 16-62-13. Other options
have been taken on section 1l-6115,
section 30-62-14, section 2-61-15 and
and on the northwest quarter of g.
62-14.
Arthur Ely has begun exploration
on the Belland land in 14-6l-18. The
John M. Williams estate of Chicago,
owner of the Biwabik mine on the
Mesaba, has also invaded the Vermil-
ion, 1t is exploring in 62-13 with two
diamond drills. Negotiations are in
progress for the Silas Robinson prop
erty in 1923. D. Il. Adams and
Neil McInnis have secured some op-
tions in 33 and "a, 63-14.
1t has long been complained that
the cost of exploring on the Vermil-
ion was very heavy. but prominent
resident and mining man Of the range
says that he can secure contracts for
such work cheaper than FOR diamond
drilling on the Mesaba, for the reason
that the holes are put deeper, the for
nation is solid, and the jasper is not
as hard as the taconite on the Mes
aba.