The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-21
MINING NOTES.
Section 3o-Fortier's - Others Of
Interest.

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/ The report has been circulated and
copied with what seems exultant glee
that ''only l5O. 900 tons OF ore has been
encountered on section 30" where the
Midland Steel company Is developing
q mine. The report was first noticed
in Virginia paper and from there
sent to the daily papers While the
lessees and the fee owners did not
claim that the shaft ID the process Of
sinking would show up immense de-
posits, it is q fact that The ore shown
[up is a side Issue and that tile main
body upon which they based their
calculations remains as before and
that when the shaft reaches the prop
er depth there will be ore enough to
guarantee a mine of no mean pro-
portions. The drill records show ore
on the property in paying quantities
and the shaft and subsequent drifts
will prove that the drills did not lie.
Messrs. Merritt, Pagan, Eaton and
Lonstorf, the fee owners, are not men
who throw their money into the air.
Messrs. Chisholm, Lynch and Philbin
do not do business on hot air neither
does the Midland Steel company. sink
their money into propositions Of such
a hazy character as the knockers
club" would lead us to believe char
acterizes Section 80. That every pros
pect for an immense deposit is at
hand remains without q question and
has been clearly proven by the sub
stantial manner In which the work
and everything connected with the
property is being done. Expensive
shafts, buildings and machinery do
not follow bare possibilities, neither
do leases and subleases at good round
figures. No stock-jobbing scheme is
intended where inflated values and
works are put on to separate victims
from their coin, then why this per-
sistent knocking Of everything that
does not smack Of certain interests?
The people who are putting up the
money are satisfied and outsiders GER
tainly should be. ..-,..
Keep your eye on the Vermilion.
This will be mining district long
after the croaker has cr0aked Tor the
last time. The same stories were
circulated about the Chandler. Pion-
eer, Zenith. Savoy and Sibley mines.
They are still doing business. Sec
tion 30, the White Iron, grille For
tiers and other valuable propositions
will probably be heard from the same
as the others, later. Those furnish
ing the capital certainly are deserving
of the moral support Of the commun-
tiles in which the capital is being in
vested. Boost, don't knock.
Cole & Mcdonald who are drilling
on Pine Island in Lake 7ermilion for
the Biwabik Mining company are now
engaged in sinking their fourth hole.
J. s. Lutes of Biwabik is superintend-
ing the work and says the results OBJ
tanned are very encouraging, Mr..
Lutes is of the opinion that much ore
will be shown on the Vermilion but
that the work of prospecting and de-
veloping is very expensive.
While nothing definite can be learn
ed, 1t is nevertheless rumored that
the drill work being done by Robt.
Whiteside on section SO, 63-13, is meet
ing with excellent results and better
than at first anticipated. This is
school section leased by Mr.. White
side from the state and has had con-
siderable exploratory work done there
on. Cole & Nc Donald are doing the
drilling.
w. T. Mccarthy who is conducting
explorations on lands owned by Sena-
tor Nelson of Taylors Falls, near Fall
lake. was down from the works a few
days this week. Mr.. Mccarthy is
exploringswith diamond drill and
while not giving out any information
about that section. says the country
looks good to him.
Active exploratory work Is being
done on lands owned by grille For
tier in section 20, 63-11. The property
was drilled last winter by a party of
Biwabik people, ], s. Lutes of that
city having charge and Cole & Nc
Donald doing the work on contract.
No information has been obtainable
as to the finds made by the drill but
at the time drill work was suspended
1t was said shaft would be sunk.
The work of shaft sinking is well
under way and the results obtained
are all that was anticipated. Mr..
Fortier has spent many day at work
on the property and had shown up
the trend from A to 2. The outcrop
shows up most excellently and the