The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-26
BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
More Ore on Section 80 than was
Anticipated or Shown.

Anticipated or Shown.
Section 30, or the Shagawa Com
pany's work on this famous property
seems to be the absorbing topic about
.. the city and the people in general are
} feeling highly elated over the show
; ing made.
Under the able supervision of Capt.
, Samuel Hoar the work is progressing
most amazingly and every shift sees
notable difference in the depth Of the
exploratory shaft. Three shifts of
eight hours each are being worked
and the shaft is going down at the
rate of three feet day.
At the depth of 12O feet. ore was
} struck and at last accounts the shaft
was still in ore. Assays of samples
picked at random shows ore all the
way from 60 to 81 per cent iron. The
shaft is practically following drill
hole put down by the fee owners
last year and the strangest part Of the
affair is that the drill showed ore at
the depth of $50 feet while the shaft
encountered good ore thirty feet from
where it was supposed to strike it.
The ore is of soft kind and the ex-
PLANTATION of the lack of core by the
drill is accounted for in the fact that
about 30 feet before the drill showed
ore, the water washed up all borings.
and while it was suspected they were
in ore, nothing very definite could be
banked upon.
Messrs. Chisholm and Lynch who in
company with D. M. Philbin of the
Great Northern road were in the city
Tuesday in Mr.. Philbin's private car
were very much elated over the show
ing made, the extra thirty feet of ore
adding much to the already proven
deposit. The shaft now going down
is for the purpose of verifying the
drill reports and as the drills showed
a magnificent body of high grade, the
Shaft has shown up deposits much in
excess of those shown by the drill.
The shaft will be sunk into the ore
body to a considerable depth after
which drifting will be begun for the
purpose of proving the width of the
deposit. The drills hai shown a mine
of no mean dimensions on the prop
erty and expectations are that the
shaft will not only verify the re-
| E1f xuf1 Ia
shown. The explorations with the
dill were conducted by the fee
owners. Messrs. Merritt, Eaton, Pagan
and Lonstorf. under the direction of
Geo. Lonstorf of Milwaukee. Messrs.
Lynch and Chisholm have an option
on the property.
The many friends of Archie CHS
holm here and elsewhere are more
than pleased at the success GROWING
the efforts of their former townsman
and feel that Section 80 is in good
hands under the control of of the Sha-
gawa Iron Company. 1t is confidently
expected that only a few years will
elapse before the townships around
Ely will be one of the great networks
of mines equal to the best mines on
earth now located here, viz, the Chand-
Ter. Pioneer, Zenith, Sibley and Savoy.
With the new mines will also come
railroads and still more mines and ex-
ploratiOns. thus forming an endless
chain for the continual betterment of
the old Vermilion and its cities. 1t
is needless to think that other de-
posit will not be found OH this range,
in fact all indications go to show that
several other highly interesting news
items will soon be ripe for publica-
ton. The country between here and
Tower is being heard from, not direct
| ly but nevertheless in manner that
clearly proves that the large number
of drills are not there for the fun of
the thing.
| Keep your eye on the Vermilon
range and incidentally keep your eye
on Ely. Watch us grow. The CHS
neutrality-suspicious. combination is
composed of men who understand
business and it will be their business
to attend to it. AS we remarked
before keep your eye on the Vermilion
and Ely.
/ Fire Companies Interested.