Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-03


distance of from 80 to 80 feet from the
surface.
On April %, Of this year, an option
for prescribed period was executed
by Mr.. Freeman and his associates to
William Harrison, of Duluth. The
terms Of the option required that
explorations should be begun within
sixty days and must be continued
without interruption. To comply
with their contract three drills were
put to work this week, two at Randall
and one at Fort Ripley on the east
side Of the river The drill at Ripley
is now working within three-quarters
of mile of the old fort
The lands were purchased by Mr..
Freeman and his associates three years
ago following exhaustive and careful
surface explorations quietly made by
experts. The deal for the option was
made last winter but no papers have
yet been placed for record. The terms
Of the option could not be learned nor
will they be disclosed by the papers
that will be placed on record in a
short time. It is known however,
that they are of liberal nature
While the option is taken in the
name of William Harrison the real
owners are eastern furnace men, not
connected with the steel trust, who
want the ore for immediate use In
case it is found to be of the right
quality and paying quantities.
~ a Il k1k
find dates back only few years when
the talk about the Guyana range first
started. Mr.. Freeman then recalled
that when he was register of the land
Office the engineers surveying the lines
for the new Staples cut off came to
him for the original government field
notes covering the territory surround
ing Randall for the reason that they
could not make their scompasses work
Taking this for a clue three years
ago, he went to work with the result
that he was astonished at the reports
that his experts made to him. He
purchased for himself and his wife a
large portion of the lands outright.
The option covers three groups of
properties. ,..~ -~.
Property No. The lands owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Freeman.
Property No. 2.-The lands bought
jointly by Mr.. Freeman with the
following parties, in all of whose
lands Mr.. Freeman holds an interest
w. B. Mitchell, Giles II. Griffith,
Charles j. Metzroth, Warren H.
Freeman, Mrs. Martha Whitman, all
of st. Cloud; Mrs. Inez S. Cushman,
of Chicago; Marion, H. Churchill, OF
Randall, MINI. !; William H. wye, of
Bemidji, Mimi. John Cornell, of
Glendive, Mont. William H. Smith,
Of Wibeaux, Mont. N. J. Butler,
! Charles A. Thurston, Thomas F.
| Hagen and W. F. Jordan, all Of
Glendive, Mont. and Elmer B. Clark,
Of Miles City, Mont.
Property No. 3.-Owned by the
following parties in whose lands Mr..
Freeman has no interest: George H.
Reynolds, John A. Roeser, G. L.
Atwood, John D. Sullivan, c. F.
Ladner and W. A. Shoemaker all OF
St. Cloud. and Col. G. B. Ward, OF
the First National Bank Of Alexandra
and Mr.. jacobson of the Farmers
National Bank of Alexandria.
Three other we'll known St. Cloud
| business men own lands in the
stretch Of the new find but their hold,
ings are not included in the option.
They are E. F. Moore, W. W. Smith
and P. B. German.
II predict, - said Mr.. Freemn to the
Times man, chasing my conclusions
u.on careful and extensive investiga.
tlons that in the years to come more
iron ore will be taken out this. side OF
Pokegama Falls than on the other
side. There are those who say there
is no iron this side of Pokegama Falls,
but I tell you that there is more, anG
l know. There are places on the So
called Guyana range where the drill.
have gone through two, three and foul
hundred feet of ore and one place tn.
drills found ore for 800 feet deep ani
then did not reach the bottom, Will,
you take the, Arcturus from which
our folks are now receiving. $21, 600 !;
year in royalties the ore IS only Isl
feet through at the deepest point
This is the biggest deal since the Hill
DEAL