The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-03-25
MINING NEWS
Road to Section 30 Assured
for June l.
New TOWnsite at Robinson
Lake.

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ton 7, 62-13, Col. Lionel Ayres,
the veteran surveyor, finished the
work of plating few days ago.
Twenty acres will be placed on the
market. Lots soon will be placed
on the market. 1t is said that
Reiner Hoch of Duluth is backing
a 20-room hotel proposition for the
new city. Those promi-
nently interested in the new town.
site are A. P. Cook, A. Snyder,
Bridgeman & Russell and John
Helmer. Steps are under way to
secure a postoffice for Robinson.
At present the mail comes to Ely
and is from here sent down on the
morning train.
Captains Bale and Brown are
making excellent Roadway at the
Dave Adams homestead in the
northwest corner of Section 50 for
the Section 80 Exploration COM
pany. Camps have been built and
everything is in shape to begin the
work of sinking the shaft. Thi~
property has an exceptionally
bright outlook.
An Ely correspondent in the
Duluth Herald gives some inter
esting news of the Vermilion. Re-
garding Section 80 the writer says:
George A. St. Clair and Alfred
Merritt are making history at Sec
ton 80 in way that promises to
run into six figures. The leasers
of this noted iron property are
working 40 men at the present
time and the outlook favors an in
crease rather than a decrease in
that number.
1t is reliably stated that every
miner working underground is
breaking ore and that not a single
foot of dead work is being done at
the present time. From the sew
eral headings ore is being taken of
merchantable quality. Every drift,
cross-cut shaft; Wine or upraise in
which work is now being done,
produces high grade hematite.
From exploration and develop
ment work now under way, $50
tons of ore are produced and hoist
ed every day. With a trifing
amount of STOPPING, ore could be
raised and put into the stockpile
that, in quantity and quality,
would be the envy and despair of
every iron producer, buyer or user
in the United States.
Already Messrs. St. Clair and
Merritt have contracted to deliver
$4,000 tons of ore this season. One
of the most prominent of the fee
owners of Section 80 recently stated
that the quantity will be 100, 900
tons, rather than $4,000,
1t is thought that the Duluth &
Iron Range will have an extension
to the mine finished by June 1.
Capt. Wood, an old friend of
George A. St. Clair, recently Wis
tied Section 80. He was amazed
and delighted with the showing
there. He stated to friends in Du-
luth that section 80 will make Geo.
A. St. Clair more money than any
iron deal he ever has been in and
that is saying much.
Despite all this there are intelli-
gent people in Duluth who stoutly
declare that section 80 has no ore
and that none ever will be shipped
from there.
All the properties controlled by
E. c. Kennedy in the Robinson
lake country are busy and the
showings made are considered sat-
isfactory to the company.
Moe Brothers the drill firm from
Virginia is doing steady work on
section 10, 62-14 for the Marquette
& Vermilion Iron company. The
drill was started three weeks ago
and is said the drill was going
down at the rate of Is feet per
day until about week ago when
the rods broke and some time was