The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-11
MINES And MINING.
Items of Interest Pertaining to the Principal
Industry Of This Section.
The Vermilion Range the Scene of Much
Activity at Present.

Capt. James Bale and Capt. VIM
Brown have begun exploration
work on lot 8, or the extreme
northeastern forty of section 80
63-11 for the Section 80 Develop
ment company corporation re-
Gently organized by K. Mcdonald
T. 7. Hudson, James Bale and w
| J. Wallace to explore the old home
stead Of David 7. Adams. A small
crew is at present employed build.
ing camps and getting into shape
but which will be increased later
when the work of sinking an ex.
p1oratory shaft will begin. The
crew at present is getting ready to
sink the shaft. This property has
excellent prospects and it is figured
shaft with attendant drifts, etc.,
will show up something tangible.
Exploration work on the Murray
claim of the Vermilion Iron Devel-
opment company has been temper
arily delayed as result of the
diamond encountering a vug. To
get through this spot the drillers
are putting down castings. The
vug was found at depth of 167
feet. The company was in broken
jasper at the time and had passed
through 40 feet of paint rock.
Good results are expected of this
hole.
Capt. J. c. McGreevy, who is
conducting exploratory work for
the Roy Development company is
very much elated over the showing
at his works. The shaft has now
reached a depth of 90 feet and is
going down as fast as double
crew of men can sink it. The
material in the shaft, Mr.. McGreevy
says, is looking good and carries
remarkably good mineral values
which increase as depth. 1t is
proposed to begin drifting when
the 200 foot level is reached.
Enough coal and timber is on
hand to last through the summer
season, the material having been
hauled in this winter on account of
the good sleighing. The stock
holders of the company are very
much pleased over the showing
made by Mr.. McGreevy. No
stock of this concern is now on the
market.
Superintendent Chas. Trezona
of the Oliver group in this city in
his address on The Future of the
Vermilion at the annual Ely Club
banquet Tuesday evening, spoke
encouragingly when he said that
with the present mines working
right along, Ely has bright future
for matter of SO years and that
the new discoveries would pro1ong
the life of the town beyond that
besides improving present condi-
lions in the meantime. Coming
from such reliable sources, these
optimistic sentiments mean much
to our people.
The persistent rumor that the
St. Croix Lumber company would
soon go into the mining business,
will not down. The ST. Croix
company owns much likely looking
mining land in this country from
which the timber has been removed.
1t would not be surprising if this
concern with its enormous property
interests hereabouts did find a
mine. They have much wealth
and determination behind them and
their advent into the mining field
would prove good thing for the
Vermilion.
Geo. A. St. Clair is industriously
at work on the McComber property
at Armstrong lake upon which he
recently secured an option, Al
one time it was thought the parties
working there had mine but the
ore lead was lost and the work
abandoned. Mr.. St. Clair has thi:
to contend with but his persistency