The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-28
MINES AND MINING, STOCKS
PoRcuPlNE FUTURE BRIGHT.
Ore Uncovered at Depth Richer Than
Nearer the Surface.


Nearer the Surface.
j. c. Lajoic. who has considerable
mining property in the Porcupine dis
tr'ct is spending a few days in Mar
quette. Mr. IAjoie is a cousin of Ma
polcou Lajoie, the great baseball play
or He is touring northern Michigan
for the benefit of his health, which has
become somewhat Impaired by reason
OF ovCrwork, particularly during and
after the great fire which swept the
Porcupinc district last summer
Mr.. Lajoic is very optimistic over
the future az the Porcup'uc district
which he says, is destined % become
the greatest gold mining camp in the
world. a he has been "a gold prospcctor
since ne was eighteen years old. his
judgment should have considerable
weight Mr. Iaj0ie first began pros
pecting FOR ore along the Fraser river
In British Columbia and was one of the
first 20 discover valuable claims iu
that district Later he did some pros
poctiHg in the Rocky Mountains Of the
United States. but not with nattering
success. When tho KIondike was dis
covered. Mr.. LuJo,e went 20 Alaska and /
he cleaned up quite bunch Of money /
in that country. After leaving the /
klondike he went % MeXico and year /
and a half ago, when the Porcupinc
discoveries began 10 be talked about
he went there where be has since been
operating and is now one az the best
informed mining men i'm that district.
While Mr.. L1joio has title 20 several
claims IN the Porcupine district, actual n
mining is being done in only one town
ship, which is known as the Lajoie
Real Gold mine. a large tract has
been stripped there and the work OF
sinking a shaft has been begun. He has
already uncovered a considerable
Of gold ore and the outlook.
he says, is better for a big mine now
than ever before.
Better Ores Lie Deep
THE district explored up TO this p
lime at Porcupine is about fifty miles u
square" says Mr. Lajoic. within this =
area about $50 shafts have been put d,
lown. several of which are now down :,
'ver 700 feet The ore found al that D.
lcpth is Of higher grade than that n
learer the surface and no one knows o.,
low much farther down the formation =,
nay extend II is a reasonably safe -,
reelection that il extends 10 a depth y.
( 1000 feet and there are some who -.
elicve that it goes down 1000 feet. i.
Surface indications as 20 the value r.,
mining claim On the PCrcupine dis
-ict are very misleading II is not -,
he thin seams Of pure gold that appear r.,
d or near the surface that indicate a
cod mine. and the large deposits of d,
'W grade quartz are proving much the 100.
est money makers. For this reason. no ,..
ne but an old prospector who Is fam
lar with gold formations is likely 70
ave much luck there unless DO hap
Ems TO hit a strike bliudly. The claim
% which ] am sinking a shaft was
lsscd mp by several prospcctoss, yet it
proving as good "a mining PROPOSE -
on us any of them
For the man without capital tho
district offers no such op- 7,
jrtunitics as were offered On the Klpn- m
kc. Even If "a prospcctor finds a val &,
able deposit I'm Porcupiue. he is not 81
kelly TO make much on it unless be rc
is the capital 10 instau machinery
Aid stamp mill. sink "a shaft etc
here is no placer gold. by The duding
which so many Americans struck it mai
rio in the KIoadike English capital is Doe