The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
sENo MINNESOTA ROCk
TO DENVER SnELTER
Durhei,m Mining Company Finds
Pay Dirt in the North Coun-
try and Will Arrange for
Active Mining the Com
ing Year.

While to many the idea Of dis
covery of gold in the section to the
north of the iron range has been a
dream for years past, and while
more or less expenditure has been
incurred by some in the attempt
to prove the theory, it has remain
ed for the Durheim Mining Com
pany, with headquarters in the
plymouth Building, MINNEAPOLIS,
| to carry on a systematic and sue
cessful search for the precious
metal, with the result that some
four hundred assays made from
samples taken from vein matter
and from placer workings in Town
ship 66 Range % west have shown
an average assay Of upwards Of
$l9 per ton-sutficient to ,,:,vc
to the management that the prop
erty under their control contains
possibilities beyond conception.
Work on this property has been
conducted for many months past,
a churn drill on the property
operated by the Duluth Diamond
Drilling Co., proving the placer
sand to depth Of from Is to 60
feet deep, striking the same vein
matter beneath as found in the
adjoining Lodges and which have
been proven rich, various assays
showing from a trace up mt the
thousands of dollars per ton in
values.
The company, Of which a num-
Der Of representatives ana in.
terested share holders including
f. p. Moorhead, president, u.
Brown, A. Kronich, p. E. Dorm, NJ
Cooper and A. Moot, were in the
city Tuesday on their way home
from visit to their holdings, now
arranges for more specific test
of their ground and have crew
| engaged in sacking a car of sam
plies for shipment to the mills o'
Colorado Metalo Extraction &C.,,
at Denver, which company gives
assurance af.er having tested
| several smaller lots Of from $40
irtv" 500 pounds o. being able ~
save full 80 per cent Of the values,
and in case the mill makes good
the company will order and have
installed in the early spring 100
ton mill at a cost of $4,000.
! These samples being sacked
will have to be hauled some twelve
miles to railroad, the property be-
ing that distance west of the Du-
luth, Rainy Lake 4 Winnipeg at
kinmount.
In addition to the property in
66-22 the company also owns lands
in the Gheen district and in the
section west of Cook, exploratory
work on which has not reached so
decisive stage but on which suf-
ficient has been done to prove it's
mineral value.
The company is fully financed,
and the trip of the members of the
company was not a stock-selling
expedition but to visit their
holdings with view to person
ally inspecting the same. Mr..
Brown, one member of the party,
is a member of the well-known
firm of Brown Bros. Mfg. Co.,
popular tailors and furriers, an
old Alaska gold miner, who states
that after spending ten years in
the Alaska fields he has yet to see
anything to compare with the
probable values to be found IN
this district. MIR. Moorhead,
president of the company, is SON.
in-law of Mr.. Matthews, the lum-
herman, and states that he has
traced the formation for a dis
tance of thirty-fve miles in
length and five miles in width,
having Travelled the section for
several years, and his enthusiasm
at the evident success of the ven.
ture is shared by all members of
the party.
i The existence of gold in the
section has been known to a mum.
/ ber of Virginians for the past five
years, drill work in 66-l7, while
prospecting for iron, showing gold
values from trace up to $40 pei
ton, and it was from the facts
shown in this work that the
present company made their star,
in systematic search for the
mother lode.
The proving of such values j.
destined to give to northern. St
Louis county a new position in. in
dustrialism, more substantial
and lasting future, and assured,
guarantees to. Virginia, as tn,
central city Of the district, NOR,
prominent position in the CONNER
cial world. The Enterprise vii
receive the result of the mill ru,
III made and will take. pleasur,
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