The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-10
GOOD WORDS
New Range Publication Says
of VermiliOn.

erty of the Section Thirty Mining
Company, the operations of those
who first tried to make a mine, and
the quiet but successful movement
of George A. St. Clair, who with
Alfred Merritt, is in control of the
present lease, bringing affairs to
that brilliant chapter which relates
the shipping of 1900 tons in 1910
have possessed the general public
like a romance. Everybody
knows more or less about the prop
erty and its history, and everybody
except the knockers, who are born
to find fault and whose use is as
hard to explain as that of some
other pests of life. is rejoiced at the
results now found and the assuring
promise for the future. These
knockers, though, did have busy
time talking about Section 80.
Couldn't understand, you know,
why there should be such legal
battle over the land involved, which
would probably be a sinkhole for
money, with no important resultant
benefits. But even the croaker is
hushed at last, although the placing
of the first shipment was embar-
raised by the talk that had travelled
so widely. and Pickands-Mather
Co. handled it themselves. After
the furnace reports became known
however, there was a wide demand
for next seasons output, con-
tract for which was easily placed
by there company. The has been
steady improvement in quantity and
quality of the ore produced from
this famous property, and there
are today being hoisted from the
main shaft nearly 900 tons per day
of high grade ore. The aim is now
to increase the quantity mined, as
fully as practicable to employ the
hosting capacity of the equipment
which will if required elevate 1 400
tons per day. Mining is proceed
ing at the 27S-foot level, and every
thing is very satisfactory.
There is an intense and widely
held faith in the Vernilion iron
range. Recognizing the Mesaba as
a wonderful range, people also
recognize how largely thecapitalists
have possessed themselves of its
mining property, leaving oppor-
tunities scarce and improbable for
the poor man who has yearning
for an interest in an iron mine.
Drills go down deep on the Mesaba
in a search for ore, the old time
opportunities for scooping off a
little top dirt and setting the steam
shovel into soft ore not being avail
able to the new prospector with a
few friends and the friends they
can influence back of him. When
DR.. Hulst put drill down on the
Vermilion 1880 feet, and then
luckily had his orders to pull out
misunderstood, so that the crew
went down five feet farther and
broke into merchantable ore, the
depth was considered something
remarkable. Drills have gone
down 1000 feet on the justly famed
Mesaba, and there will doubtless
need to be more of the same sort if
promoters care to carry their efforts
to the extreme. Many of the
promising new prospects on the
Vermilion show fine outcroppings,
and only little trenching or drill
iEg will disclose mighty encourag-
ing conditions. In fact during the
existence of the Vermi1ion revival
already running cheerfully into the
third year there is no cold-feet talk
abroad in the land. Promoters,
fee-owners; stockholders, and
everybody who has a real interest
at stake, look good natured and tell
their best friends to get into the
game if they have chance. They
are confident they are not deceiving
themselves, and they want to bring
the advantages to their friends in
whom they have the greatest in
terest. The stock companies have
given a lot of people an opportun-
ity, and it is mighty seldom you
find them DESTROYS of giving up
their chance. If they get hard I'D