The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-05
ore on the property or not.


once set about the task of thor
oughly exploring the land. Sever
al drills were started, thorough
study made of the geological for
nations, and it was not long before
the ore body was struck. 1t seems
that the Section 80 ore debosit
crosses the section line for perhaps
half of the width of the section,
and then curves north, travelling in
this direction practically through
the entire section. A shaft placed
near the section line and to the
east of where the ore body curves
would in all Likelihood be better
able to reach the ore with mini
mum amount of drifting, and here
it was that the former Ishpeming
man decided to sink the shaft. AS
soon as the drills had proved up
enough ore to warrant going ahead
with the work, the shaft was start
ed, and as above stated it is down
to a depth of ESQ feet and is still
being sunk.
No little difficulty was expert
enced in the drilling operations ow-
ing to the nature of the rock to be
penetrated, which is of the hard
jasper variety found in the Repub-
lie field of this district. There
were days when the drill would
penetrate only Is inches of rock
but in spite of the hardships and
drawbacks the work was continued
until it was crowned with success.
1t was likewise difficult to make
great Roadway with the shaft, but
in spite of the character of the rock
formations Captain Buzzo has made
remarkable progress, and to date
has averaged ~ feet a month in
the sinking of the shaft.
The shaft is a three-compart-
ment affair and of solid construc-
ton. A large quantity of rock has
been hauled to the surface during
the progress of the work, but
recently drifts have encountered
the ore deposits and for some time
past on the average of from forty
to fifty bucket loads of ore have
been hoisted daily and dumped on
a stock pile which has been started
lnear by. The ore is of the three
lgrades found on the Vermilior
range, much of it being similar tc
the grades mined at the Republic
mine in this county. It is a Bes.
semer ore, rather high in silica
and commands a ready market
value.
CaptaiR Buzzo is employing
between twenty and twenty-five
men at the property. He has
entire charge of all the, develop,
ment work and the sinking of the
shaft, and will undoubtedly bs
retained by the company until the
mine has joined the list of shippers
or until it is disposed of by the
owners to some of the big operating
companies. Mr.. Wright stated
that it will be some time before the
mine is ready to ship ore, the ore
that is now being hoisted being
stocked more as a matter of con-
venience than any thing else. As
soon as development work is dis
continued and the attention of the
management confined to getting
out the ore already proved up,
there will probably be little delay
in starting to ship, as a railroad
spur runs to the property. The
Romberg is situated about four
miller from Ely, Mimi, and is the
only new property opened up on
Vermilion range for a number of
years, ever since the famous Sec
ton 80 was made a mine by George
A. st Clair and Alfred Merritt of
Duluth.
Captain Buzzo is known to
most of the mining men on this
range, although he has not been
here in number of years. Under
ground foreman at the Salisbury
mine for number of years he was
appointed to the position of captain
to succeed his father, about the
time of the strike in the nineties.
Later he made an unsuccessful
atte,uof tn reoOen and oDerate the