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A visit to the Seine River gold fields will convince the most skeptical
that this district is coming along rapidly to the front as a gold producer,
thus verifying the predictions made in these columns for some time past.
In order to learn the latest news in and around the mines the editor paid
a visit to that locality last week and was more than surprised at the development
work in progress.
The Olive 10-stamp Mill, which has been running now for over two weeks,
had a cleanup at the end of the first week which resulted in 624 ounces
of amalgam, or about $5000 in gold bullion. The ore was a mixture taken
from the 75 foot level and is not regarded as carrying anything like the
value at the bottom of the shaft. Everything about the mine and Mill is
working smoothly and as soon as the air compressor drills get properly to
work it is expected to crush 30 tons of ore per day.
At the Golden Star mine there is a great excitement over the discovery of
a rich pay streak in the west drift, between the third and fourth levels,
which assays hundreds of dollars per ton. The management is very conservative
as to the exact richness of the find but when questioned admitted that the
ore was so rich that it was being sacked in the district and carried direct
to the Mill. It is also the intention to send out a couple of sacks of the
pure stuff direct to the mint as a sample of what Seine River gold fields
can produce. The vein, or pay streak, is about 16 inches wide and occurs
in a six-foot vein. Sinking in the main shaft is a progressing rapidly and
as a result the ore grows richer, recent assays running from $165 to $378
per ton. This is a remarkable value and places this mine on a par with any
in the world as a dividend payer.
Jerry Robertson has a gang of thirty men working on shafts 2 and 5 of the
Lucky Coon, and as soon as navigation opens the 5-stamp Mill will be removed
to Vermilion lake from the property and set in motion.
Col. Hillyer of West Superior was here this week for a few days, closing
some big deals whereby 1200 acres have been added to the Alice A property,
including a large timber berth. When seen at the Mine Centre hotel the colonel
was very busy with his solicitor, W.J. Keating of Fort Frances, but found
time to say a few words to the HERALD. When asked as to the amount of development
work contemplated and under way, Col. Hillyer said they had purchased a
sawmill and all necessary machinery for cutting their own timber. They have
also let the contract to build a stream tug for Little Turtle lake, and
with the opening of navigation will bring in their 50-stamp Mill. The colonel
is jubilant over the great future of the Alice A and informed the HERALD
that he was at liberty to say that there would shortly be one of the biggest
mining enterprises in the district that had yet been operated. "We
will have 500 stamps dropping," said he, " before two years are
over and you will see the Alice A mine the wonder of the century."
The colonel leaves for in a few days for London, Eng., where, in company
with his English associates he will perfect the plans for mining on a large
scale. Supt. Robbins left for Duluth and Chicago on Friday morning on business
connected with the mine, which is supposed to be for the purpose of ordering
a quantity of new machinery. Everything points to a lively time to this
district next summer, as mining is now on the boom.
J. McLeod, ex-mining captain of the Golden Star, has just closed a deal
with J.P. Rossman of Duluth for a location north of Bad Vermilion, known
as the "Sweden Boys' claim." Mr. Rossman was here several days
examining various properties, among them being the Gibson property, HP192.
Several mining deals have been made the past few weeks in a quiet way which
forces people to realize that this country is coming to the front as a gold
producing district.
The Foley mine, about which so much has been said, will open up shortly
with a large crew. Sinking and drifting in the several shafts will be actively
prosecuted until a good sized stock pile of ore is ready for the Mill, after
which the stamps will be falling. Manager Robinson is now purchasing a full
line of supplies and looks forward to a busy season.
Otto Taubert of St. Paul, who owns a tannery and is one of the leading citizens
of the Saintly City has organized a company with five million dollars capital
and purchased several properties in the Seine River and Lake of the Woods
district and will commence operations on the Fighting Chance, so it is learned,
at once. Mr. Taubert has interested some of the prominent men of the northwest
in his enterprise and has already raised ample money to carry out a gigantic
scheme of development which contemplates not only the development of a large
number of properties but the improvement of water power and the erection
of several big stamp mills.
Within the next week or two work will be commenced on a large scale on the
Gold Bug on the west and the Emma Abbott on the east of Alice A. Work will
be pushed vigorously on both of these properties and it is not unlikely
that the erection of two stamp mills will very shortly follow their development.
It is reported that J.L. Grant of Liverpool has succeeded in floating a
big English company to operate the property purchased from D.M. Blackwood
and Geo. Campbell of Mine Centre. As the locations secured consist of over
3000 acres it is expected that heavy operations will be carried on in the
way of development work this summer.
D.J. Gillon is at present in the Seine River district surveying the newly
acquired possessions of the Alice A.
The Emma Abbott and Gold Bug are the names of the two new mining companies
formed to operate locations adjoining the Alice A.
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