1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

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sidered a commercial ore at the time, and as Kimberly Jones and
myself wanted the land for townsite purposes, the exploration was
abandoned, our option surrendered, and the surface rights finally purchased
by us.
"A little ore was found on Selection No. 3 of the Adams explorations,
and was finally^consolidated with Selection No. 1 of the Adams.
"On January 9, 1893, the Adams ]\Iining Company was organized
by Mr. Kimberly, Mr. Jones and myself, on Selection No. 1, in the
northern part of the section.
"Selection No. 4, the Cheeseborough, became known as the
Cloquet.
"The next deposit of ore to be discovered by me in the vicinity
was on the nw.-nw. of section 5, and the n. half of section 6, township
57-17, in the month of November, 1893, which is now known as the
Fayal No. 1. Fifty-one per cent of the capital stock of the Adams
Mining Company was sold to John D. Rockefeller, for the Lake Superior
Consolidated L-on Mines, in the month of July,
cash consideration for the transfer was $410,000.)
1893." (The
"The Fayal No. 1 was explored by the Mclnnis Mining Company,
which was organized by me on the 31st of January, 1894, in honor of
the late Neil Mclnnis, who had been my purchasing agent of goods to
supply the camps, and paymaster during the latter part of my explorations
in connection with Humphreys and Atkins, on the Virginia
Group of Mines, and who also acted in the same capacity for the
Adams Mining Company, during their development of the Adams
mine. The late ]\Iarvin Van Buskirk was in charge of the men, and
under him the work of development was rapid indeed. The Mclnnis
Mining Company finally sold their lease on the Fayal No.
Chicago Minnesota Ore Company on September 6, 1894.
1 to the
"About two and a half years later, I discovered ore on that part
of section 5, township 57-17, which was known as the South Fayal."
Winchell's Review (1894).—Horace V. Winchell, in the winter
of 1894-95, wrote of mining development in the "Eveleth Group
of Mines" as follows
Adams Mine.— "This property is being developed by the Consolidated
Company. The mine is in the north half of section 31, 58-17.
It is operated on a lease from Chicago and Michigan lumberman, who
own the fee. This deposit of ore is supposed to be one of the largest
on the Mesabi range, and to contain ore of more than average value,
because of its granular and shaly nature * * * It is being stripped
at present. Ore was discovered here by Neil Mclnnis and D. T. Adams,
of Duluth, in 1893. The superintendent is ]\Ir. J. H. Hearding.
Vega Mine.— "West of the Adams is the Vega, lying under too
great a burden of glacial till to ])ermit of open cut mining. It produced
5,628 tons of ore in 1894, and is under the direction of
Mr. Geo. St. Clair.
Fayal Mine.— "This is one of the recent acquisitions of the Minnesota
Iron Company.
Other properties in this
"^^ '^^ It * was first discovered in 1894.
vicinity, and in section 34, 58-17. are known
to contain more or less ore, but are not being very rapidly developed
at present. This mine is also under the direction of Captain \\'allace,
assistant general manager of the Minnesota Iron Company."
The Vega, referred to by Mr. Winchell, was "operated for a time
as the Cloquet by Joseph Sellvvood" stated another writer, adding
that Sellwood "finally turned it over to the Minnesota Iron Company."
It later became part of the Adams-Spruce mine. It included
part of the old townsite of Eveleth. Regarding the Adams Mine,