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

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sidered as within the sphere of Eveleth. Nevertheless, if Eveleth be
credited with only the Fayal and Adams mines, the available ore deposits
on these two are sufficient to ensure Eveleth a definite deg^ree
of prosperity, probably .e:rowth, up to the time when it will have other
interests and assets to supplement or take the place of its present
dependence upon mining activities. The Adams-Spruce mines have
proved deposits of iron ore aggregating to more than fifty-two million
tons, and the five Fayal mines have a reserve of about seventeen
million tons, enough to keep Eveleth in its present degree of prosperity
for at least a generation. And a generation should see the
development in agriculture of all the outlying land, a development
which will ensure stable and permanent prosperity to Eveleth, assuming
it does not in the meantime become a manufacturing city, or that
other large ore deposits are not "shown up," which is always possible.
Eveleth, therefore, is reasonably sure of prosperous continuance as
a city.
AN EVELETH MINE
Platting of Original Townsite.—Again, it is proper to refer to, and
quote, the narrative of David T. Adams, who was the founder, or was
the most active among the founders, of the village of Eveleth. He
writes, under date of December 7, 1920: "I promoted the townsite
of Eveleth in the year 1893. The original plat consisted of the w.
half of the se. quarter of section 31, township 58-17. It was surveyed
by C. E. Bailey, and the plat was filed for record April 22nd of that
year. My associates in the original townsite (project) were Peter
L. Kimberly, John T. Jones and Fred Robinson, the latter of Detroit.
Michigan. Shortly after the plat was filed for record, I bought out
Mr. Kimberly and Mr. Jones. Mr. Robinson held a tenth interest, and
remained in the townsite throughout.
"In finding a suitable name for the town * * * j h^j my
troubles. I wanted to name it Robinson, that being the name of one
of the fee owners of the Adams mine. Elisha A. Flynn, law-partner
of Mr. Robinson, however, objected. I never knew why, but I always
surmised that he thought that the town would never amount to
anything, and did not want his name attached to it. I then asked
the name of the cruiser who estimated the timber on the land when
they bought it, and they told me his name was Eveleth. I thought