Vanson Gold Mines Ltd.
posted on
Jan 14, 2009 04:17PM
The company is now known as FUSE Cobalt.
Traps - I found a webpage with the info on it that you posted earlier today. The mine and the town that sprang up were on what was later known as Walter Baker's property. Here is the link:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/stem/mrd/min-ed...
HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The deposit is located about 2.4 km northeast of the San Antonio Mine, north of the Wanipigow (Hole) River and 1.6 km north of Provincial Road No.304. Early staking of the property was as follows:
1924 Syndicate No. 9 38054 E. Arnovitch
- assigned to R.W. Killey in 1927
1924 Syndicate No. 10 38066 S. Bubis
- assigned to R.W. Rilley in 1925.
The claims were explored and developed by a syndicate. A shaft on Syndicate No. 9 was begun in 1926 and 1927. In 1935 this shaft was deepened and expanded until it reached a depth of 148 m. In 1932 Vanson Gold Mines Limited was formed and took control of Syndicate No. 9 and 10, along with several other claims. A 23 tonne capacity mill was installed in 1933. This mill proved unsatisfactory and was replaced by a 2-stamp mill with a capacity of about 16.3 tonnes per day. Newspaper reports mention the ore was running $11 per tonne and some gold was produced (Manitoba Mines Branch). Some trenching was done on other Syndicate claims. Spectacular high grade ore was reported in 1932 and 1934 (Manitoba Mines Branch, Company Report 1932). Early in 1934 Vanson Manitoba Gold Mines Limited took control of Vanson Gold Mines Limited.
By February of 1935 the shaft was completed. It had four levels, of which the 69 m and the 145 m levels were most developed. Channel samples on the 69 m level of the No. 2 vein yielded assays of trace to 27.09 g/tonne (0.79 oz/ton) gold. Cross-cuts were made on all levels. John Houston observed visible gold all the way down the shaft. He also recommended more exploration before any further development (Manitoba Mines Branch).
A company town was built; and equipment was converted from steam to electricity. Diamond drilling totalling 277 m was done from the bottom of the shaft. Small isolated high grade occurrences were noted by J.A. Reid in his report to the company, however he did not think they were of economic importance (Manitoba Mines Branch).
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My Comments: This property is north of the present SGR claims, and is about 5 kms west of Wildcat's Jeep property. It shows gold mineralization is throughout the area, as Traps has been saying.