Some Rich Ore December 2, 1897 – Capt. Triggs while watching his teamsters haul 25 tons of ore from the Triggs mine to the lakeshore, amused himself by picking up the small pieces that fell from the shovel, and in this way gathered about 25 pounds of ore. He brought it to town and out of curiosity has it assayed at the Keewatin Reduction works and got a return of $366.00 to the ton. Before the assay was made all visible gold was eliminated. It is pretty evident that there is going to something of a surprise when the first mill run is made of ore of the Triggs mine.

Gold Brick Talks December 2, 1897 – Mr. F.D. Sargent of the Triggs Gold Mining company who has been here a couple of weeks left Wednesday for St. Paul, Minn with a nice little lump of gold, the result of the clean-up of the Triggs ore at the Keewatin reduction works. The lump of gold weighed 118.6 ounces and was taken from 85.6 tons or ore. It is exceptionally pure being worth 18.37 which per ounce, which makes the value of the brick worth $2,086.83. This is very practical demonstration of the value of a large mount of rock from the Triggs mine and shows just what will result when a mill is erected on the mine.

December 2,1897 – Capt. Triggs has sent out more men to his mine of Gibi lake. His foreman reports that some remarkably rich ore is coming out of the shaft the days.