The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
MINING MATTERS.
Notes from the Mesaba and
Other Iron Ranges.

Notes from the Mesaba and
Other Iron Ranges.
The Fayal Iron company will
sink a large working sha # this
winter. and have let the contract
for dimension timbers for q
mammoth shaft house, to be the
largest in the state and made for
three side tracks to run beneath.
1t is the present intention to
work force of about thirty.five
men there during the winter and
place the mine IN shape for good
shipments next season.
The Drake l. Stratton company
have practically close3 down for
the winter on their stripping op-
erations at the Oliver and Lone
Jack and are storing their ma
chinery for winter.
The Oliver will this winter
have sunk good working shaft
to a depth of $50 feet, between
the north and south cuts, in the
ground explored with a churn
drill last spring. Work on same
will be commenced next week.
Five steam shovels are busily
at work stripping on the Noun
tain Iron and Rathbun proper.
ties and these mines will be put
in shape for an enormous output
next year.
Capt. Mailman, in charge of
drilling operations at the Great
Western, has proven the ore
body to a depth of 232 feet.
Winston Bros. & Dear have
given up the idea of =, using a
steam shovel on their stripping
contract at the Mahonins prop.
erty this winter. About 80 men
are now employed.
A new company has been
formed to operate the Colby
mine at Bessemer and work will
be prosecuted with great vigor
this winter. Gradually these
mines are going out of the hands
of the Consolidated company
aud as fast as they. go out they
resume operations. Miner.
There is another big strike on
in, q. III. Stt,:,- a,ouer d'Aleue country,
All 4fffhe union miners in the
mines controlled by the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan company at
Wardner have laid down their
tools and the hardest fought
battle ever known between the
miners and owners is expected.
The miners union demanded
$3.50 per day for underground
men with no non union labor to
be employed. It was refused by
by the company. The miners
are determined to win in this
struggle and the situation is
critical.
G. H. Munger has gone up on
the Mesaba range. The Miner
understands he has gone to as
sumo the duties of superinten-
dent of the Sellers mine at Hih-
bing. Mr. Munger is one Of tho
old timers on this range, and the
people up there will find Char
ley not only a first class mining.
man but a fine gentleman as
well.-Miner.
The Mountain Iron company's
mine has closed shipping and
the ore dock will be idle in -
few days. There il enough ore
left at the dock for . few car.
goes. Stripping will go on at
the mine all winter.
The Calumet 4 Hecla mining
company has declared a divi-
dend of IS per share, payable
Dec. Is. This will make @15
paid out of this years earning,
the prior payments having been
made May Is and Aug: 80. The
IS calls for $500, 600 on the capi-
tai and makes q total of $42, $50, :
600 paid up to date. The divi-
dend applies to stock OF Novem.
ber II.
The Ashland iron nine will re-
same operation in a few days.
The company has been reorgan-
lied, and between thirty and
forty men have been put to
work. This force will 0e great
ly increased during the winter.
G: H. Munger, personal men
ton of whom is elsewhere copied
from the Hurley Miner, has al.
ready taken his new position at
the Sellers. He has already
commenced operations on the
large mining shaft to be put