The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05

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Gov. Knute Nelson
and
Hon. G. A. Towne,
at
The Opera House,
Tonight!
MINING MATTERS.

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Notes from the Mesaba and
Other Iron Ranges.
The Chicago 4 Minnesota Orr
company which is a sub.company
of the Minnesota Iron company
has just taken from Robinson &
Flynn, Detroit lumberman, a
sixty day option for a lease OF
iron lands in section 81, 58-17,
just east of Eveleth at a price
between $50, 900 to $4,000. THE
lease provides for royalty of 25
cents a ton. This is one of the
finest properties on the Mesaba
range. 1t is the property which
Kimberly. Weimer and others
bought less than two years ago
for $50, 600, paying $50, 600 cash
and expending $1,000 additional
for exploration work, all of
which money they were com
PEELED to drop through the hard
times. If the Minnesota people
close this deal they will have
three splendid mines near Eve
leth within a mile of each other,
the others being the Roucleau-
Ray and the McInnis.
Preparations are now being
made for the sinking of a third
shaft at the Canton the coming
winter. The new shaft will be
located to the south of shat: B,
near the Rouchleau line, in the
ground which was recently test
ed with a diamond drill. The
drill test was not productive of
entirely satisfactory results, but
the proposed work would indi.
cate a firm belief that there ex-
lists paying body Of ore. Sink
ing in shaft A progresses stead.
lily, alt though considerable trou:
bic is experienced with water. A
depth of abort 20 feet below the
old level has been attained. and
the shaft will be sunk about ten
feet deeper.
The announcement that the re-
ceivers of the Colby and others
of the Penokee and Gogebic Con-
solidated mines are aboutto turn
the properties over to the stock.
holders is a little premature.
Mr.. Rand, one of the receivers
of the company, was IN Cleve-
land during the week. and it is
known that matters pertaining to
the receivership, or reorgan,za-
tion as it may be called, haye
been progressing satisfactorily,
and a settlement among stock.
holders may be expected after
the close of navigation. It is a
family affair, anyhow.-Marine
Review.
!, A general raise of wages of
from ten to fifteen per cent. went
into effect at all the leading
properties on the range the first
of the month, and labor IS now
being paid about $3.50 while
miners receive about $1.65 com.
pany account. At the Franklin,
which is all contract work, no
advance was made, but the min
ers at this property are making
better than present company &C.
count wages at other mines, one
crew averaging $2.44 per shift
last month, and 'many<averaging
from S1.90 to 1925 per shift.
One of the Ward brothers OF
West Superior will leave tomor.
row for Rainy Lake to build q
mining camp and get ready fol
the location of a mill on thei,
property. The mine is three
fourths of a mile east of the
Little American on an island and
a number of men are now en-
gagged in developing it.
Another mining company has
paid q dividend. A division o.
81 a share was made by the Lake
Angeline company q few days
ago. " -. S.:. III. :. Z.
The strikers at the Tamarach
mine cried quits, and such as
we're allowed to do 50 returned
to work Monday morning. s I'D.
The night crew at the Biwabil
was laid of Monday, owing L
the inability Of the nine manage
ment to obtain cars.
The Ironton Steel works q
West Duluth are to resume oper
i ations at once with q force 8
I from 800 to 1000 men,