The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-18

ways At the approach Of Il ore.buy:
ing time. Talk Of an ore pool
has filled some newspaper spacs.
but has served no more useful
end. Az has besn pointed out in
these colums on several occasions
the diversity o: interests ,nvolv,
cd in ore production and ore
carrying; the considerations
compelling operation at one pro.
(perty, that do not exist At "a.
other; the interlacing of lake
and rail interests with those Of
certain mining companies; aud
quite as important a. any reason.
the varying constituency and
and adaptions Of ores to the di.
verse purposes of furnacemen
and steel companies-all these
considerations put \ pool out Of
tho question. In the attempt to
| getfsome consensus as to price.
among prominent producers. it
is believed the condition OF. the
re.buying trade. has been we'll
cauvasscd. What the steel.mak.'
or will pay and whta price the
ore trade can maintain. when
q price for staadard Bessemers
has been named are prominent
considerations. --1ron Trade Re.
view.
The report Of Clarence NJ.
Boss. inspector Of mines in Co.
gebic county. Mich... for the
year ending September /, 1894,
has just been issued. It shows
that at the 12 mines in that
county 995 men were employed
underground, and 404 surface.
men in the year mention. There
were three fatal accidents. No
ore was mined in the year at the
Anvil, Brotherton, Palms and
Sunday Lake. The amount
mined in other mines is as fol.
lows: Ashland. 1858 tons;
Aurora, 122, 900; Colby. es.449;
East Norrie, 10000; Eureka,
1880; Newport, 100, ,7e4; Norrie.
! $50, 600; Pabst, 12l, 900; total, l..
00l, 165 :ons. .
|. The ten days which John Nc
Kinley. and the Standard Ore
company had in which to. com.
ply with the terms Of the lessee
Of part Of the Cincinnati mine
have expired aid the property
revsrts to John NJ. Williams: !: OF.
Chicago, the 4es:owner. zszs1
Iron Manufacturing ia Minnesota: !
A subject of general import.
ancc to Duluth and the entire
state was discussed at the meet
ing of tho chamber # commerce
yesterday. On recommendation
Of the: COMMITTEES having the sub.
ject under consideration, the leg.
islati:e committee was instruct
ed to prepare q bill providing
for the rebate of the 25 cent
state royalty on all iron manu-.
factured within the state within
fifteen years after the passage
OF the bill. providing that manu-:
facturers wishing to take advan-
tage Of the provision must have
their plants erected before 1900.
This is a measure that should
meet with favorable considers.
ton by the Legislature. It would
prove beneficial not only to Du.
luth but to St. Paul and Mime
apolis, as we'll as to every part
Of the state. The rebate of the
state royalty on ore converted
into pig iron at plants establish.
ed within the borders of the state
would cner q strong inducement
for the location of iron and steel
plants at this point. St. Paul
and Minneapolis might also ex-
pect to be selected as favorable
points for such establishments,
while the increased market for
farm products provided by the
thousands of men who would be
given employment in. the fur
naces and other plants would be
OF material benefit to the farmers
of the state.
AS matters now stand, the
only benefit the people Of Min
nesota generally derive from the
iron mines is the royalty of Is
cents per ton. the small amount
of wages paid to miners and
about 10 cents per ton for han.
ding the orc at the docks. If
t,e ore was turned into pig iron
st plants IN this state, tho amount
o money distributed among the
people would equal nearly SO