The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11

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ployment during the winterI
months.
1 It is stated that during the re.
cent visit of Henry w. Oliver toI
Duluth he secured an option or
the fee Of the Lone Jack mine,
for $25o,0o0, running for 60
days. The Lone Jack is now
controlled by the Oliver under
lease from the Consolidated.
A good force is st adily EN-.
ployed at the Auburn. aud it is
the intention of the management
to put on additional men about
February 18th to bring their
working force up to about 200.
The Auburn is as fine a proper.
ty and as we'll opened as any on
the entire range, and will make
a record of a full half million for
'95 shipments. Under the eff.
cient management of Supt.
Wallace this property has I'M.
dergone almost miraculous
changes during the past few
months, and has become one of
the ribs in Virginia's industris |
frame.
James E. York, general mana
ger of the Ironton Structural
Steel company, returned this
morning from brief trip bring.
ing important news with him.
He has been unable to secure
bids from nearby steel manufac-
turers for the furnishing of the
ingots out of which to roll steel
beams and so will have to make
his steel himself at the earliest
day possible, meanwhile sending
Ill the way to Ports Ohio and
Burgess works, which his bro.
Their owns, for the material, and
pay 1925 per ton in freight
charges, which alone would
make q nice profit in itself. Mr..
York has written to q plumber oil
the leading contractors of tho
country for bids for the building
of two open furnaces and work
will probably be begun within
two weeks. He hopes to have
one furnace ready or use by
June /, but will have to make +
great hustle to keep within the
limit. These two furnaces viii
be but the beginning of a vas
steel making plant. The othe1
furnaces are expected to come
lin rapid succession. Com mon
wealth. 49, -
| Explorations in the Carlton
county slate quarry of Francis
Omeis, of this city. have pro
crossed so for that shaft o,
eighty feet depth has been sunl
and the workmeu are now drift
ing. On its face the vein has :
showing of 200 feet depth with ;
stratiticd slope eastward. Ths
slate which is being uncovered
is of very fine quality, with ;
q remarkable smooth cleavage
and it hardens on exposure L
tho outer air. The slate is par
ticularly we'll adapted for use il
roofing. thing. flooring, side
;, walks and for b!ackboards and
is apparently of unlimited ex
tent. Mr.. Omeis has QUILTED
1 his quarry with an Ingersoll
Sergeant drill and an improved
bar channeler, steam hois,s anc
a lot of other machinery. The
nearest slate quarr'es and IL
fact the only ones of a real i'm
portance ART in Maine and Penn
.; sylvania and as the good qualitit {
of Mr.. Omeis' quarries become
known they will probably be ar
important addition to the indus
tries of this district A number
Of Belgian slate workers are
employed in developing the pro-
perty.-H.rald.
A. E. Humphreys is back
from the Kootenai country,
where they have ten fest OF
snow. The railroad is now
! within ~ miles of his mines. the
Idaho and Alamo, bit between
4. 600 and 5000 feet above hem.
The ore is now taken to t 9 rail-
road for 80 per ton where q year
! ago it cost $35. The yield of
silver is $50 ounces per ton,
while the lead amounts to % per
, cent. His company has just
furnished a 1O) ton conceutra,or
which will obtain business with
in radius of 300 miles. The
new silver country is picking up