The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
NEWS FROM THE IRON MINES.
INTERESTING NOTES RELaTyTR r0
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY,
Mes0bd and Other Iron. RdM1es.

| 4Ac HutcI PRISE WttS tulS Wcet
shown a sheet of tin plate abou
seven inches square which wa:
made by the Oliver Iron & Steo
company at their mills at Pitts
burg and which was made ex
clusively from some of the ore
mined fro the Oliver last sea
son. This company recently
transposcd one of their steel
mills into a tin plate plant an6
are making a grand success OF
the enterprise. The sheet a.
shown to US was of a brown an6
pigeon blue hue and very heavy
and stiff, which bids fair to be
used for roofing, sheeting and
most all kinds of vessels which
have heretofore been made Of
tin plate. This is truly {; grand
scheme aud goes to show that
the Mesaba iron is of more i'm.
portance than was at first
thought or given due credit for
The Enterprise extends thanks
TO Messrs. Florada and Carlin
for favOrs shown in behalf of
this opportunity of giving our
many readers this bit of pleas
ant news.
The Fayal, Lear Eyeleth, is
making good progress these
days. At that mine about 300
tons of ore is being hoisted in q
day and are on the increase.
Supt. Wallace has charge of this
and the Auburn mine and is
bringing them to the front. 200
men are engaged at tho Fayal
who sec their monthly earnings
on the 18th of each month.
While on the property we saw
some very fine machinery and
in good clean shape.
The Adams, onc Of Evelet}1's S
mines, will soon be in condition
for their first shipments, under
the efficient management Of
Capt. j. II. nearding. The
machinery for this NINE is all
standing on the D., NJ. & N.
track and awaiting for tho com.
pletion of the boiler house.
Stripping is being done by steam
shovel which is making dirt fly
ank keeps the dinkey engines on
the move.
At the Oliver work is pro-
crossing as usual and day and
night crews are kept ousy. The
company dwelling house receives
an addition this week and the
work is in the hands of Con.
tractor Carr who also has a con-
tract for building a 15x34 oil
house at this mine and the work
on same will be begun next
week. No ore is as yet being
shipped from the Lone Jack but
will be shortly. The stripping
is being done by steam shovel
and the company has built an
addition to the trestle work on
the north.
Winston Bros. resumed their
work on the stripping contract
at the Auburn last week and are
making good headway with the
work. Shipping ore for the '95
season was also commenced last
week and Monday saw about 300
men employed between the two
factions on the property. The
stripping is being done with
steam shovels.
On the Gogebic range things
have taken a sudden change fo1
the better and the people of that
section are looking forward tc
a 'whiff'' of the good old times.
The Brotherton and Sunday
Lake mines, near Wakefield, are
being unwatered and haye gooG
contracts. The Anvil, a Besse
mer property, is being worked
day and night and the company
intends pushing operations the
remainder of the season. The
pumps at the Palms were start
ed last Tuesday and by thi!
elegant property working means
business for Bessemer. At tn,
Windsor, west of Hurley, worl
will be pushed this summer un
der the supervision of Capt
Webb. The Superior, near tn
latter, after a shut down of owe
two years, re.opened last week
A new mining company wa
formed at Ironwood last Tues
day and the incorporators are
Geo. A. Curry, A. D. Garner an
M. P. OBrien. The new com
I pany will control and work til
Mlkado, near Wakefield. thu
summer. The Aurora Iron CON
pany surrendered it's lease
Capt. Matt Fitzsimmons, VIII