The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-20
NEWS FROM THE Iron MINES.
NOTES RELATIVE 70
~ OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
Mesaba and. Other I,os ranges.

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Capt. Harry Roberts recently
made another deal. in=the Petite
Robinson lands near Mckinley.
He has given an option to John
=. .Weimer on the nw4 Of sci and
sw@ Of sw+ of section Is, 58-16,
and Mr.. Weimer now hasa crew
IF test,pitters at work thereon:
# is understood that furnacemen
in the Sharon valley are inter.
ested with Mr.. Weimer. The
latter has also secured from Mr..
Roberts the refusal on what's
knownSas the Mckinley townsite
option, consisting Of AGO acres,
on which there has been q large
amount of ore shown up, pits
having been sunk at short dis
tances the entire length OF three
forties. ,>..=.~>
Some six hundred men are at
present employed at the Frank
lin group of mines. and some
$4,000 tons of ore are now con-
tanned in the various stock piles.
The new boilers at the Franklin
will be started about the first of
the year, and the Victoria will
be ready for machinery and &C.
tive operations from and after
the same time. The new shaft
at the Bessemer has not been
started yet, but will be sunk and
IN readiness: by the opening of
navigation. Timber for the
coming season is being put in,
and all preparations are being
made for lively work in '96.
Returns received at Cleveland
from all the iron ore shipping
ports on the great lakes show
that 10, 23s, $40 gross tons of ore
were shipped by water from the
mines. This beats all previous
records, both lake and rail, by
Of one million tons. OF
the ore shipped, 8,112,228 tons
were brought to lower lake ports
the remainder going to Chicago.
Milwaukee and other points.
The stock of ore left on receiv-
ing docks is but a tride in excess
of 10000 tons, much less than
at the close of last season. ''.'S:':@> :
John Helmet and a crew took
q churn drill out to section 5
last Monday morning. It will
be remembered that this is the
property the Eveleth Star gave
an account of a few weeks ago.
It is the find of D. II. Adams,
and is continuing to show up in
splendid shape. 1t will doubt
less develope into one of the
best properties on the range
Star.
A special meeting of the stock.
holders of the Chaplin Mining
company has been called to con-
vene at Cleveland or January
10th, for the purpose of increas-
ing the capital stock to $1,000,-
600. The deal for the purchase
of the Hamilton and Ludington
mines will be closed at that time.
The breaking down of the big
Vulcan shovel on the Adams
stripping will not effect the num-
Der of men employed at that
property. as an equal or larger
number than were effected by
the unfortunate break. down will
be given employment under.
ground.
The Cincinnati mine remains
in a state of inactivity and SO far
we have seen nobody who admits
that he knows when work will
be resumed. The North Cincin
natl also remains idle and two
months wages are still unpaid.
Range.
The Drake & Stratton Co.
have laid off two shovels en-
ployed at the Biwablk stripping,
for the winter. Two machines
are still employed on the work,
however, and will so long as the
weather will permit.
The Duluth & Iron Range rail.
road is building a spur from near
Tower to Lake Vermilion. par