The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
1es0b0 ana ltEes. Iron RaH0es..

plant recently put in and which
! will work No. 2 and the new
shaft, works to perfect ton and
! two large ne:. boilers of about
100 horse power each. are now
he;"::: sat 10 conjunction. The
I'll -! H...p.s:.:';>:,1:> has been
s:,.>.:; ,>.a..c,.; L ,:.*G ,:le past
s.>;n:n. !. :.,lu instead of buildings
So. ,sil angles of the compass.
one now finds as neatly laid out
4 location as is To be seen OF the
range. The company store, un.
der management OF Mr. w. F.
Arter. Is now opened and we'll
stocked, and apparently enjoys
. good patronage. The mine
! "ill work full force and stock as
-: 4 u as 0 si:,:e ducin:; the win
;:.,'
The :..onday dailies contained
the announcement of an option
given by the Rouchleau- Ray
Land & Irol Co. TO the Console
dated aggregation, on the e3 Of
the ne4 of section II, 58.17, the
option being for ninety days st a
figure of one and one. quarter
millions for fee. This property
joins the northwestern portion
OF the Minnewas, the work doue
on the property two years ago
showing an immense body of
high grade ore near the Mime.
was line. Cole & Mcdonald. the
drill men. have secured ! con.
tract for an lamount OF work. TO
be done OF, the property. and
will begin operations with two
drills at once.
4 dispatch from 1shpeming
bearing date of December 4th.
announces that the mining com
panies operating at 1shpeming
and Negaunce have notified
their employees that the wages Of
miners had been voluntarily is-
creased 10 cents and laborcrs 5
cents per day, making the min
er's scale $3.50. Members of the
Miners Union now say that the
non union men will be asked 10
join the union, and in case they
refuse the union miners will
quit. On the other hand, the
managers say they will close
down for the entire winter ra.h-
er than recognize the union.
The new shaft-house at the
Victoria ris being raised this
week. The working shaft is
now down to depth of over one
hundred feet. and drifting and
rooming will soon be commenced,
A little ore is now being raised
and stocked from the old shaft,
while the new dry, engine and
boiler houses give the place an
appearance of stability and pros.
pective activity.
At the Auburn, drifting from
the second level is now in pro
gross, and stockpillng has CON-
menced. A small force only is
employed. but in coninnctisn
with the crew employed by W'
ston Bros. at their stripping oa
this property, the Auburn is an
apprcciabie factor to Virginia's
prosperity this winter.
At the Bessemer, about $1,000
tons are now in stock, and every.
thing about the property shows
the mark of good management.
"A new shaft will be sunk on this
property during the winter. and
the mine will be in a position to
compare records very favorably
with other range properties next
season.
a. Gowen, a prominent Clo-
cues lumberman. was in the city
on Monday. Mr.. Gowan owns
considerable lands on the Mes.
aba and has started two crews
testpitting, one near Mouutair
Iron aud the other some tive
miles south of this city.
At the Norman needed repair:
of machinery are being made
I and it is understood that worl
, will reopen on this propert,
shortly after the first Of th'
year.
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