The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20

Brendlne as heretofore announ'
ced. Capt. John Mailman has q
steam churn drill at work there.
Last Saturday the ore body was
reached at depth of IS feet and
at the present writing the drill
is over 100 feet in fine blue ore
and still going down. This is
one of the finest located proper.
ties on this end of the Mesabi.
The Mesabi road runs along the
north line of the property, while
the Wright & Davis road passes
directly over the center Of it,
Hibbing News. = : 5,
The Lake Superior Mining
company is about to let the cen
tract for'the clearing of a ten,
acre townsite upon which their
second mining plant will so N be
erected. The new plant will be
located a short distance east OF
the Mahoning offices, on the line
of the D. M. & N. extension. and
will, we understand, be fully as
large as the one now in opera
ton at this end of the property.
Work has already commenced on
two of the shafts at this point
and two more will be started as
soon as the preliminary details
can be arranged.-News.
| Work on the Southern Mesaba
r. r. better known as the Mel
son Lumber company's logging
road is being pushed with ener.
gy. Over three hundred men
are now employed in grading the
roadbed: Large camps have
been established near SCOTS S.
AS the line passes through a
comparatively level country,
the work will be light. This
road will only run to St. Louis
river at point near Iron juno.
ton at present, and be used ex-
clusively as a logging road.
The drill boys employed at
the Drake & Stratton company's
works. struck on Tuesday morn
ing. Their places were filled in
short order. however, and in an
hours time the place presented
its usual appearance of hustle
and activity.
The Biwabik Bessemer. CON-
pany are doing some exploring
on undeveloped portions Of their
property by testpitting. One
pit near the north side of the
property was bottomed in ore
Monday at a depth of thirty
feet.
The work Of grading on the
! D., M. r. & N. r. r. into Hib.
bing is about complete, and it is
expected the road will reach the
town about October 1st. WINS
ton Bros. & Dear have the grad.
ing contract.
VIM. S. Russell, agent of the
Vulcan Steam Shovel company,
of Toledo, o., looks after inter-
ests of his company on the range
One of their new shovels is en-
gaged on the Franklin stocKpile.
Under the efficient supervision
of Capt. J. H. Pearce, the Will
liams forty is now numbered
among the producing mines of
the range, the first skip of ore
being hoisted on Tuesday.
Henry Truelsen, of Duluth, is
in charge of a crew on the Penn
Iron company's property, west
of Mountain Iron, where explo1
atory work is being done with a
drill.
Three new pits have been
started on the Sauntry during
the week, and the work of ex.
ploration goes on with unabated
activity.
! At the Canton, foundations
are being laid for an air com.
Ipressor, which will be used in
operating air drills underground.
Winston Bros. & Dear adver.
tise for 100 more men to work
on their stripping contract al
the Mahonlng.
E. J. Longyear conducts ex.
plorations on the 40 adjoinin 2
the Hibbing townsite on the
south.
L. B. Sutton, a mining engin.
eer from the Chaplin. has been
engaged the past week in map
ping out proposed new work al
the Franklin.
A number of neat cottages will
soon be erected at the Adams,
for use of employees.
Ven. Archdeacon Appleby
, conducted devine services at the