The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
NEWS FROM THE IRON MINES,
INTERESTING NOTES RELaTIYE TO
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY. =
Mcs0bQ aud Other Iron RaMOes.

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work in progress, the work thus
far being confined to sinking pits
to determine the extent of the
ore body. Through the kind.
ness of Supt. Thos. Fitzgerald. OF
Pine City, we were taken over
the property and given much
valuable information which
would otherwise have been lost.
There have been put down on
the property thirty.four pits, all
of which bottomed in ore, and
four drill holes were sunk by
fCole & Mcdonald about a year
ago. At present six. crews are
engaged in pltting and one crew
in cutting roads or trails from
one pit to another. In 5he pits
sunk the ore is found at depths
varying from s to 81 feet, and
averaging about 18 to 20 feet.
In pit 2l ore was struck at a
depth of SIX feet. This pit is
now down 100 feet, or 1O3 in ore.
the ore being a fine blue hema-
tite. Pit 19 is down 88 feet, 66
feet of this distance being in ore.
In but two pits on the property
has water been encountered,
numbers 2l and Is, in 81 at a
depth of 100 feet and il 26 at a
depth of 78 feet. The texture
Of the ore varies in different
pits. a grade of high manganese
being encounteredIin several on
the south end of the property,
| while in others the ore is either
q dark blue or u dark brown, one
|pit showing ore Of much the
! same color as tie Juniata grade
being shipped from near the sur
face at the Lone Jack. The pits
put down on this property ex.
p}ore and prove the ore body to
extend for one mile diagonally
across the property, northwest
and southeast. Sauntry. & Clark
own eight contiguous forties
in this town, and the. develop
ments thus far made prove it to
be at least one of the greatest
ore bodies on the range, the pits
now down proving ore on six
forties. In addition to the work
now in progress a diamond drill
will soon be started by Cole &
Mcdonald Oh the property. Just
what is the intent tion of the own
ers Of this immense property.
relative to future operations, is
not known, but the fact of the
aggressive work now being done
would denote that the property
is to be worked another season.
At the Franklin shipments are
going forward at the rate of 100
tons daily, $50 men now being on
the pay roll. The stockpile at
No. 2 has been shipped and the
bottom is now being cleaned up
and loaded by hand, and the
steam shovel has started on No.
l stoclzpile which contains about
"a, 900 tons. The foundations fol
the new plant of machinery al
this property are complete and
one engine and the two new
drums are in place. The othe1
|engine IS en- route and is expect
ed here daily. The Franklin
will show a good seasons recorc
and will doubtless be wrough
throughout the winter months
furnishing employment to a goot
force.
Work on the Victoria, in 9-58
II, under the management o
Capt. G. H. Whitford, is bein.
pushed, the new shaft now be
ing down to a depth of IS feet
Twelve men are employed at tn
property. and the work going Of
would indicate that the owner
: intend making a shipper IF tn
mine for next season. The shat
being sunk is 5x9 inside. an
will contain two skip-roads an
ladder-way.
At the Bessemer IS men no,
: find employment, and shipment
{ averaging about 300 tons dali
are now being sent forward
This mine is being opened in ex
cellent shape, WORK now bein'
carried on in drifts runnin
north, south and east of tn
shaft, and the property will b
put in fine condition for anothe
season.
At the Commodore, eight me
are employed in deepening ol
. No. 1 pit. which is now down 6
r feet. Some trouble has been Q,
n perienced with water in the pi
but on Tuesday a No. 8 Camera
pump was put to work and fro
this time IN no more trouble wi