The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-18
AMONG THE MINES,

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Bros. & 6isk to recover @l5, ,49,
which the plaintiffs declare rep
resents the depreciation Of ce~'
tain locomotives and other min
ing machinery leased to the de-
PENDANTS while under contract To
delveope the Biwabik mine.
W. H. H. Stowell, assignee OF
the Minnesota Blast Furnace
company, states to the court
he has $26,202 in cash, $4,000
worth Of pig iron and a judg.
ment Of "a, ,859.15 against thu
West Superior Iron and Steel
company. He wants TO make 4
dividend to the creditors of i've
per cent.
At the Oliver ono OF the new
pumps has been set. aud the
work Of sinking resumed. The
shaft 10 now down nearly 10
feet.
The Mahoning is being OK.
plored by the sinking of test
pits in 8 and 8 until water is on.
countered. and then left to be
bottomed with a drill.
The Virginia Iron company
has filed an answer TO the suit of
F. S. Colvin and J. A. Robb VS..
]. B. Weimer, ct al to deter.
mine the ownership of certain
MesAba lands. including the old
Moose m>nc.: 1t is alleged that
the contract from c. w. Kimber.
ley under waich the Moose Min.
ing company and J. B. We,mer
operated iis void because Kim.
berley haaa no right to make it.
The Oliver people are having
the Lone Jack tested with q d,.
amond drill, the work being done
by cole & Mcdonald.
E. J. Longycar has about ff-
teen men employed at his ex-
ploring camp in 8 57-22.
The Hibbing News states that
it il estimated that something
like II, 600. coo tons of ore is now
in sight on the LonRyear prop
erty, near: H,bbing. II they
keep on exploring: over there
they will find some orc yet.
The new mining. office of the
Lake Superior is~now completed
und occupied.
by the falling asleep of =
night firemen. At tho Lake. Su-
perior on Friday night, the.
steam went down and the pumps
stopped. The next morning the
shaft was slightly moist.
Some months ago tho Mime
sofa Iron company obtaincd an
option from the PittsherS Iron
company Of 200 acres OF land in
5e.17. The company has since
been prospecting the lands and
while the deal is not yet closed
it is stated the lands will be pur-
chased and developed by tn,
Minnesota people. .
The Oliver Min,ng company
of Pittsburg, headed BY Henry
". Oliver. the furnace man, has
decided to accept the terms OF
the 60 day option for the sale to
of tho fee of the Lone Jack rairs
at Virginia. The transfer will
be made in about seven weeks,
the purchaser paying $3.50, 900.
The seller is the Lone Jack Min
ing company. consisting of Dav.
id r. Adams, w. G. Sherwood.
]. n. James and one or two 9th
er Duluth men. Previous to the
formet.on of tho Rockefeller
Merritt combination the Lone
Jack Mining company leased the
property to Merritt and Wet.
more on . royalty stipulation of
so cents = ton Of ore. They
turned the lease over to the
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron
mines, which obtained q reduc.
ton Of the royalty to Is cents.
Later tho Oliver people got it
from the com bination. BY pur.
chasing the fee they can work
the property to better advan-
tage.-Commonvealth.
OperationsAt the gold proper.
ty near Ely owned by A. W.
Dutton, G. G. Prindel and others
have been Suspended for the
winter owing to the fact that the
showing WAS not ext,a good, and
water causing considerable
trouble. The owners may re-.
sumo work in the spring. Morris
Thomas has property adjoining
that of Dutton and his sssociates
which runs q whole mile along