The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
NEWS FROM THE IRON;MlNES.
INTERESTING NOTES RELATITE no
QUE PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.


Shipments from the OHIO com.
menced on Friday last, but are
light as.yet, only a night crew
being employed in loading. This
is because of the fact that the D.:
M. & N. switch engine, which
for the present handles their
cars, cannot attend to their work
during the day. With the arriv-
al Of the new standard locomo-
tive to be received by the Drake
4 Stratton company, however,
to be used at this mine, both day
and night crews will be run.
Jas. Corrlgan, Franklin Rock
efeller, ct AL, have secured a
lease of what is commonly known
as the Williams forty, formerly a
parcel of the cincinnati lease
and owned by John M. Williams,
Of Chicago, who Cancelled the
Cincinnati's lease to the proper
ty several months ago. Capt.
J. H. Pearce, formerly superin-
tendent of the Eureka, on the
Gogebic, and of the Commodore,
on this range. will be in charre
of the property.
Capt. G.. H. Whitford. who has
been engaged in exploratory
work in the vicinity Of Ely lake
in the interests OF Corrigan, Nc.
Kinney & Co., for some time
time past, has temporarily aban-
doned the explorations and is
now at the Victoria property
in the interests of the same
people, where he superintends
the sinking Of a double skip road
shaft and other work incidental
to the opening of the property.
Daily shipments Of about 500
tons are Low being made from,
the Hale. Present shipments
are from the east end of the cut,
but the ore is too coarse and
lumpy for good results and a
drift is now being driven west,
where it is expected easier mill
ing ore will be found.
The Franklin continues to be
a scene of activity, and the sea-
sons output from this nine will
present a inerecord. The mann
moth stockpile has practically
disappeared, and with the ma
chinery improvements now being
made this mine will soon be one
of the very best equipped prop
critics on the rat1ge.
The D. & I. r. r. has ordered
and will sooh receive four 100000
pound freight engines, the larg
est ever sent west. The twelve
wheelers, one of which was ex-
Inhibited at the Worlds Fair, are
monsters weighing 238000 pounds
but the new ones will exceed
them in both size ahd weight
The Auburn management are
having considerable trouble with
water ON the second level, the
ore clogging IN the chute so as
to seriouAy retard work at times.
It is not among the most remote
improbabilities that the under
ground system of mining may
succeed the milling process at
|this mine, at an early date.
A steam shovel from the Sou
dan mines has been brought to
the Canton and is at work on
Estockpile A, in conjunction with
the shovel which has just finish.
ed loading stocbpiFe B at the
same property.
The Drake & Stratton company
have this week had a crew at
work preparing track for the
stripping to be done on the Lone
Jack this fall, and a new steam
shovel will be received and put
to work on this property the
coming week.
Winston Bros. & Dear. the
contractors. have a crew Of about
eighty men employed on their
new stripping contl act at the
Auburn and are making the dirt
fly.
A new shovel was put to work
on the Ohio stripping Monday,
the shovel formerly used on the
stripping now being engaged in
loading ore at this property.
The Oliver continues to have
more or less trouble IN obtaining
sufficient cars, but nevertheless
an enormous amount of ore is
being forwarded. Their ship.
ments for the month Of August
will aggregate 100000 tons.
Municipal Court.
One of the latest sentiments
which appears to be undergoing