The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08
AMONG THE MINES.


:. Will Cole. who has held a 20.
sltion as machinist with the BUT.
falo Mining company in this city
for the past five years, left last
night for Virginia, on the Mesa.
ba range, where he has accepted
q position as master mechanic at
the Franklin mine. Mr.. Cole is
IS fine workman and will no
doubt fill his new position with
credit to himself and satisfaction
to the company. The Franklin
is quite a fair.sized mine. Last
season it shipped 223, 400 tons of
ore. This is about 5000 tons
more than the Buffalo company
sent out. its total shipment beng
22O, 800 tons The Franklin is
owned by Corrigan and Rookie.
feller.-Marquette Journal.
During a recent visit of T. T..
Cole, of Negaunee, general man.
ager of the Commodore mine.
but little hope was held out for
working of this property during
the coming season. During the
season Of 1893 the Commodore
was one of Vi:'gjn;a's liveliest
properties, upwards Of 200 men
being employed for the major
portion Of the season. under
charge of Capt. j. Fl. Pearce,
who is now in the gold fields of
the Seine river valley. Capt. J.
+. Hooking, formerly of the
Brotherton, on tue Gogebic,
has been looking after the pro-
perty since June last.
The shaft at the Oliver is down
1875 feet and on Tuesday the
work Of running q drift east from
the bottom was started. A great
amount o. trouble continues to
be experienced with water.
Thos. Bardon. of Ashland,
brother of Superior's leading
land owner, is in the city. He
is president of the Pioneer mine,
at Ely, and says his company ex.
poets to ship considerable ore
this season. although he canno,
give an estimate. There is quite
a force at work on the property
INTERCHANGEABLE.
Capt. Hunter, Of the Pioneer
Iron company: informs Us that
they have penetrated the ore
body with a diamond drill from
the so foot level. the drill now
being dom 81 :.cct AMI still in
ore. This proves that this is
7one Of the very best mines on
the range. AS soon as prices
warrant this company will go 10
taking out ore on a large scale.
Ely Times.
For the first time in the his
tory Of the range a perso., has
been killed by an electric shock.
The unfortunate individual is
Herman Jacobson, q trammer,
employed at the East Norrie
nine. He started for the sur
face at midnight Wedn sday
night and got IF q: the sixth
level to do some work. The
electric cable that supplies the
mine with light runs down the
shaft and besides being insulated
is placed in an inch iron pipe as
an additional protection. When
jacobson had finished ,.is work
he grasped the wire cord to sig.
nal for the skip and in doing SO
placed his other hand on the
pipe. A circuit was thus com
pleted and one thousand volts
passed through, his body, proha.
bly, causing death instantly. It
was found that the insulation
had wore of the wire, creating a
circuit with the pipe Ironwood
Times.
The Standard Ore company
has discontinued explorations on
section 6-57-i7. A small body of
high grade ore was found, but it
is thought to be only a pocket
not enough to pay for working.
Capt. Mat Cundy had charge Of
these explorations Range.
Although the Mesaba range
has been shipping ore but two
seasons it does not stand far
from the head of the Lake Su.
perior ranges IN it's shipping rec.
ord for 1894. The Marquette
range leads with 2,O49.1O7 tons,
while the Mesaba shipped 1885,
839 tons. Next season, beyond
doubt, the Mesaba will lead all
Lake Superior ranges. No won
der the older ranges are trying