The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-17
NEWS FROM The IRON MINES.
INTERESTING NOTES RELATITE 70
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
Mesabo aud Other IRON Roxoes.

work underground will start up
tomorrow or Monday, as soon as
the mine can be unwatered. The
water had flooded the first level,
and is being hoisted in skips and
pumped. Many of the men have
signitied their inteAtion of re-
turning to work at the old scale.
The steam shovel started up on
Tuesday, and some sood loading
is being done from the s:ockpile.
The sheriff and his depnt,es en-.
countered no resistance whatso-
ever, and all but a half dozen or
so returned to Duluth yesterday.
The worst feature of the strike
at any time was the horribly
overdraWn statements regarding
the trouble which appeared in
city dailies, and which tended to
stir up rather than quiet the dis
turbance. The Franklin will
work and will make a good ship.
ping record this season.
An important decision recent
ly received at the Duluth land
Office quiets title to the 81 Of the
mel and the e4 of the sci of 25.
58-17, valuable mineral property
adjoining the Adams. The case
Was that of Telesford Passunault
and Finley Morrison against
Emil Gross. The case has been
in the department for three years
past and has been hotly contest
ed. At one time Gross was offer
ed $3.50 to withdraw his claim
to the property. The decision of
the secretary is in support of
Gross claim and upholds those
OF the Duluth Office and commits.
siocer.
Stripping on the east cut of
the Biwabik is still going on and
will probably be continued all
summer. OF late a force of men
has been cleaning up the bonId-
ers and dirt left on top the ore
body. and the cut now presents
a very slightly appearance. It is
expected to begin shipping ore
from this cut about the middle of
June. Between 100, 900 and $780,
600 tons can be shipped from
this cut without further strip
ping. In the west cut good pro-
gress is made in loading, the
steam shovel being kept fairly
busy. The small engines haul
out two cars at a time and have
all they can do, but at that rate
a considerable amount of ore eau
be shipped in six month. Range.
The Duluth & Winnepeg have
a work train and crew ballastirg
its line between Swan River and
Allouez bay. It is the present
intention to put on five ore
trains to run daily between Hib.
bing and Superior, via Cloquet,
at which place the road is put.
ting in extensive side track &C:
commodations.
The Howards, OF Duluth. who
own several valuable tracts of
iron lands near Horseshoe Bay,
have put eleven men at work
testpitting on their properties.
In case of developing good prop
critics, the owners will have q
bonanza, as the rail freights will
not be an item of expense.
While the Minnesota Iron CON-
pany recently advanced the
wages paid employees by about
ten per cent, they have decided
to cut down the output of the
Chandler from $4,000 to 10000
tons per month, necessitating
the discharge of a number of
men.
Tho Duluth, Mississippi &
Northern road is now complete
as far as the Mahonlng mine.
Two drill crews are at work
for the Consolidated. under Capt.
Schelander, on property a short
distance southwest of the Ma
honing.
The Rockefeller syndicate has
secured control :of the Merritt
mine, Immediately !adjoining the
LAKE Superior property on the
west, and will explore and de.
velope same this*season.
It would he difficult to find 3
finer looking, able bodied lot Of
American citizens than are EN-.
ployed at the Adams mine. They
are credit to a company and a
credit to = nation. Star. ~ r."
Editor Thomas, Of the Fort
Francis News, has published a
story that the employees of the
Little American mine have taken
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