The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
NEWS FROM THE IRON MINES.
INTERESTING NOTES RELATIYE TO
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
Mesa6a and Other Iron Ranges.

The daily output at the Frank
lin is COW about $4,000 tons, 400
men being on the pay roll. Stock.
pile No, l is now being shipped,
a new Vulcan steam shovel do
ing the loading, working SINGLE
shift. The new plant of mach
inery, consisting of four five-foot
reversible drums and four du-
pick engines, made to special Or
der by the Marinette Iron Works
of Duluth, are now in position
and the new engine house nears
completion. When this plant is
in running order, the hoist from
No. 1 will be moved to the Vic.
toria and the hoist from No. 2
will be used at the Bessemer
property In connection with
the regular work Of mining and
stockpiling, a new shaft will be
sunk and other improvements
made at the Franklin during the
coming winter, work on the
shaft to be begun as soon as
same can be located.
The Duluth & Iron Range will
build another ore dock at Two
Harbors. The work will in all
Likelihood begin this fall. Dur
ing the present season they have
been greatly hampered in their
business on account of boats,
whereas if they had a storage
dock they could continue their
large, steady shipments and not
be forced to lay off Gals while
waiting for boats. Immense
shipments of ore may be expect
ed next summer from the Mesa
ba, with the Duluth. Missabe &
Northern building another dock
at Duluth and the Duluth & Iron
Range adding still another at
Two Harbors.
At the Norman some IS men
are Employed double shifts be-
ing worked, the daily shipments
from the property being about
110O tons. A trip underground
in this nine on Wednesday alter
noon showed as nicely an ar
ranged property for cheap min
ing as can be found on the range,
the development work done re.
fecting much credit upon Supt.
Finley. The ore, which is mirel
by milling, is trammed by mules,
and an immense amount of ore
can yet be mined from the firs3
level. The diamond drill, which
has been worked in exploring
the property during the past few
weeks, has been removed.
The shaft at the Victoria is
we'll into ore and railroad tracks
to the property are now being
laid. Some ore may be shipped
from the mine this fall. In I'D.
dition to the shaft now bein g
sunk, the old rock shaft on the
property which was sunk 116
feet will be trimmed out and
Z 'timbered, for use as the princi
pal working shaft on the prop
erty another season.
The Bessemer property is fast
being developed and pushed to
the front as an active shipper,
some 500 tons being forwarded
from the property daily. A
force of 1870 men are now fur
nished employment and the num-
ber increased as rapidly as room
can be made. A second shaft
will be sunk on this property
during the winter, and another
season will find the property in
excellent shape for shipping.
Some stockpiling will be done at
this mine during the coming
winter.
The Minnesota Iron com pany
on Wednesday put another dia.
mon1 dill at work on the Lin.
coin property on section 5-58.17,
some 800 feet northwest of the
first hole put down on the prop.
erty, the work being in charge
of R. H. Charming. Under the
same management, drill explora
tions continue on the northeast
portion of the townsite.
The steam shovel in the west
cut of the Biwabik was buried
by a falr of ore Wednesday morn
ing, delaying work severa
hours.
At the Commodore much
trouble is being experienced
with water, but another boiler
will be added to the machinery
outfit at once, when 1t is expect
ed the No. 8 Cameron, with thu
added power. will be able t<
care for the flow.