The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
NEWS FROM THE IRON MINES.
INTERESTING NOTES RELATIYfs re-
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
Mesdba and Other Iron R0M0es,

prepare to erect a half dozen
neat cottages at the Canton loca-
tiOn.
The Franklin continues to load
from stockpile and underground,
loading about forty-tive cars per
day from stockpile with one
steam shovel and about the same
mum ber of cars daily from No. 8
shaft. The Franklin carries
some 400 men on it's pay roll,
among whom will be distributed
about $4,000 this week.
The Drake & Stratton COM
, pany, who have been stripping
the Ohio, have secured the con-
; tract for loading the ore at that
property, and will put shovel
No. 215 at this work the coming
week, when the Ohio will enter
the list of shippers.
The Minnesota Iron company:
which has an option on the Wy
oming, has been doing consider
able exploring on that property
by test-pitting.
Test.pit explorations are beirg
carried on at the Lincoln prop.
erty, north of the city, by the
Minnesota Iron company. r. H.
Charming is il charge of tie
work.
Dick Rossiter has the con tract
! for moving the old boarding
house at the Franklin, which is
to be cut up and remodeled into
three dwellings. The carpenter
work will be done by L. :Vilmur.
A neat residence for uthe super
intendent will also be erected on
! the location in tine near future.
A bout twenty cars per shift
are now being forwarded from
the Norman, under charge of
Capt. VIM. Findlay. The night
crew at this mine will be laid off
shortly.
Twelve to fifteen cars per day
are being forwarded from the
Bessemer.
The dinkey "Chip," of the
Drake & Stratton outfit, is again
on deck after a couple Of weeks
lay-up at the repair shops made
necessary by wreck with Dad
Smith at the throttle.
The Drake & Stratton outfit at
tho Lone Jack broke the STRIP
ping record few days since;
tearing out 4, 20) yards in a ten
hour shift with one shovel.
Jerry Burke is again on deck
at his old position as foreman at
the Drake & Stratton company's
works.
The Oliver has let the contract
to the Drake & Stratton company
to level down a road bed from
near the Oliver Office to the Lone
Jack property, so that ore may
be drawn straight down instead
of around by the Commodore as
at present. One shovel is now
engaged on the work.
A diamond drill has been put
to work on the Norman, testing
the depth and extent of the ore
body. Olof Hallgren, of Ish-
peming, is in charge of the work.
Rumors of a proposed concert
ed strike at the mines in this
vicinity are rife, but we trust
any grievances may be speedily
and amicably adjusted.
For some days a force of SUR
veyors nave been running lines
in the upper bay about three
hundred feet east of the Duluth.
Missabe & Northern railways
ore dock, They seem to be sur.
veying for another dock, as the
water is full of stakes at short
intervals from the shore line
away out to the harbor line. The
men are mum as to what is the
object Of their work, but there is
little doubt that they have been
getting ready for the building Of
a second dock for the Missabe
road. The plans for second
dock were prepared some time
ago. The present dock is the
largest of it's kind on the lakes
and probably also in the world,
but it will be wholly inadequate
if the ore business fulfilis expec-
[tations.-CommOnwealth.
The Drake & Stratton com
have secured the contract for the
stripping at the Biwabik, and
are already getting things on the
ground in readiness for active
operations. This contract means
a big thing to our neighboring