The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

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MesabG and Other Iron Ranges.

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range has just been brought tx
light. It is an immense body o:
iron ore, Identical in quality fe
that of the Fayal and Adams
mines. It is situated on the 81
of the sw4, nw4 Of sw4, nw4 o1
sci, sw4 of net of section 5, tp,
81, north range II, and is known
as the Fowler explorations. For
several months exploratory work
has been carried on on these
quarters by means of testpltting
and diamond dffft. The ore is
quite coarse in texture, and the
prospects are that an immense
body of ore will shortly be shown
up. When one considers that
| this is among the Eveleth group,
! joining the Fayal, and is said to
be equal in every respect to
those properties which produce
such splendid high grade Besse.
HERS which are unequaled on the
entire range for quality, it sim
ply means an additional import
'snce and prestige for Eveleth.
This new property was discov
cred under the superintendency
tof D. r. Adams, of Duluth, and
is owned by E. NJ. Fowler, Sim
on J. Murphy, Temple G. Doerr,
George o. Robinson and E. Finn
all of Detroit. These same par
ties own the fee of the Vega,
Adams and Fayal and are also
interested in the Eveleth town
site.-Star. [The above may be
correct in the main, bu; mas.
much as the Fayal and Adams
ores are accredited with being
las widely variant in quality as in
texture, t we would ask that the
quality { f ore on the new find be
more explicitly given Ed
The ore shipments from the
MenomiLee range for the season
of 1895 are going to re; CT a total
that will cause a surprise and
land us among the leaders.
While, of course, it is impossible
to quote authoritative figures at
present. The Range-Tribune
ventures the prediction that the
total will exceed 100000 tons.
The total from this range last
season was 1887, $40 tons. None
of our mines are stocking ore as
yet, and the majority will con-
tinue shipping to dock as long
as the weather will permit. Sew
eral days this week the ship:
ments from this range have
reached 10000 tons. In only
two seasons have the shipments
exceeded 100000 tons. In
1890 2,292,237 tons we're for
warded and in 1892, 2,261, 400
tons-the banner year. Next
season we predict that that re-
cord will be mashed.-Range.
Tribune.
Andrew Carnegie speaking of
the blast and rolling mill advisa-
bility for the head of the lakes
says It has been my business
to study the question of iron and
steel manufacture in the United
States, and after I have passed
in review the claims and advan
tages of various points I have
never failed to come back to
good old Pittsburg and say,
"Here is the spot" I continue
the study and today I can no
longer say this. Pit.sbu-g is no
longer the best point to manu-
facture steel in the United States.
1t takes only one ton of coke to
make one ton of steel pig iron.
Therefore, a manufacturing
plant on the shores of the lakes
north of Pittsburg, getting it's
two tons of ore by water, has the
advantage of having to trans
port only It's one ton of coke by
rail. The lake shore is the
place now to locate new steel
works."
More iron ore has been ship
ped during the present year
from the ranges in the Lake Su.
perior district, including the Go.
gebic, Menominee, Marquette,
| Mesabai Vermilion, than during
any other entire year in the his
tory of ore mining in Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota. The
shipments up to November ]
this year amounted to 9,346,741
tons; and before the close o1
navigation, which will not bt
until early i'll December, the tot
al shipments will, it is said
reach the 10000, 900 mark.
The Fayal now has some tel
thousand tons In stock and th'
property will be one of the live
liest on the range throughout tn,