The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-10
NEWS FROM THE lRO MINES,
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
Mrsaba aud Other Iron Ranges.
Hammer Loud Of the R0n0e,

Mrsaba aud Other Iron Ranges
Banner Load Of the Range.
The men at the Vega went out
on Tuesday because of a differ
ence of opinion between the mine
owners and themselves relative
to the efforts being made to re-
cover the body of Gust Ander-
son, one of the poor unfortunates
who were buried by the caYe in
at that mine two weeks ago last
Monday. The work had been
carried on by three eight-hour
shifts, at $500 per shift. On
Tuesday morning, however, two
of the three shifts were ordered
discontinued and ten.hour shifts
substituted at the same pay. The
men contend that nearly three
hours in twenty-four are lost by
working ten hour shifts. while
the work is constantly going on
under the eight hour system, and
that every effort should be put
forth to recover the body as
quickly as possible. The CON-
pany has already used great dill.
igence in the search for the body
even at a considerable cost, and
it is understood are willing to
continue in their efforts, although
desiring to do so at a less rapid
and in a less costly manner. At
latest adyices no amicable SETTLE
ment of the difficulty had been
reached.
A call at the Adams early in
the week found everything run
ming along smoothly and prepar.
ations for shipping were advanc
ing at smart pace. At No. I
shaft there is between 10000 and
10000 tons in the stockpile. No.
, shaft is down as far as it will
80 at present, about 10 feet.
The work of putting up a shaft
house and the machinery for
hosting will start in a few days.
Three ton skips will be used and
the shaft will be Gx14 inside of
timbers. The Duluth, Missabe
& Northern have a crew Of men
at work on a spur track to this
shaft, which will connect with
the main line near the depot and
will be completed before the
shipping season opens. Hustler
The Oliver has had a crew at
work repairing and getting III
readiness for:the shipping sea-
son. They will commence ship
ments for the s:ason between the
18th and Goth, and can put out a
great amount of ore during the
season of '96.
An execution for $134, 1913. so
against James Corrgan and
Judge Stevenson Burke of Cleve-
land, was filed on Wednesday by
Albert B. Guilfuss. as assignee
of the Commercial Bank of Mil
waukee. The amount of the ex-
ecution lis the amount of the
judgment against the members
of the firm of Corrigan, Ives &
Co., which was taken in the cir
cult court for Milwaukee county
some months ago. the suits being
over some storage certificates on
pig iron which Ferdinand Schles.
niger had given the bank as COL
lateral.
A bid of $41, 200, presented to
Louis A. Reed, assignee of the
American Realty company, has
been confirmed by Judge Jami
son, of Minneapolis, as the price
of the iron lands held by the in
solvent in the Gun Flint lake
country. The lands are said to
be very valuable, and the bid
accepted was presented by Geo.
w. jerks and signed by r. B.
Town.
Before the Merritts had got
their first loans from Mr.. Rookie
feller, Van Horne knew there
was a project to make the Mesa
ba consolidation a vassal or ally
of the Minnesota Iron company.
If the Merritt Rockefeller case
should ever be sent back for re-
trial the verdict will be apt to be
for more than a million instead
of less.
The Oliver company continues
it's explorations on the Sauntry
with unabated activity, and by
the time of the expiration OF
their option on May 1st will have
thoroughly tested the property.
The Drake & Stratton company
have practically completed nee
essary repairs and needed i'm
provements, and are about ready
for active operations. 1t is un
darst0Od this company will work