The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-01

Ont OF ~ wa, 0Wf Oh NE7, NWT
of SET and NE+ of SW4, Sec.
29.58-20, for $3.50, 900, says Min
er and Marine Review of Du-
luth. These lands were ex-.
plored and examined by E. J..
Longyear, and the sale was
made upon his report. They are
situated about q miles north
east of Hibbing on the western
end of the Mesaba. John S.
PillsburY was the owner of this
property and the Washington
Iron company at one time held
a lease of it, This deal vas
practically consumma:ed about
three weeks ago, but some de-
fects IN the title to one forty
had to be cured, which has now
been donc and the deal is fully
closed. This sale means another
mine tributary to the town of
Hlbbing.
Today, May 1st, Messrs. How
ard Morris and Charles F. Rand,
receivers of the Tilden mine at
Bessemer. will! relinqulsh that
excellent property and tuin it
over to It's owners. The mine
has been operated since 1898 by
the receivers, under direction of
the U. S. courts. The Tilden
Iron Mining company is the
name of the reorganized corpor-
alton, the officers of which are
as follows: G. F. Rand, presi-
dent; E. w. Hardness, vice.
president, q. E. Scheide, treas
ure:; E. V. Carey, secretary;
VIM. G. Tegetthof, assistant sec-
retary. G.. W. Murray, general
counsel; W. J. Olcott, general
superintendent. The Tilden
thus goes into the hands of John
D. Rockefeller and his associates
and becomes a part of the great
consolidation of mines, rail and
lake transportation lines, docks,
etc., now owned by the Stand
ard Oil people.
Work on the Sauntry closed
on yesterday, the date marking
the expiration of the option held
by Supt. Florada, of the Oliver
Mining company. This property
has been very thoroughly ex.
plored, but whether or not the
option will be taken and a trans
fer of the mine made is not yet
known.
On Tuesday several crews
we're put at work on the Ohio.
testpltting and exploring the un-
developed portions of the prop
erty.
Considerable drill work is be-
ing done on the Shaw property
by the Security Land & iron
company, and some good results
are reported. The Shaw will
yet loom up as one of Virginia's
substantial properties.
The Franklin paid out some
$4,000 on Tuesday. And still
the Michigan iron journals con-
tirue to swear that the property
has closed up shop.
The miners at the Quincy
struck on Monday, in sympathy
with the trammers who went out
last week upon the refusal of the
mining company to increase
their pay to $500 per shift, but
the strike was amicably settled
the following day, the trammers
being given $4,000 per month.
The Quincy mine and mills en-
ploy 1000 men.
One of the large new Vulcan
shovels for the Oliver company
has arrived and was started to
work yesterday afternoon. The
shovels were made to order for
the Oliver company, and are ex-
ira strong machines.
A new addition to the Duluth
& Winnipeg ore dock on A]louez
bay has been completed, and is
now ready to receive ore. The
Duluth & Winnipeg road will
commence shipping ore to this
dock today.
Capt. Edwin Ball was dis
charged by the court in the suit
brought by G. J. Rim on the
charge of discrimination against
men who were members of the
of the Miners Union, the court
holding that the evidence ad-
duced was insufficient to prove
the charge made.
The first cargo of iron ore tc
leave Duluth this season was
taken out Sunday evening by
the steamer Roman: She load
ed at the Duluth, Missabe &