The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15

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NEWS FROM THE IRON MINES.
INTERESTING NOTES RELATIVE 70
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY:
Mesaba and Osher x~o,, Rahges.
The new Vulcan shovel bought
by the Vega, for loading stock
pile, has arrived and will be put
to work ut once, with Tom
Crane as runner, The shovel is
the same pattern as the one at
the Franklin, q 55.ton machine.
The Commodore is the scene
of considerable activity and will
become one of our best known
mines again this season. A spur
track IS being put in to No. 2
shaft, and shipping from both
shafts will be carried on. It is
probable that a force of two
hundred men will be employed.
Will the editor of the Mesaba
Range, who is such an awful
roarer about exchanges clipping
from his sheet without giving
credit please note the fact that in
his last issue he reproduces an
articles about the Franklin
group, stolen bodily from The
Enterprise, without credit.
Some weeks ago it was report.
ed here that Geo, Sutherland,
formerly at the Great Northern,
had been shot and instantly
killed at Cripple Creek. The
rumor is positively disproven.
hoy. ever, by the last issue of the
Ironwood News-Record, which
states that he is in that city for
a short visit, after which he will
return to Prescott, Arizona.
where he is in charge of a pros
porous gold and silver property.
The Gogebic is again expect
ing a new railroad line-the Mil
waukee & St. Paul, The Mes
aba needs a new railroad, that
we may have a competing line,
but our needs have hardly
reached the bounds of. expect
ancy as yet. -
Capt. Harry Roberts is doing
some exploring on Is, 58-17,
with good showing, eight men
being. employed in testpitting.
One pit is following a drill hole,
in which ore of an excellent
quality was encountered at a
depth Of 12o feet. The captain
IS interested in the property
along with two or three Duluth
parties.
Will Mr.. Rockefeller please
take note of the fact that Mr..
Carnegie is building a freight
railway from Lake Erie to Pitts
burg TO carry the ore from Mr..
Rockefeller's Minnesota mines
to his mills, a distance of 1875
miles, at q cost not to exceed IS
cents ton? Will the king of
the Mesaba range then please re-
feet on the fact that he is charg.
ing so cents a ton for hauling
ore from the mines on the range
to the lake, down hill, where
trains run almost by gravity. It
may then occur to him that there
is no reason why he should
charge more than so cents ton
if Carnegie can haul the same
ore on his line a half greater
distance for one-s'xth less: And
should these reflections and that
conclusion fail to get lodgment
in Mr.. Rockefeller's mind, might
not another Minnesota legisla
ture give him sharp reminder?
Globe
About noon Sunday an alarm
of fire was turned in from the
Vega mine and village pump
station which Immediately
brought out the fire department
and most of the citizens. On ar.
irving at the mine it was found
that the old engine and boiler
house was all ablaze. The fire
men were unable to use the hose
there being no connection with
the water pipe at the mine. Pals
were procured and the fire was
Kept in check as much as posi-
BILE. The building, which was
used partly as a dry house;
burned to the ground and it was
only by hard work that the
shaft house was saved, it having
caught from the burning build:
ling. The damage to the shaft