The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
NEWS FROM THE IRON MINES.
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
McsaOU and Other Iron Ranges.

| lNcsdON and Other Iron Ranges
At the Commodore the work
Of pumping out the oil workings
and cleaning up underground is
practically complete, and ship
ments from No. / shaft, on a
small scale, commenced on Mon
day, Capt. J. H. Pearce under
whose able supervision the first
work on this property was done,
has again succeeded to the
charge of the property, assum-
ing the duties on Wednesday.
An immense body of high grade
ore has been proven on this
property, and it is rumored that
active and aggressive operation
will mark the history of this
mine from now on. Not an un-
important item in the proposed
reaction is the sinking of a new
hree-compartment shaft, Skis
inside, to be sunk some 500 feet
to the east and north of No. /
shaft. This new shaft will be
sunk on a sixty degree incline,
to depth of about 400 feet, and
work on same will commence at
an early date.
| At the Franklin group, ap.
proximately the same force is
kept, the pay roll containing
about 500 names and some 1900
tons of ore is being mined daily.
Shipments from shaft at the
Franklin and Bessemer are be.
ing made. and at No. l stockpile
Franklin, the Giant Vulcan
shovel is employed in loading,
the total daily shipments from
the properties being about $500
tons. The D., M. & N. company
is engaged in putting in new
spur track to the pocket at the
Victoria, and lively shipments
from this property will bring up
the average of ore shipped daily
from the group for the season.
At the Franklin proper the tim.
bers for the new No. 2 shaft
house are being prepared, and
this shaft will be in working or
der ere long.
On Wednesday morning the
Auburn was closed down, throw
ing about one hundred men out
Of employment. This move came
very unexpectedly, and the
cause is unknown. The Auburn
has some $4,000 tons in stock
pile and has been put in shape
for a good seasons work. Wins
ton Bros. continue their strip
ping on the property, and with
IN the past ten days have fur
nished employment to an equal
or greater number of men than
were let out by the closing down
of mining operations.
A visit to the Norman yester-
day found some seventy-fve men
employed, and work progr ssing
nicely. Some Is cars daily are
being shipped, direct from shaft,
and the force and shipments are
being gradually increased. The
stockpile, gotten out in early
spring, contains about 14,000
tons. This will be shipped dur
ing the season, but has net been
touched as yet.
The Drake & Stratton CON-
pany now have 3wo shovels at
work on the Lone Jack strip
ping, one being employed in re-
moving rock from the north
side of the cut, the other
being used in cleaning the ore
on the south side of the proper
ty. This company is increasing
it's force slightly as the work
opens up.
A very serious accident hap
pened to Johh Quick, of Ely,
Wednesday afternoon at about
i6 o'clock, at the Zenith mine,
which resulted fatally. Mr..
Quick was on the surface and in
the act of getting onto the cage,
but it seems was a little late in
doing so, as it had already be-
gun to descend, and before it
could be stopped it had gone
down about twenty-five feet. In
approaching the mouth of the
shaft he either slipped or stub
bed his toe and could not recov-
er himself, and fell from the sur.
face to the cage, about twenty
five feet, striking on his head
and shoulders, breaking three
ribs, one of which is said to be
pressed into the lung. He alsc
struck his head in some manner
producing a bad scalp would. HI
was taken up insensible and TAX
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