The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
NEWS FROM THE IRON MINES.
ISTERESTlNG NOTES RELATIVE 70
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.

OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
Mesaba and Oaher zron Rs~ges.
There is a very robust rumor
current to the effect that the
Pioneer iron mine near Ely had
been purchased by the Consoli.
dated Mining company. The re
por5 is quite generally credited,
but there are some men in touch
with mining matters who think
the deal has not yet been con-
summated. The reported con-
sideration for the property was
81, 100000. 1t has been gener-
ally known that the PioLeer
people are anxious to sell and
that the Consolidated held a
! 100000 option. 4 q prominent
mining man said, when told of
the humor, that he thought it
very probable that the deal had
been consummated. The Pio-
neer is producer of hard ore, a
quality which is required to mix
with the softer ores of this
range. If the Consolidated com
pany has secured the Pioneer it
is the onlv producers of hard
ore in the group of mines. Ir
the event of the purchase the
extension of the Duluth, Missabe
& Northern road to the minc is
regarded as quite certain.
A terrible accident occurred at
! E o'clock Saturday morning in
the Republic mine, while the
men were coming up in the skip,
from work out of No. 1 shaft.
The accident was caused by the
skip jumping the track, and as
there were no signals to be Civ
en- to the engineer to stop, the
skip was pulled on until 1t caught
and turned over on the men.
killing William McGraw, single;
James Dodge, married; Adolph
Boitel, married; Matthias Tegel.
berg. married. Injured: Chas.
Anderson, three ribs broken;
Erick Marti, leg broken; James
McGraw, back hurt; Andrew
Peterson, hurt internally, recov.
cry doubtful.
james E. York announces that
the Ironton Structural Steel
company is about to put in a
blooming mill that will roll in
gots of three to eight tons
weight, a hydraulic shear which
will cut ingots of 42x5 inches, a
25 ton electric crane, a basic
oven near the furnace of 80 ton
capacity, an electric ingot charg-
|er, an electric generator and
other machinery at an aggregate
cost of 100000. These i'm
provements will double the
plants capacity which will be
2, 200 tons per day. -.
At the Chandler work is going
at rapid gait. The -stockpiles
are rapidly growing in size and
no doubt by spring the Chandler
will have stockpiles of which the
management can we'll feel proud,
taking in consideration the fact
that the ore was all hoisted
through three shafts. AS soon
as the new engine arrives, it will
be connected to the hosting
gear in No. 4 engine house, thus
just doubling the present hoist
ing capacity.-Ely Miner.
The Pewabic Co.. Iron Noun
tain, Mich, has added consider
able to it's working j., force the
past month and is now making
a daily output of 1880 tons.
Small forces of men are being
worked by the company at the
Walpole and at the Saunders.
The pumping plant displaced at
the Pewabic by the new Worth
ington pu mp will be moved to
the Walpole. which is near the
Chaplin, and the shaft will prob
ably be deepened.
The Franklin is the property
most appreciated by Virginians
during the present winter
months. With a pay roll of from
$25, 900 to $50, 900 per month, at
the FRANKLIN group, our mer
chants smile for a few days each
month. reminding one of those
good old times when everybody
had work, everybody had wages
and everybody did business.
The saw mill at the Franklin
now lends it's aid to the appear