The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-02
| MINING MINUTES.


News-Tribunc that as soon as
things dried out a little, mining
would be begun at once. AS far
as the ore pool and the Reeves
bill were concerned, he said his
company was practically indiffer.
ent. but that he thought the
Reeves bill was simply an out
rage. "Carnegie and the Oil
vers used over 100000 tons of
our ores last season." said Mr..
Florada, land they will use a
great deal more this season. The
Edith fulnace, belonging to Car
negie, uses 60 per cent of Mesa
ba, and the two concerns togeth-
err will use 100000 tons of ore
next year. They will use a good
deal of hard ores of all sorts in
making suitable furnace mix
ture and we can go ahead and
ship them all the ore that we
can get out next season, without
fear of overstocking them. l
have heard nothing about reduc-
tons in wages and do not expect
to hear News Tribune.
w. S. Russell, representing
the Vulcan Iron Works, of Tole-
do, Ohio, arrived IN the city on
Friday last and will remain on
the range a greater portion of
the season. The Vulcan Works
are putting out a new 80 ton
shovel for the Mountain Iron
property, built specially for that
company, which will be deliver
ed about April 18th. This new
shovel is very similar to the big
Vulcans at the Oliver, but EN-
braces several improvements.
Mr.. Russell expects to place
more machines of this stamp on
the range during the year.
The Duluth and Iron Range
road has decided to put full
force at work at once in its
shops at Two Harbors. During
the winter the shops have been
operated at about one-third the
full capacity or with about 1OC
men There will be 200 additi-
onal men put at work within E
very short time. The men viii
be employed at repairs and over
hauling of the cars and locomo
tives. In previous years this
work has been done during the
winter.
The mining school at Hough
ton was started and has beer
maintained for y years as d free
school, but recently the house
passed Representative Rulison's
bill providing for a tuition. Stu
dents who reside in the state will
be required to pay s25 a year
and n0n-residents $50 to 5000
The school must also make {
complete collection of state min
erals. A fine display will be
made at the Tennessee Centen
NAL.
With $3.50 iron ore, at which
price there is not a cent of prof,
for the producer. the smaller
furnaces and mills can realize q
neat profit on their SIS and Sl7
per ton rail orders, and the sI &c
tacle of American producers and
manufacturers entering into
successful competition in the
markets of England will be one
Of the new features Of the iron
trade.
The Auburn put on a small
force on Monday, preparatory to
a resumption of work. The Au-
burn IS one of the: Minnesota
groupe, good grade ore and
cheaply produced, being worked
by the milling process, and the
probability is that considerable
ore will be shipped from the
property this season.
But little work is at present
being done at the Commodore, a
small number of men recently
being laid off at that property
A diamond drill is being put on
the property, tor the purpose of
proving the contiguity of the ore
body before going farther with
the work of drifting and develop
ment for the new SHAFT.
M. L. Fay. local manager of
the Yawkey interests, has five
testpit crews and a diamond
drill at work on the forty adjoin
joining the Alpena on the sonth,
and reports that an extensive
body of ore of good quality is be-
ing proven on the property.
The Cambria iron company
has bought the Mahoning mine,
one Of the large steam shovel