The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-05-20
MINING MINUTES.

, Il TllNlN6 NlN6IES. II
The Sellers began shipping
stockpile Wednesday, a steam
shovel for such work arriving
the day previous. The sock
pile contains about 10000 tons.
The Hull and Rust mine, CT
| the Consolidated group at Hib-
bing, commenced season ship
ments on Tuesday. -~
The Elba is still troubled W ith
a surplus of water, but with four
pumps in operation, raising 1000
gallons per minute. the volume
of water is being slowly over
come,
The report that the Penobscot
was closed Monday was unfound-
ed. The property continues
work as usual, employing about
25 men, engaged principally in
the proper development of the
mine,
The Newport Mining company,
Ironwood, adyertises for from
so to 100 miners for underground
work.
The Drake g. Stratton com.
pany, at Biwabik, closed all
work Monday night, IN obeyance
to telegraphic orders, but are at
work again with a full force. The
cause of the temporary shutdown
is not given out.
Erick johnson has brought
suit in district court against the
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron
Mines in the sum of $4,000 for
personal injuries received by a
fall Of ore at the Rust mine in
February last, by which he sus
tanned a compound fracture of
the right leg and others injuries.
! The Sparta Iron company has
this week added a large new
switch engine to it's outfit, the
operations at the property hav
ing been so enlarged that it was
found necessary to increase the
facilities for the work.
; Here is an Indication of pro-
gress in exports of American
steel products and machinery:
An eastern manufacturer who
/ visited Birmingham. England
not long ago, says that the street
trolleys in that city are con.
structed of rails made in Pitts
burg, the cars were from Phila
delphia, the boilers from Erie
the engines from Milwaukee, an6
the general electric fittings from
/ Schenectady.
:, Ezra Rust, George L. Bur
, rows and G.. r. COTE, of Sagi.
nav, are guests at the Spalding
5 They are the fee owners of tht
Rust mine at Hibbing. under
lease to the Consolidated Min.
ing company. Mr.. Rust wher
> seen last evening said that tht
:, party would go up to the mine
:. today to make the annual in
spection of the property. Mr.
Rust says that the Consolidated
t has not shipped anything lik'
i its, minimum quantity-20, 0O
t tons a year. The company ha'
paid the fee owners $4,000 roy
D alties during the past FIVE year
and has shipped only about Is.
s 600 tons from the property
q News-Tribune.
The deepest borehole of tht
s earth is the one at Poroscho
witz, in the Rybnik district up
per Sillisia. It has been carrie,
, to a depth of something beyont
1900 metres (about 600 feet)
and the diameter of the tube a
the bottom is seven centimeters
Boring to such a depth, and
q moreover, through solid rock
Q was almost impossible prior t.
r the invention Of the Mannesman1
tube; the greater strength of thi'
, tube, as compared with others
makes it possible to use tubes o1
thinner guage. 1t is expected
that a final depth of yet another
, 500 metres (some 1870 feeD car
= be reached and a number of in
:. teresting observations on tenn
perature, etc., will be made.