The Virginia enterprise., 1899-12-29

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S MINING RE-. !. ne
IS VIEW. Iroa world {
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| A big lind OF, an excellent
quality OF iron ore lis reported 1t
the Oliver Mining company's ex-
plorattossep section e., four or
Eve miles from this city. The
drifts are said 70 be several feet
In ore. Looks now as il q good
paying mine will be developed
there ana the fee-owners, j. S.
Penberthy, D. A. Fraser aud w:
G, Haberkorn, of Florence; A.. E.
Gueusberg. Of Menominee, and
George Hszer, OF Waupaca-are
naturally quite elated over the
bright: prospects. A mine on "a
will be great thing for Flor
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T tits believed, also, that the
Commonwealth Iron company.
| will shortly develop q new mine
over in Commonwealth. A big
deposit of ore was struck in the
oatfield near the power house,
not far from the Badger nine.
At last accounts the explorers
were in over thirty feet of ore.
This means much for the future.
prosperity of Commonwealth
and Florence, Mining News. .s q
At the Franklin mines from.
ITS to 200 are on the pay roll
and this force will be retained.
throughout the: winter season.;
This three stockpiles now .aggre-.
gregate $1,000 tons, OF the
force employed a number arc
engaged in putting IN mining.
timber, looking ahead for q busy
season. Daily hoistipg record
is about 1000 tons, and a. small.
increase of the mining force may
be made toward spring: An
amount Of new work is also laid
out at the mines for the winter
months, and the Franklin group
will in. future be in position TO
take a prominent place among
Mesaba shippers.
= supt. Richard sellwood, who.
during the past year has. had
charge of operations at tie Hale.
and Kanahwa mines. Biwabik,
has been promoted to the posi-
tion of secretary and treasurer.
OF. the Colonial Mining compan ".
with headquarters in the Elk: ).
change building. Duluth. Mr..
SeIlwood is superseded at the;
mines by Capt. VIM. White, Of
Mckinley, while Capt. Nhas.
Bale has been placed in local
charge thereof.
The Commodore has about
IS, 900 tons in stock at present,
being. a. ded to at the rate rate
of about 1000 tons per day.
Practically tho same force, $50,
as was run at this mine during
the summer, is still employed.
and it is expected to add to this
number toward spring, as new
ground is opened. The Com
modore in 1900 will easily double
it's output of the past season.
The Enterprise has on exhibi>
ton a number of elegant copper
specimens from a new property
in Ontonagou county, in which
Capt. E. c. Garlick and others
are interested. The specimens
prove that the property, located
about seven miles southeast of
the old Norwich, IS developing
nicely.
Capt. E. c. Garlick, who is
in charge of exploratory work on
the forty adjoining the Elba on
the south, reports tnat a nice
body of ore is being proven
thereon. The work is being
done with a churn drill, the
character Of the ground making
progress slow at times. ..
the Thomas Iron Co. has se-
cured an option on the south.
west of the southwest of SO, So.
II, north of the city, and under
the management of Supt. New
Kinney, of the Williams, prepare
to thoroughly explore the prop
ertv this winter. ::
Gulbraason Bros. have remov:
ed their stripping apparatus
from the Ohio to the Sparta
mine, where they have a con,:
tract to strip 100000 yards