The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

Aus. uo UOOuflcu was WrOuSnG
in 1881, 1882 and 1883. shipping
about $4,000 tons, since which
time 1t has been closed. The
mine will be reopened at once.
The ore docks at the head of
the lakes shipped 1867, 1888 tons
in September. From available
statistics it appears that ore
shipments from the Lake Supe
rior region thus far amounts to
100000 tons this season, and
that the 100000 ton mark will
be reached is fully expected.
The Adams mine at Eveleth,
one of the Consolidated group, is
preparing to more than double
it's capacity next year. A steel
shaft and complete steam equip
ment was recently added to No.3
shaft. Shafts 4 and 5 are now
being put down and will be ready
for use next season. Five dia d
mond drills are at work on the
property.--Hibbing News.
A raise of ten per cent is an
t1ounced in the wages of the
Chandler mine, in effect Oct. 1.
The raise makes the average
wages higher than ever in the
history Of Ely. Miners now re-
ceive $3.50 per day, trammers 50,
underground laborers $3.50 and
surface laborers $1.75. The av
erage daily rate for the 500 en-
ployes is 50.
1t is now reported here on
what is claimed to be reliable
authority, that the Minnesota
Iron company is making prepar-
ations to begin the sinking of a
working shaft on the ou skirts of
this city in the future. It is
said that hole has been drilled
ninety feet through a solid bed
of high grade ore. being one of
the richest and most extensive
discoveries yet made on the Yer.
million range. Flower Journal.
The Oliver company brought
the big Vulcan shovel No. 125
and engine No. 5 over from Mt.
Iron Saturday and are repairing
and laying track at the Oliver
preparatory to resumption of
work at this property, which has
been idle thus far this season.
The shovel will be put into the
lean ore at the north side of the
north cut, and stripping opera
tions will doubtless continue un-
til late IN the WINTER. '~'-'''".'--~>~"'--''-
Recently miners at the Deer>
hunt mine. near Iron Mountain,
came to the end of the hard ore
in which they had been working !;
and found themselves in a tody |
Of fine, soft blue ore. This ore
has not yet been tested but is
evidently very rich and much re.
sembles the Chaplin and Pewabic
ores. The entire shaft is bottom
ed in this ore and it now looks !,
as though the hard ore, encoun~
tered at first, was but capping
for a large body of this more de-
sirable grade that seems to cover
the entire district, Mining men =;
who have visited the Deerhunt
say that they would not be sur
prised if this rich ore extended
throughout the entire location.
A trip along the Wisconsin end
of this range at the prese mt time
will convince the observer shat
mining matters are on the go and
will be struck with the agreeable
contrast between the present ac>
tivity and the stagnation which
has prevailed since 1892. From
Hurley on the east to Upson on
the west nearly all of the long
idle properties have gotten into
strong hands and are receiving
attention while the old mines
have increased their holdings
and seem stimulated to new ef-
forts by the present and prospec.
tive condition of the iron bust.
ness. At the Montreal a new
and important find has recent]y
been made and is now being de-
veloped. The Atlantic manage
ment is hosting and shipping
from the new shaft which has
been two years in sinking. The
new people who have recently
taken hold of the old Father
Hennepin and Snider locations
have spread out to the west and
added the Caledonia and Emma
properties and are starting work
all along the line. S. S. Curry
added the Windsor and Bourne
to his holdings, and, in short, the
situation is inspiring from every
point of view. Unless something