The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
WEEKLY >current ropics
MINING RE- In The =.
VIEW. {Iron World.

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A new Bucyrus steam shove
for the Ohio mine arrived Sat
urday,
The new boiler for no. 2 shat,
Com modore is here and is being
set this week. This makes four
boilers in the engine room.
During visit of Capt. Roberts
to tue City last week, he engaged
+. j.; Rlnoert to set two boilers
at the Hale mine, near Biwabik.
Gen. Mgr. Montague, of the
Sauntry, moved into his new
office, the room formerly occu-
pied by the Improvement Co., in
the Bank building. Monday.
The Elba is iloving trouble
WITH water. The Virginia Hard
ware. company sent a No. 10
Cameron TO the nine yesterday
and other pumps are being OBJ
tanned from Hibbing.
The formation of the Republic
Steel & Iron company. with a
capitalization of $55,000,0O0. has
been perfected. The Franklin
Iron company. of this city, is a
member.
0. a. Todd, late with the Gen.
GA Iron company, at Sparta, has
accepted position as head book.
keeper for the Sauntry and is
IN charge at their pleasant office
in the Bank building.
J. T. Jones has been in the
city this week. Mr.. Jones is to
continue the work of develop
ment on the Jones forty, adjoin-
ing the Commodore, mentioned
in The Enterprise of the 18th ult.
The work of completing the
Pioneer spur is progressing rap.
idly, says the Ely Times. The
old track through the Chandler
yards has been settling for some
time and it was considered unsafe.
A. M, Miller, Jr., of Duluth,
arrived in the city Monday to
assume the duties of a position
as assistant superintendent at
the Ohio, which property is to
bo extensively wrought this sea-
son..
:r'heso sotiver Iron Mining com -
pany will in the near future erect
a large engine house at their
Savoy mine and it is said that
plans and specifications have
been made. A new ard com plete
hosting plant will also be in
stalled.
Suit was commenced in district
court Monday by J. B BENJAMIN
ct al. against w. J. Holmes, to
declare two options Of lands in
20, 58-19, void. It is claimed
certain agreements in.connection
with the option have been VIC
lated by defendant.
Another huge iron and steel
Combine, to embrace the Carne-
gle, Rockefeller, National and
other interests, is the latest iron
trust contemplated. The under
taking is yet in the initiatory
stage. If perfected the new con-
Germ will represent upwards of
$500, 900, 900.
J. D. Shilling, of Biwabik, was
in town yesterday, having come
down for an inspection of the
Princeton (Swanzy) which is said
to be looking remarkably we'll.
From appearances of the mine
and the condition of the iron
market, it seems reasonably cer-
tain that the conditional sale Of
the property made more than a
year ago, may be regarded as
affirmed. -Negaunee Herald.
The phenomenal iron ore min
ing movement of the present
year finds expression in an an
nouncement by the Carnegie
Steel company to the various
railroads chat carry its ore from
the mines to Lake Superior. The
company wants carried on it's
own account 100000 gross tons
and all this it will take from it's
own mines on the various ranges
This means that it expects to
make, during the year beginning
May l, not less than $500, 900
tons Of steel ir various forms, an
amount which more than equals
thes entire production of steel in
the United States less than a
dozen years ago.
The deed to the Aetna. the
transfer of which from John NJ.
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