The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
WEEKLY current Topics
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| A big find OF an excellen'
quality Of iron oresis reported =
the Oliver Mining company's OK
plorattoHan section "a, four o.
five miles from this city. Th,
drifts ore said 10 be several foe
In ore. Looks now as il a gooe
paying mine will be developed
there an3 the fse-owners. J. s.
Penberthy. D. A. Fraser and w
G.. Haberkorn, of Florence; A. E
Guensberg, 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
feneo:>>s.se - T.: ~~ zs.ss =. -
T Itis believed. also, that the
Commonwealth Iron company
will shortly develop a new mine
over in Commonwealth. A big
deposit of ore was struck in the
oattield near the power house,
not far from The Badger m,ne.
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. 4
At the Franklin mines from
175 to 200 are on the pay roll
and this force will be retained
throughout the winter season.
The three stockpiles now aggre-
gregate $1,000 tons. OF the
force employed a number ara
engaged in putting in mining
timber, looking ahead for q busy
season. Daily hosting record
is about 1000 tons.@ aud 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 reasurer
OF. the Colonial Mining company,
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with headquarters In the Elk:
change building. Duluth. Mr..
Sellwood is superseded at the
mines by Capt. VIM. White, oi
Mckinley, while Capt. 0has.>
Bale has been placed in local
charge thereof,
The Commodore has about
$4,000 tons in stock at present,
being: a a1ded 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
its output Of the past season.
The Enterprise has on exhibi>
tion q number of elegant copper
specimens from a new property
in Ontonasou county, in which
Capt. E. G. Garlick and others
are interested. The specimens
prove that the property. located
about seven miles southeast o]
the old Norwich, IS developing
nicely.
Capt. E. c. Garlick, who is
in charge of exploratory work or
the forty adjoining the Elba OF
the south, reports tnat a nice
body of ore is being proven
thereon. The work is being
done with a churn drill, thu
character of the ground making
progress slow at times.
| the Thomas Iron Co. has Sc
cured an option on the south
west of the southwest of 81, SO
II, north of the city, and under
the management of Supt. New
Kinney, of the Williams, prepare
to thoroughly explore the prop
erty this winter, :;
GulbraAson Bros. have remov
ed their stripping apparatus
from the Ohio to the Spart'
mine, where they have a con
tract to strip 100000 yards
$50 men arc now engaged ol
th e contract. W =:
l The Elba now has. the emo.
nous water supply, which il