The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-08
old stripping dump, made wl15h
it was supposed there was no ore
in that part of the compauy's
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it was supposed there was no ore
in that part of the com pany's
ground. Besides hosting 70o,>
600 tons Of ore a magnificent new
steel shaft house, the first otits
kind 10 Minnesota. has been
erected at No. 8. and new boiler
and engine houses between Nos.
9 and 4, and a six foot drum and
air compressor will be- installed,
Eight or ten acres are being
cleared aud leveled for q. new
stockpile ground. Indications
are that the Adams another year
will be in the list Of those mines
that can produce 1000, 900: tons
Of ore. About SIS men are now
employed and this force will be
at work all winter. = !,
Thaeouuctlo OF the Lake Super.
ior Mining Institute has accept
ed the invitation OF, the mining
men of the Menominee range to
hold the next meeting Of the In
stitute at Iron Mountain, on Feb.
ruary 9Th next. Arrangements
for the meeting will be made by
the local committee, of which
William Kelly, of Vulcan, is
chairman, the other members OF
the committee being mem bers of
the institute who reside on the
Menominee range. The leading
topics of discussion will be I'm
provemcnts in Mining Methods
and Equipments" keeping
Costs Accounts. Other features
specially pertaining to mining i
that region will be treated on,
and members are requested to
advise the secretary,::as early as
possible the titles Of papers which
they intend to present at the
meeting, A programme OF ex-
curslons, ETC., will be arranged
for the entertainment of the
members attending the meeting
and those having the the matter
in hand intend making it o:e of
unusual enjoyment and profit.
The Fayal mine has passed
the 100000 ton mark and is
still shipping at the rate of 5000
tons daily. It will send0out not
far from 100, 1000 tons more. Fay
al entered the season with a
stockpile of 250,000 tons, SO that
its actual mining operations are,
over SOC, ,00o tons, OF which 5OO,>
600 tons have come out of one
pitIhat wasnot Opened until less
.than q year ago. This mine is
probably the most remarkable
in the world. A new stripping
contract was made a few days
ago at Fayal with Drake, STRAIT
ton & Co., amounting to 1900.
900 yards, giving that company
a total of earth to move from
that mine alone of about 2,2OO,>
90 cubic yards.
The American Mining COM
pany has purchased the option
for a lease of the Clark mining
property, which was held by
Captain Harry Roberts. The
property embraces the south
half OF the northwest quarter of,
28-53.20. The consideration is
given as $38, 900 aud the royalty
Is IS cents ton. Diamond
drills have shown up about H.
600, 900 tons of desirable ORE
News-Tr:bune.
The Spruce Mining company
has ordered machinery for the
Cioquet or old Vega. aud will
reopen the property as soon as
it can DO set up. ~ Cloquet has
mined in all 100000 tons, but
has been idle several years. The
quantity of it's ore was not what
VAS hoped for in those days.
NJ. L. Fay, who a week since
put diamond drill On the state
forty adjoining the Alp ana on
the west, is being rewarded In
his search for ore. The drill en-.
tered ore at a depth OF ~ feet,
and is now AZ feet in the. ore
body. E. F. Sweeney does the
work
The iguiting and explosion of
a gasoline tank by a lighted
torch at the Drake & Stratton
works, Biwabik, Monday morn:
ing, slightly burned three men
aud partially destroyed = dinkey
engine, (
1t is stated that negotiations
for the purchase of the Duluth
& Northern Minnesota, the AL
eer-smith logging road, by the
Great Northern people IS ip prp,
gress. +