The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-01-05

cludes the fee The American
Steel & Wire company desire the
ore for mixture with fine grained
hematite of the Mesaba range.
J. D. Gilchrist. for four years
past superintendent of the
| Mountain Iron mine, has receiv
ed deserved recognition of worth
by being promoted to the posi- .
ton OF assistant superintendent
of mines for the Oliver company,
with headquarters in Duluth.
Mr.. Gilchrist has been a faithful
employe and conservative mana>
ger, and his many friends are
pleased at the manner in which
fortune has smiled upon him
since his advent upon the Mes
aba. He is succeeded in his po>
sition at Mountain Iron by M. S.
Hawkins, who in past has held
the position of mining engineer
with the company and Is known
as a most competent mining man.
Since the building of the East.
ern Minnesota extension from
Hibbing to this point a great
amount of exploratory work is
being done in the territory be-
tween Mountain Iron and Hib
bing. In the early days of the
range much work was done IN
58.19, the section now being re-
opened, and several bodies of
ore are being proven. The
Minnesota Iron company has
during the past few months &C
CURED valuable interest in this
section, and are conducting ex-
plorations and proving the ore
body thereon.
An iron man has figured out
that the amount of Minnesota
ore shipped from Two Harbors,
Duluth and Superior this year
would cover an area of eighty
five acres forty feet deep. It
represents about 100000 car
loads and about 1000 trains.
Figuring the length of each car
at 40 feet this would make a.
single train $500 miles long and
1t would require 1000 locomo-
tives to pull it.
The Drake & Stratton CON-
pany are building camps at Au-
burn preparatory to commencing
work e On a new stripping propo
'sston sc -tffFat mfn,5el! y0r ,s;;'
begin as soon as possible, a hand
crew to work for a time in get.
ting ready for a shovel. It is
understood the contract is for
moving 100000 cubic yards. and
will furnish employment to one
hundred men for the next year.
Supt. Montague, under whose
efficient management the Saun>
try property has been developed
the past season, has resigned
as general manager and returns
to New York in the near future.
Duling his residence among US
Mr.. Montague gained many
warm friends who regret his de-
parture.
The Mesaba sent to market
during. the year 5000, SOB tons,
making a gain over a year ago
OF 1895, 737 tons. The Mount.
ain Iron heads the list, with L.
1880 tons, the Fayal is a close
second with 1,070, 255 tons. The
Mahoning has 740. 900, the Biwa.
blk 553, 836 tons.
The Sauntry continues work,
but will close down for a short
time later in the season. The
nine is being placed in the best
OF shape for an enormous output
in 1900. The three locomotives
for the company are now ready
for delivery, and other STABLE
improvements in outfit are to be
added for the coming season.
E. F. Sweeney now has two
drills on lot /. state land adioi in
ing the Alpena, ~orth of the
city being explored by M. L.
Ray: a nice body Of Ore is being
proven. The property embrac,
es go acres.
The D. M. & N. is doing an
amount of substantial improve>
ment this winter by double
tracking from the yards for a
distance of three miles, and also
putting in doubles at range