The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
Z WEEKLY { Current Topics Z
VIEW. Iron World {

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On visit to the Fayal Tues
day we found the Office force
busily engaged in counting. up a
igood gold standard pay roll of
some $4,000 for employees, and
proport,oniag the earnings of
each. At this property some
$50 men have been carried
throughout the winter, and
about 300, 600 tons are now in
stock, at shafts Nos. l, 2 and 8.
1t is the intention to keep prac>
tically the same underground
force throughout the summer, in
addition to which two new Barn.
hart so ton shove!s, style K, win
be put into ore in the open pit
and one shovel will be engaged
in loading stockpiles. General
Manager Wallace says the prop>
erty will make a record of about
l. 100000 tons this year. The
surface improvements at the
property also continue to grow
proportionately with the mine.
which has assumed a place at
the head of Lake Superior ship>
pers, and the elegant Office. hos
pital and residences of the Fayal
location are in nowise superior
to some of the proposed new
mining buildings, among which
will be q 50x2O0 foot solid brick
building for the accommodation
of machine, blacksmith aud car.
penter shops, under one roof.
for which ground has already
been broken. Each department
IS to have the most complete
outfit of modern machinery. and
will be a model of neatness as
we'll as convenience. Forty five
new dwellings are now under
construction on the location,
and $15. 600 school bulldog will
be erected this summer. The
Drake & Stratton company also
have about $50 men at work on
their stripping contract, four
steam shove!s being engaged in
the work.
The Spruce mine, on the old
Eveleth townsite, is one of the
newest Of Mesaba range proper
ties but IS being pdt ID shapo4o]
he numbered among the heavy
shippers of the range for the
season of 1900. Under the sup>
ervision of Capt. Kimberly the
property has been we'll develop>
ed during the winter. No. shaft
is now down 100 feet and sinking
will cease there this week. A
skip pit is already complete and
a station is being cut. Another
week will find drifting in pro.
gress from this shaft, the elegant
shaft house complete and every>
thing in shape for active under.
ground development. At No. 2
a pump room 10x16, 35 #. long,
is complete with a compound con.
densing pump of a capacity OF
700 gallons per minute. From
this shaft a drift cast toward No.
8 has already been driven 40 it.
No. 8 shaft is down to a depth of
20 feet, ore being struck therein
Tuesday morning. This shaft
will be used for a timber and
cage shaft when complete and
connected with other underground
workings. Capt. Kimberly says
that in three weeks the new per.
mauent machinery plant will be
in readiness for operation. The
estimated output of the mine for
the coming season is 10000
tons or better.
Many notable improvements
are in evidence at the Oliver this
spring, the property having dur
ing the past few months been
put in shape for a lively season.
During the winter the old shaft
near the mouth of the open pit
has been deepened and will be
used as q drainage sump, from
which the water will be hoisted
and run off. A large boiler house,
in which is stationed two NAM
moth boilers, 6x20 feet each,
nears completion, the boilers all
ready being bricked in and
ready. Near the new boiler
house is being erected a large
water tank. for watering en-.
gines aud for fire protection
purposes. The railroad track
is also to be extended to . point
sout and east Of the boiler house,
where coal dock will be erected.
The work Of repairing shovels
and other machinery has been