The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-02
{ WEEKLY Current Topics
; MINING RE. In the
{ VIEW. Iron World

S MINING RE. In the I
IS VIEW. Iron World :
M. L. Fay has this week com
menoed testpit explorations on
Yawkey lands ia IS, 58.l7, near
iSparta.
Aibbing News: Hosting drums
and other machinery has arrived
for the Clark mine. A spur
track is being built in from the
Eastern Minnesota, near Foley
Junction.
J. H. Corrigan and Price Nc
Kinney, of Cleveland, operators
of the Commodore aud Steven>
son mines on this range, were at
the Commodore Tuesday. Ac>
companied by Supt. Pearce they
visited the new Stevenson mine
at Hibbing on Wednesday,.
The Oliver people are hustl>
ing things at the Hartford mine
on the Teal Lake range. The
first load of ore was hoisted from
the old shaft Friday and the
rock drills were put in operation
for the first time in the new
shaft.
Henry Wessinger, newly ap.
| pointed superintendent at the
Saantry and Alpena, is expected
here about the 18th inst. to as
sumo charge of his new duties at
the beginning of the season. The
work of shovel repairs and &C.
tive preparations for a busy sea-
son at the mine commence short
ly.
The Carnegie Frick suit, in
which the library donor is sued
for slice of twenty millions or
so for years profits, would in
dicate that the owners of iron
mines have been taking the
small end Of the sugared stick
for some years past and that a
united effort would have brought
the manufacturers to terms.
The Oliver company is to sink
a big shaft on the foot wall at
the Norrie, Ironwood, to take
care of the pillars and deeper
ore deposits of this great mine.
1t is to be located near No. 8
shaft, but we'll back in the foot.
THIS move is made necessary
from the fact that the old shaft,
sunk in .the hanging many years!
ago, are expensive to mnintain. 1
E. F. Sweeney has this week
commenced drill work on the
First Addition to Virginia, near
the north end of Mesaba avenue,
for the Wyoming Iron company.
Six holes will be put down at
different points on the property.
Testpit explorations two years
ago proved the existence of ore,
but the extent OF the ore body
was never definitely ascertained.
Articles of incorporation of
the Agate Iron company, which
IS empowered to do q general
business along the line OF handl-
ing ores and manufacturing met.
ais, have been filed in the office
of the register of deeds. Daniel
A. Dickinson, Chester A. Cong
don and James Wanless, all OF
Duluth, are the incorporators.
the principal place of business
of the new company is to be in
Duluth. The capital stock is
$4,000.
The equipment of the Winth
rop mines has just received a
notable addition in mammoth
Gates crusher, which has been
installed recently. It is identi
cal with that put in at it's Hard
Ore mine by the Lake Superior
Iron company last spring, being
of the largest size manufactured
by the Gates Iron company. It
is in place ready for operation,
although considerable work re
mains to be finished about the
crusher house. This will be
completed before tie end of
March, and the plant will! be in
running order before navigation
opens.
Interest in the once-famous
Michigan gold mine, located
seven miles from Ishpeming, Is
renewed by a suit for $500
against William G. Mather. of
Cleveland, brought by. Peter
Gingrass, for unpaid royalties
and damages. The Michigan
produced over $4,000 native
gold from one small pocket, and
shares sold at fancy prices. Ma
ther. who is president of the