The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-14
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Review Of Mining Operations
and Developments of Lake
Superior Diistrct.
DAMAGED BY FLOODS.

DAMAGED BY FLOODS.
The heavy and continuous rains
during the past week have done un-
told damage to mining and railroad
property, as we'll as to private prop
erty in this immediate vicinity. AS
would appear natural the open pit
mines are the heaviest losers, but
the Fayal is also numbered among
the mines again flooded. The Hale
and Duluth mines at Biwabik are
flooded out and the big Biwabik
also suffered severe setback. At
the Mountain Iron property the inn
mense open pit is filled with water,
presenting the appearance of a lake
two and one-fourth miles in circum-
ference twenty feet in depth. The
Sharon, Stevenson and Mahoning
properties are also numbered with
the losers and many explorations
along the range are temporarily in
convenienced. Ali range railroads
suffered from the storm, and ship
merits have been delayed for several
days. Between Sparta and McKin-
ley washout compelled the south
bound passengers on the Duluth &
Iron Range Monday to walk nearly
a mile, and other washouts near
Embarrass River and Allen Juno
ton delayed the train for several
hours, the train pulling in at the
Union Depot, Duluth, at shortly af-
ter six o'clock. The Duluth, Missa-
be & Northern suffered a washout
between Wolf and Mountain Iron,
and the new line of the Eastern
Minnesota between this point and
Hibbing was damaged in many
places. The havoc wrought by the
storm will make a decided lessen
ing in ore shipments for the month
and will seriously affect shipments
from some properties for the BAL
ance of the season.
Capt. J. H. Pearce, under whose
superintendency the Commodore
was opened in 1892 and has since
been developed into one of the best
of Mesaba mines, on Monday re-
signed his position as superintend-
ent of the Corrigan, Mckinney &
Co. Mesaba holdings and will retire,
temporarily, from active work.
Capt. Pearce has been a valued
employe of Corrigan, Mckinney &
GO. tor many years, conducting the
exploration and development of the
Eureka mine, on the Gogebic, for
them in 1887, since which time he
has been constantly in their en-
ploy, a record which fully attests
his ability. He will be succeeded
at the Commodore by Capt. w. H.
Richards, formerly of the Fayal
and later of the Spruce mine, who
succeeds as range suwerintendent
under General Manager Wallace.
Capt. Richards was mining captain
at the Fayal during it's time of &C.
tive development, and is recognized
as thoroughly efficient mini ng
man.
On Tuesday a deal was closed
which promises to inure to the ac
tive benefit of Virginia, the Hum
phrey property which comprises the
First Addition to Virginia being
leased to Capt. Harry Roberts. On
this property Contractor Sween-
ey has put down nine drill holes,
eight of which penetrated into the
ore body, proving an enormous
deposit of high grade ore. The
property is strictly an underground
proposition, and the work of sink
ing shafts and doing necessary
preparatory work for the opening
and development of the mine will
begin at once. In the opening of
this mine, many buildings on the
First Addition will have to be NOV
ed.
T. F. Burke is conducting an en-
couraging exploration on the west
half of the southwest quarter of Sec
ton II, 1921, about seven miles
south of the city, says the Hibbing
News. He dropped pit to depth
of 25 feet when the late heavy rains
forced him to cease work for time.
Operations were resumed Wednes-
day, and it is Mr.. Burke's intention
to lower the pit until the water level
is reached, when drill will be plac-
ed on the property. The land is un-
der option to Mr.. Burke from the
Pine Tree Lumber company, and is
said to offer good iron indications.
The Chisholm Iron Company has