The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-03
Timing minutes.
Review Of Mining Operations
and Developments of Lake
Superior Diistrct.
NEW CANADIAN FIND.

position as assistant in the Lerch
Bros. laboratory at Biwabik.
Andrew Bruder, former assistant
chemist at the Mountain Iron mine
has been transferred to the Oliver
where he holds similar position
Geo. c. Howe, of Duluth, has com
menced the work of developing his
mining property near Bender, on
the Biwabik branch of the D. NJ. &
N. Railway.
The Drake & Stratton company
have closed down their work at the
Auburn, removing their steam shov-
el from there to the Stevenson. A
small force are employed, tempo
rarily, in doing necessary cleaning
and trimming after the shovel.
The Drake & Stratton company
has since the Goth ult. reduced the
wages of common labor at their
various works on the range from So
to $1.75 per day. Common labor had
previously been cut by most range
employers and $3.50 per day is now
the standard wages on railroad con-
struction work.
The Oliver company has finally
decided to begin sinking at the Riv-
erside mine, six miles out from Re-
public. Since operations were re-
sumed there some months ago op-
erations have been confined to in
stal1ing new machinery, clearing
up the workings and exploring un-
derground. Two diamond drills
have been operated there the past
three or four months, but these are
to be removed.
Negaunee Iron Herald: Agraph-
ite mill is to be established in
LAnse. 1t is to be operated by the
Halfway Graphite Manufacturing
company. Eighty acres of land
about one mile south of the old
Taylor iron mine, has been leased.
The property contains unlimited
deposits of the very best graphite.
The ore will be loaded on cars at
the Taylor and brought to the mill,
making haul of about five miles.
The county board of equalization
and the representatives of range
mining interests have been trying
to get together on an amicable bas-
is of assessment for the St. Louis
county mines, this week. The list
as turned in by the mining men
shows raise of about 100000 more
than was turned in by the assessors,
the figures being upon 2-cents per
ton tax for last years output. 1t is
expected an agreement will be ar
rived at today and that the total
assessed valuation of the Vermilion
and Mesaba mines will approximate te
$7,O00OOO.
E. c. Garlick, who opens a new
property near Elba, was in the city
Tuesday. Mr.. Garlick says the shaft
is being sunk at point on the ore
body 25O feet from where ore was
encountered in the drill hole; that
the ore body was struck at depth
of 65 feet and after going through
30 feet of ore taconite has been en-
countered. The work of sinking
will be continued with the expecta-
ton of encountering the ore body
beneath the taconite, as at the Elba
property adjoining. The property
is described as the north half of sec.
ton "a, 58-17.
The motion of Andrew Johnson
Andrew Elk and Frank Johnson for
a new trial in their personal damage
cases against the Drake & S+ratton
company has been denied by Judge
Lochren, of the United States dis
trict court. The men were injured
by an explosion while in the employ
of the defendants and brought suit
in district court for sums aggregat-
ing about $35,OOO At the May term
of the United States court they were
awarded total of $3.50, and imme-
diately filed a motion for a new tri-
al, with the result stated. Prior to
the first trial of the cause Manager
Hawkins, of the Drake & Stratton
company, tried to effect a settlement
with the complainants at a much
better figure 'han was awarded by
the court.
The Oliver Iron Mining company
has sub-leased the Stevens property
lying between Biwabik and Allen
Junction, to the Lake Superior Con
solidated company The property
is described as the northeast of the
northeast, southeast of the north