The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-02

Stevens is the most easterly oi
Mesaba deposits, an immense
body of ore having been pro-en
thereon. The ore is said to be a
trifle low grade, but the lease is
for low royalty.
! Messrs. A. M. Chisholm, OF
Hibbing. and M. P. Larrabee, OF
Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, were in
the city Monday and Tuesday
| Mr. I.arrabee owns lands in sec>
tion 2, 58>17, a short distance
northeast of the city, which the
gentlemen looked over during
their stay.
i John G.. Brown has obtained
possession of the three Reed for,
ties in the famous section 80, the
transfer being made to him by
Alfred Jacques, to whom Hough.
ton E. James recently relin-
quished, a week ago. It is an
ticipated that development work
on the property may be prose>
cuted during the coming season.
Posters have been distributed
in the city this week from the
Sandon Miners Union, warning g
laborlng men to keep away from
the British Columbia mining
districts, as the SLOGAN labor
trouble is not yet settled. A
number from the range have
gonewest on the representation
of an employing agent during the
past month.
It IS reported on reliable au>
thoritv that the Eastern Mime.
sofa is to extend it's line from
this point east to Beaver Bay
the coming summer. The ex-
tension will strike eastern Me
saba points, thence to the Ver>
million. The right of way is
said TO have been secured and
work on the extension is to be.
gin in the early spring.
Estimates on Minnesota ore
shipments for 1900 are placed
at $1,000, 600 tons, two thirds of
which will come from the Mesa
ba range. A careful estimate of
Michigan range outputs are:
Marquette, 4,250, 1000; Gogeblc,
100000 tons; Menominee. 3,
$50, 900 tons, or a grand total OF
%. 900, 900 tons from the Lake
Superior district for the season.
-zs.,sAno Al option for mining lease
given by The Niles Land com
pany, of Wisconsin, and Jessie
G. Scott, of this city, to the
Chandler Iron company, was
filed in the Office of the register
OF deeds on Friday last. The
land involved comprises the
west half of the southeast quar-.
ter of section %, SO. 20, five
miles northeast of Hibblns.
W, G. Northey has received
the appointment of assistant
superintendent of the American
Mining compauy's Mesaba mines,
Since the opening of the Saun-
try and Alpena Mr.. Northey has
held an important position with
the company, AMI his retainance
is a recognition Of worth. He
will be il charge of the Sauntry
aud Alpeua, at this point, and o1
the Clark mine, at Hibbing.
The Duluth News Tribune is
authority for the report that the
Commodore will thereafter ship
its product ever the Eastern Min
nesota to the Allouez Bay docks,
instead Of over the Duluth, Mis-.
sabe & Northern line as hereto
fore, contending that this change
was made one of the provisions
of the recent lease from J. J.
Hill to Corrigan, Mckinney &
Co., of the Stevenson mine, in
and 8, S 81.
President J. L. Greatsinger OF
the Duluth & Iron Range rail-
road, has been in Plttsburg con-
ferring with officials of the
Pressed Steel Gar company re-
garding the building of $50 oI
the largest steel ore cars ever
erected. The cars will have un-
usually heavy journals, and each
will be capable of carrying from
40, 900 to $50, 600 pounds of iron
ore, although the Car beds will
not exceed twenty four feet il,
length.-Herald. >
! The Minnesota Iron company
are sinking an exploratory shaft
about 1000 feet from No. 1 al
Soudan. The new shaft is a yer
tical one and is located nea,
where several diamond drill
holes have been sunk. I,