The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
mlnln9 minutes.
Review Of Mining Operations
and Developments of Lake
Superior Diistrct.
MINES DROWNED OUT.

MINES DROWNED OUT.
A. +. Gross, an explorer, has COM
menced suit in district court against
Chester A. Congdon, Weed Munro,
the Weed Iron company and the o.
iver Mining company, to recover
$500 out of which he claims to have
been defrauded by the defendants.
In his complaint Gross says that
for number of years he has been
engaged in discovering and open
ing up iron mines in Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, in the
pursuit of which occupation he has
spent much time and money in ac-
quiring knowledge of iron depos-
it's, particularly those on the Mesa
ba and Vermilion ranges. He as
serts that Congdon and Munro are
the principal owners of the Weed
Iron company, and that the Oliver
Iron Mining company has been en-
gagged for some time in acquiring
ore bodies in this county, in which
Mr.. Congdon is it's principal agent
in this section. He is also a direc-
tor in the company, it is alleged.
He says that in 1893 he was explor-
ing in 62-14, and discovered iron de-
posits in the north half of section
Is. The property is owned by the
state, and he found that it was sub
jeCt to lease. This information was
of great value, he says, and he plac-
ed price of $25O0 upon it and turn
ed it over to Emil Hartman, who
has had considerable experience in
that line, to find purchaser. Hart
man agreed to try to get the Oliver
company to take it, through Cong
don, the agreed price to be paid if
the deal went through, and lease
was taken. According to Gross,
Congdon agreed to take the matter
under consideration, and later told
Hartman that the company did not
want the minutes. Gross claims to
have found out later that a lease
had been taken out on the land in
Munro's name, that it had been as
signed to the Weed Iron company
and by that corporation to the Oil
yer Iron Mining company. Gross
claims that the defendants took the
substance and value out of his min
utes when they were offered, and
then returned them without paying 9
the price. He characterizes this as
conspiracy to defraud him, and
he sues for the original price of the
minutes as above stated.
Little frankie Pearce, the seven
years old son of Supt. and Mrs. J. H
Pearce, of the Commodore, had the
misfortune to fall while playing
about the yard some three weeks
ago, sustaining a severe fracture o1
the chin bone. On Wednesday ev
ening Supt. Pearce called DR.. Eby
who found the bones broken, anC
assisted by DR.. Avery performed {
very successful operation, removing
several pieces of broken bone, anC
the boy is now feeling much easier
Florence Mining News: Unless {
new deposit of ore is found, the
Commonwealth Iron Company will
be obliged to discontinue mining
here by another year, as this yea1
will clean up all the ore in the Bad
ger mine and the old properties ir
the village. Exploratory operation:
are constantly going on in the hope
of striking another deposit of ore
and every bit of ground showing
the least indication of mineral is
being Systematically tested.
The Commodore is temporaril,
laid off the shipping list owing t.
the washing out of the Eastern Min
nesota tracks. The Commodore has
been among the busiest of Mesab;
mines this season, and has beer
forwarding about 5000 tons of or,
daily, 1000 from shafts 2 and 3 an<
1000 tons from stockpile. About 22
men are employed at this property
and no reduction in force at tn,
close of the shipping season is an
ticipated. Shipments from tn,
mine will be resumed the first of tn,
week.
The Oliver Iron Mining Company
have secured from the CONSOLIDATED
a lease of the Ohio and on We,incS
day of this week put a shovel a
work loading ore from this proper
ty. This acquisition il of yren
benefit to the Oliver company, as i
readily apparent to one acquainted
with the location of the two mines
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