The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-20
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WEEKLY Current Topics
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IS VIEW Iron World :
The night shift at the Noun
tain Iron mine has been LAID off.
about seventy five men being
affected.
BY the explosion of five boxes
of dynamite underground at the
Clark mine Wednesday noon nine
men were killed and three others
injured.
A party of prominent iron men
connected with the Carnegie
Steel and Oliver Mining company
arrived in Duluth. on the: North
West last evening and. = l. will make
visit to the ranges,
The Duluth & Iron Range
spur to the Fay mine is now
complete, and the mine. under
the efficient management of
Capt. S. J. Roberts, has been
placed in condition to enter the
shipping list this season.
A warranty deed has been filed
by which Arthur Young, Grace
A. Young and Anson> Young. of
Lanark, Ill.,, convey to Franklin
r. Webber, of Duluth, about
1882 acres of land in towns 81. Is,
So Is, 59-14, 59>13 aud 6O.13, for
consideration of 1868.
On Saturday last the Cleve-
land Cliffs mine the Oldest iron
mine in the Lake Superior re-
gion, passed the semi :enten
DIAL mark since the commenc-
ment of shipments from the
property. The occasion was
duly commemmorated by the
operators.
Lerch Bros. have made ar
rangements with the Biwabik
Mining Go. for the purchase of
the company's laboratory outfit,
and have also made a contract to
do the future assaying for that
property. The gentlemen took
charge of their new place Tues
day and have temp orarily closed
their laboratory st this point. dos
ing their work for the eastern
Mesaba from their Biwabik lab>
|'oratory. a.. 8 .:..,.x
Wa pr. president
of the Drake & Stratton company
arrived on She range today for a
tour of inspection of the work
and contracts of his company on
the Mesaba. Under the local
management of Senator Hawkins
this company has about 1900, 900
cubic yards of stripping ahead
of them on the range, and en-
ploy about 110O at the Auburn:
Fayal and Biwabik. and are now
preparing to begin work at the
Sharon and Stevenson, at which
latter properties large stripping
contracts were recently awarded.
The consummation of a large
mining deal whereby the Z. S.
Consolidated Company becomes
the sole owner of the Rouchleau-
Ray property, adjoining the
Ohio. was filed with the register
of deeds Tuesday. The first deed
is from Frank W. Higgins and
Frank S.. Smith of Olean, N. Y,
and Giles Gilbert IF Duluth, to
the Oliver Mining company, con
veys an undivided half interest
the property and a mortgage il
given by the Oliver company tx
F w. Higgins, as trustee, TO,
$500, 600. and a deed subject tt
} the mortgage conveys the prop
erty from the Oliver company t<
the Lake Superior Consolidated
Iron Mines, giving the Consoli-
dated full control of the proper,
ty as it previously owned a hal
interest therein. ..
Among the rich strikes OF the
season we are pleased to note :,
: new one in the Hibbing district
) a property comprising the wes
half of the northeast quarter O.
section 28, So 20, some foul
miles northeast of Hibbing. Tn,
property is held under q 25 cen
lease from Messrs. Robinson o
:. Chicago. Lamberton Of Winona
| and Larre bee of Chippew'
Falls, to Messrs. M. L. Fay "A
NJ. Chisholm and John r. Mitch
ell Of Winona. For some tim,
past explorations have been con
! Quoted on the property with I
J, churn drill. and their rewar,
! has been the proving Of q mos
! promising property. One hol
has penetrated the ore body to
!. depth Of 60 feet. the ore IN thi.
hole aSaauinor an average ~ Ak