The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-19
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If anyone has the idea that when
lake shipments cease the mining
companies settle down to a ,inter
of idleness, he is very much mis-
taken, says the Duluth Herald.
On the contrary, work in the min
ing country will be almost as lively
as it was during the summer, and
in some places it will be more
active. /
All of the underground mines
work during the winter, getting out
the ore for stockpiles. from which
start can be made in the spring by
the railroads. There will be large
amount of stripping during the
winter, too. opening mines for
busy summer next year, and a num-
Der of new shafts are being sunk
and will be arted during the win
ter.
All of the Vermilion range mines
are underground propositions and
will continue all winter, and large
percentage of the mines on the
Mesaba range are of the same char
acter.
Beginning at the eastern end of
the Mesaba range, the Stephens
will strip all winter, and the Ka-
nahwa is engaged in sinking a new
shaft. The Biwabik and Duluth
mines have stripping work that will
keep them busy during the closed
season. =;
A shaft is being sunk on the old
Cincinnati lands, south of the Cin-
cinnat; mine, from which it is pro-
posed to take ore for the Duluth
blast furnace. Mckinley will be
quiet this winter, as the Roberts has
been abandoned and the w lis is
closed for the winter. The Elba
and Corsica mines, both under
ground propositions. will work all
winter,sand 50 will the Genoa. The
Sparta VIII probably not do much.
At Eveleth, the Fayal will work
its underground shafts, and there
will probably be some stripping
work as we'll. The same is true of
the Adams. Atthe York, the new
mine of Pickands, Mather & Co.,
shaft is being sunk, while the Au-
burn has been idle since midsun-
mer and will probabl continue so.
AT Virginia the Ohio and Oliver
will be idle, and at the Saunty there
will be one shovel engaged in strip
ping work part of the winter The
underground mines, such as the
Lincoln and Minorca, will work all
winter. AT Mountain Iron the
Mountain Iron mine will do little
work, and stripping operations will
| continue all winter on the new Kin
ney property in section II, 58-19.
The Sharon will work underground,
and it will strip until late in the
winter and begin again early in the
spring, if it does not work all winter.
The Clarion is being opened by the
Minnesota Iron company, and it
will be an underground PROPOSE
ton. The Shenango is sinking a
third shaft, the first two having
failed to develop the proper results.
The Jordan, an underground mine,
will work all winter.
The Hibbing bunch of mines, in
cluding the Chisholm, Clark, Glen,
Pearce, Pillsbury and Morrow, will
do more or less work during the
winter. The Winnifred. Laura and
Longyear will work underground
to some extent. The Burt and Day
properties, which will be known az
the Morris, have just let stripping
contract for 100000 feet on the Day
and an additional 10000 on the
Burt, making 100000 feet on the
two properties. The Sellers, an un-
derground mine, will work all win
ter: The Buffalo & Susquehanna
will probably be opened this win
ter. The Hull and Rust will ope-
rate heavily during the winter, and
the Agnew will also work some.
There will be nothing doing at
the Mahoning, which is about the
only large steam shovel proposition
that viii! not work. At the Letonia
there viii be considera bic work, and
probably some stripping. At the
Stevenson there will be stripping
all winter, bot! by the company's
force and by contract. The Haw-
kins, at the extreme western eud of
the range, will work UNDERGROUND.
This mine shipped 6,OOO tons this
fall. =;
On the,Vermilion all of the mines
will work during the winter, and
the capacity of the big mines will
be largely increased by new shafts.