Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-08-14


Finds pathway to the sea.
The kissed sail
Meets the glistening rail
In homage at her feet,
And the lordly pines
With the ore combine
To make her wealth complete
The sixth annual excursion of the
Northern Minnesota Editorial asso-
citation was one Of the most enioya-
BILE and instructive in it's history,
and included a good, square look at
the enterprising city by the unsalted
sea, Duluth, visit to the wonderful
iron mines of the Mesa bl and Vermil-
lion ranges in Minnesota, and a
steamboat trip across Lake Superior
to the famous copper country in
northern Michigan. One Of the main
objects Of this associa tion is to visit
different parts OF our own state, and
thus become familiar with the fea-
lures, advantages, beauties, and his
toric Incidents OF all the regions en-
braced within it's borders. Such in
formation is valuable and very nee
essary to that intelligent service
that newspapers are expected to rem
der to their respective localities, and
to their own commonwealth. With
this laudable purpose in view, in ad-
dition to the social pleasure, which
always are concomitants at gather
ings of this kind, the editorial party
assembled in the city Of Duluth on
Aug 1892, IN time to the
early morning train ON the Duluth,
Mesabi & Northern r. R. for the
mining town OF Virginia, ~ miles
distant. After couple hours run
through fine forests of spruce and
pine, mixed in places with a variety
of deciduous trees, and with occa-
sional stretches Of cut over or burnt
over lands, which testify to the
wasteful depletion carried on for
years in this magnificent timber
region, the Jolly party at last struck
Virginia, each one eager to catch tie
first glimpse OF a typical Minnesota
mining town.
Our coming had been heralded,
and most pleasing arrangements
had been made for our entertain
ment~by Editors CuppernulI, OF the
Virginian, and Hannaford, of the
Enterprise, assisted by citizens, and
every facility was offered us to see
the sights. A dozen handsome car
riages we're in waiting to convey the
visitors to the different points Of in
terest. First was visited the Oliver,
Lone Jack, Ohio, and Norman
mines, Of the U. S. Steel corporation.
They are open mines, but are not
worked at present as the company
prefers to operate on leased lands.
Yet, the sight Of this vast body Of
ore, almost at the very surface Of the
earth, filled us with amazement and
gave us an inkling Of the enormous
quantities of iron contained in the
ranges. A little further on, the
franklin and Union mines, owned
by the Republic Iron and Steel COM
pany, were encountered, where we
saw the operation OF a steam shovel,
engaged in loading train OF cars
from huge pile Of soft ore. About
five minutes suficed for loading a
car. Next the Commodore mine,
owned by Corrigan, Mckinney &C.,,
and the Lincoln mine, OF the Jones
& Laughlin company, were visited.
To Capt. Bergman, at the latter.
the editors are under great obliga-
tions for courtesies extended. About
30 different mines are grouped about
Virginia, and it was, OF course, i'm
possible to visit them all in the linn
tied time at our disposal Where
the ore deposit isencountered beneath
quite thick layer OF debris, instead
OF stripping this off, as had been
done at the first mine visited, a
shaft is sunk to the ore, which is
conveyed to the surface in the usual
manner. Most OF the mines we saw
here were OF this class. As an illus
tration Of the enormous riches con-