The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-10
STATISTICS Of 81. LOUIS COUNTY.

STAnSIDCS Of ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
lstesestias Gsmpa1.at5os ~ tlse Nlin-
oesota Stute Doard Of Immigration.
From booklet Issued under the
direction of the Minnesota State
Board of Immigration upon "Min-
nesota's Fiftieth Anniversary" we
take the following interesting facts
and figures relating to St. Louis
county:
"This county was organized March
3, 1855, with the county seat at Du-
luth. 1t is situated in the north
eastern part of the state, being
bounded on the north by the Rainy
River which separates it from
Canada, on the east by Lake county,
south by Lake Superior aud Carlton
county, and on the west by Aitkin,
Itasca and Koochiching counties.
"1n area this is the largest county
in the state, having 66ll.75 square
miles, or 3O,52O.94 acres of which
3, 3,736,846.26 acres are land and
45y y674.& acres are water. The cur
face is rolling, aud largely covered
with native timber such as pine,
poplar, birch, tamarac, spruce,
cedar, ash, maple and oak, which is
being rapidly cut off bat enough is
still standing to afford the settler
tuel and building material.
"rhe soil is rich black loan and
clay subsoil, and very rich and pro-
ductive. The northern part of the
county is drained by the Vermillion
river into the Rainy river, and the
southern part by the St. Louis river
into Lake Superior. In agricultural
pursuits this county is in it's infancy
as the total land area under cultiva-
ton is only $3.50 acres.
"The live stock of the county for
1867 was as follows: horses, 1894,
average value per head, sos. "a;
cattle, 1880, average value per head,
$2s.64; sheep, 765, average value per
head, $3.48; swine, 1910, average
value per head, $5.25. In 1905 the
county had l creamery with an out
put of 1yOO2,274 lbs. of butter.
"The population of the county in
1903 was 1883. of which 62,659 were
native born, the foreign population
being as follows: Germany, 1852;
Sweden, 1l,l46; Norway, 1896; Grea,
Britain and Ireland 2l $50; Denmark
200; Poland, 1872; Finland, 1906
Austria, 5,45l: Russia, 1.lO5; France
86, other countries, 1881.
Their occupations are the various
agricultural pursuits, numbering
aud mining, together with manu-
featuring industries of which the
county has 5O4 with an invested
capital of $ll, ,699, 1913.
"This county ia the mainstay o1
the steel industry of the United
States, as it contains iron mining
districts that furnish two thirds ot
the iron mined in the United States
and which product annually ex
ceeds that of any single nation or
the globe (other than Spain and
Great Britian,a a close second to each
of which it is, and either of which
it may shortly surpass). 1t is no.
out of the way to say that 25OO0
people derive their support from
these mines.
ION January 1st, 1907, there were
in this county 256,46O acres of state
school lands unsold; also, 220yM
acres of United States government
land subj ject to homestead entry.
"Wild land can be purchased ir
this county at $4!00 per acre and up
wards, and partly improved farm
lands can be had at SIS per acre
and upwards, according to improve
ments and proximity to markets."
Duluth Diamond Drifting Company.
The name of the Nelson Explora
tion Company, in which +. G. Busf
recently became associated, ha,
been changed to the Duluth Dia
mond Drilling Company" unde'
which caption the business will b,
continued.
In the reorganization of the com
pany D. L. Fairchild is president
James G. Vivian vice president an<
treasurer, and +. G. Bush eecretar,
and manager.
| St. pou)'s ChurCh.
Next Sunday is Palm Sunday
At St. Paul's church there will b,
celebration of the holy communion