The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27

Lackawanna Steel company IS COM
pany with the Brotherton the Lack
awanna Steel company bought the
Sunday Lake mine adjoining. This
mine was opened about the same time
as the Brotherton for Ferd. Schle-
singer, passed into the hands Of Cor
rigan, Mckinney & Co., and was final
" abandoned as an Improbable prop
osition. Mr.. Sellwood obtained q
lease on the Sunday Lake which
brought the mine into the, same con-
troll as the Brotherton, and the prop
erty is still being operated, and is
noted for its good ore.
While operating the Colby, which
he continued to do for three and one
half years until the expiration Of the
suitcase on which it was held, Mr..
PSellwood made a trip to Minnesota.
This was in 1885. At that time, Nor
tin and William Pattison, lumber men
and residents of Superior, Wis.,, owned
the land where the Chandler mine is
now located on the Vermilion range.
Ore was discovered on the property
by James Sheridan, to whom was
given a lease. In 1886, MIR. Sellwood
bought for the Chicago & Minnesota
Ore company, three-fourths interest
in the lease for $4,000, and opened
the Chandler mine, dividing his time
between the Ver1nilion and Gogebic
ranges. The Chandler mine shipped
over 100000 tons of ore that aver
aged Cd per cent in iron, and about
0.042 per cent in phosphorus. What
part the ore mines have played in the
profits of the iron and steel trade
is amply illustrated here when one
recalls the purchase price.
Secured Mesaba Properties.
The Chicago & Minnesota Ore COM
pany was associated with the Mime
sofa Iron company, and was absorbed
in the formation of the Federal Steel
company. It was through this con-
nection that the property came into
the hands Of the United States Steel
corporation. Working for the Min
nesota Iron company, Capt. ~Sellwood
remained at the Chandler until No.
vember, 1892, when he set out to pick
up Mesaba range properties for this
company, of which he was made vice
president. These, too, were busy days.
my wife," said Mr.. Sellwood one
day, "once asked me, why don't you
take it easier and rest a little?' and
l used to tell her that the only sure
way for a man to avoid having his
employers drive him is to drive him
self 80 hard he is always ahead of
them - AS a result of his explora-
tions the Minnesota Iron company
bought the Norman, Fayal, Auburn,
Genoa, Iron Chief, Moose, Canton and
Cloquet mines, all of which are now
held by the Steel corporation.
In 1898 John w. Gates asked Mr..
Sellwood to look after the ore inter-
ests of the American Steel & Wire
company, and he left the Minnesota
Iron company in that year to do so.
He obtained for Gates the Sauntry,
Alpena, Clark and Chisholm mines on
the Mesaba range, the Atlantic on the
Gogebic range, the Moore on the Mar
quette range, and the Cuff mine on
the Menominee. In addition, he
looked after the operation of the Me-
gaunee mine at Negaunee, on the
Marquette range, which the American
Steel & Wire company already owned.
All of these mines the Steel corpor-
alton also came into possession of,
with the exception of the Negaunee,
which is now owned one-haf by the
Cleveland Cliffs Iron company and
one-haf by the Laclawanna Steel
company.
Got Mines for Independents.
When the United States Steel cor