The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-20
Twenty Y ears Ago
From the Virginia Enterprise,
February %, 1894.) j.

From the Virginia Enterprise,
February %, 1894.)
What, we call the ephitets on
The gravestone Of the Merritts. the
iiscoverers of the Mesaba range, in
20 far with their connection with the
Dig Lake Superior consolidated mines
$ concerned, was received here todav.
A circular has come to. stockholders
stating that Alfred and Lon Merritt
mad resigned as two of the four trust
ees Of the company and that the re-
trustees, both in the Rookie
TELLER interests, had appointed two
others in their place, the new men be-
ing also Rockefeller representatives.
Thus the government of this concern
is absolutely and entirely out of the
hands of the Merritts.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
Mrs. J. H. Pearce, Of Bessmer, Mich.
wife of Superintendent Pearce of the
Commodore, has been visiting with the
Captain here for the past week. Mr..
and Mrs. Pearce will look up a resi-
dence location in Duluth, to which
city they will remove in the earlv
spring. Mrs. Pearce expressed great
surprise at the evident progress of
Virginia and much admiration of its
location as city.
DR.. z. K. Brown has purchased q
residence lot and will become a bona
fled Virginian once more in very
short time. The Doctor also informs
us that he contemplates the erection
of hospital here during the summer,
a necessary adjunct to his business in
terests in and about Virginia. The
Enterprise will welcome the return of
he Doctor and his estimable wife to
che range metropolis.
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c. W. Kimberly, who is sinking
drill hole from the bottom of the No,
: shaft at the Oliver, is waiting for
easing land will resume operations in
few days. While no authoritive in
formation respecting the depth at
tanned is obtainable, it is current
rumor that 1926 feet of ore has thus
far been cut. Whether or not these
figures may be approximately correct
certain it is that the body of ore is
deep one at this point
The Hibbing News states that Hib-
bing & Trimble will soon commence
the erection Of rs seven room dwell
ing houses at Hibbing, to be offered
for sale on easy terms. If true, then
it must be said that Hibbing & Trim
bic have the right idea in town build
ing In that respect at least. One hund-
red of such buildings in Virginia could
be sold in "a hours but they are not
here yet.
W. j. Olcott, who has been elected
president and manager of the various
Mesabi mining companies whose pro-
perties are controlled by the Lake
Superior Consolidated Iron Mines, will
remove from Bessemer, Mich, to Du-
luth. Mr.. Olcott will continue to act
as manager of the Penokee & Gogebic
Consolidated Mines for some time, and
his removal to Duluth will not be i'm
mediate.-1ron Trade Review,
A number Of Virginians who talked
OF going to the Rainy decided that
two of their number would be fair
representation of the company and to
decide who would go even Deacon
Eaton and Pillar Stephenson went in
on the "straw-pulling" match. But
so long as neither Of them held the
straws 1t became an honest game of
chance on their part.
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r. A. Bates, manager of the Stand
ard Ore Co., is authority for the state
nent that stripping will commence at
inc Hale about April 1. AS to the
Cincinnati the management have no
1etlnlte plans, but the probability is
mat the property will remain idle un-
IL such time as the market shall have
recovered to warrant re-
sumption of mining at a profit.
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VIM. Sauntry, of Saltwater, owner
Il the Sauntry property north of the
lty' was in town the fore part of the
week. On this property % pits have
'een bottomed in ore and it is the
resent intention to put on a force
4 men to more thoroughly explore
nd test the extent of the ore bodv
t an early date.
T. H. Bacon, general manager of
ne Minnesota Ore Co., is quoted as
aging that he did not believe over 25
er cent of Mesaba ores can be used
uccessfully in furnaces. Well that
cities it. Don Bacon ought to know
ut If he is correctly quoted we do MT