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VOL. 9. t* Stock Complete tbe AreYouReadv? Stove That will heat your home is the proper investment at this season, and the Sunburst Peninsular IS THE KIND. Use Fuel Economically andJSupply He.it Lavishly. PENINSULAR STEEL RANGES. BEST ON EARTH. SPORTING GOODS of Every Description, at Prices That Are Right. ijj. Tinshop in Connection. $ Rawkinson $ Co. 1 IIMRFR 81. C. Bailey Cumb er Company, $a$b, Door, Eatb, Shingles, etc. VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA. Deliveries Made To All Range Points. Telephone 35-4. troy steam Laundry, I MRS. J. J. BOOTH. PROP. I FAMILY WASHINGS A SPECIALTY. PRICES RIGHT. 4»4.J.4.4.4..1..1..»• *.t..1.4.• t.• ti• t. 1I1.1.J.A•»• t..t. I I '"*"H 1 I 1 I I 1 THE VIRGINIA Prices Right. *5* Satisfaction Always Given to our customer in the turning out of all classes of Laundry WQrk. We take a great deal of pride in our Shirt, Collar and Cuff Department. 4 For good clean work the public has recommended 4 VIRGINIA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY. MINNES minesandirtining Review of Mining Operations and Developments of Lake Superior District. SUPERIOR MINE ON FIRE A dispatch of Wednesday says that No. 2 shaft of the Superior mine, about three miles west of Ironwood was burned Saturday. The No. 1 shaft is still burning un derground. The fire cannot be reached by any hose, and so is left to subside itself. The men in the mine made their escape before the fire gained much headway. The fire is supposed to have been caus ed by a careless miner throwing a lighted candle between the timbers of the shaft. About 150 to 200 'men will be out of employment for a long time. The damage caused by the fire is unknown, but it iis sup posed to be large. The No. 2 shaft of the Superior mine has been de stroyed by fire three times but was rebuilt on account of the large mass of ore that surrounds it. The mine belongs to the firm of Pick ands, Mather & Co., of Cleveland. The property is fully insured. MISSABE EARNINGS. The Duluth, Missabe & Northern railway Monday filed its annual re port of earnings with the state rail road and warehouse commission. The St. Paul Dispatch says that the report of this road "is especially interesting, inasmuch as it is one of the unique roads of the country. Its freight earnings per mile are heavier than almost any other road, but the singular fact about it is that the road depends solely upon one class of business, the ore trade, to sustain it.' The small figure which passen ger earnings bear in relation to the gross earnings is seen in the fol lowing table: Total passenger earning 9 96,338,81 Total freight earnings 3^)06,413,74. Total 83,102,752.58 Other earning 7,199,63 Gross earnings. 1901 $3,109,952.21 The ratio of expenses to earnings in Minnesota was 48.69 percent. The total number of tons of ore carried was 3,830,424. All other freight was less than 400,000 tons. The total tonnage of all classes for the entire line was 4,167,865, which is a mar velous tonnage, considering the length of the line. The greatest percentage of the freight, however, was ore. The total cost of construction of the Missabe road is given as $8,853, 786. or $57,924.67 per mile. The total cost of equipment is $2,634,856.11. The grand total of the cost of con struction and equipment is given as $11,488,642.11, or $75,162,85 per mile. The operating expenses are given as follows: Maintenance of way, etc $ 584,877.77 Maintenance of equipment 409,990.04 Conducting transportation 429,213.72 General expenses 90,103.76 Total expenses 81,514,185.29 Ratio of expenses to earnings 48.69 per cent. The total number of employes is 1,504. The average daily compensation, excluding gen eral officers, is $2.03. The total paid in salaries for the year was $589,839, 10. The freight earnings per mile of road were $19,427.55. he passenger earnings per mile of road were $622.54. The total revenue train mileage was 535*461. TO DRILL AT CHISHOLM. Capt. James Sullivan, of Duluth, has secured an option to explore for iron ore on the townsite of Chisholm. Mr. Sullivan was here Wednesday and expects to place drills at work at once. It is the gen eral opinion of mining men ac quainted with the locality that the ore body of the Chisholm mine ex tends under the new townsite. Mr. Sullivan and his associates have faith in the enterprise and will ex pend considerable money in explor ing. In the event that the theory proves correct it will complicate matters somewhat at the new town. —Hibbing News. WILL WORK THE BUCKEYE. Capt. E. W. Griffin, E. M. Griffin and E. M. Whitney, Minneapolis, are here this week making preparations for thoroughly prospecting the Buckeye property, which lies about seven miles north of the village. find worki the in about was ta FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1901. prospecting has al done on this property good showing has been fthese parties are here to what it contains, ipt. Griffin who opened' mine several years ce that time has been St off and on, and it was -On to go into the Buckeye •^jEfa'r ago, but the captain Sick and is just recover assures us that now the work of prospect ing uHjjfc^||hey find out whether or not th^ jjjfi|pperty is of sufficient val ue to jjB^for its working.—Herald Re view.. 'k- SPANISH TRUST. 24.—The Westmin ister Gafe|tte today says it under standa/jpat the three great iron prodtunw companies of Bilboa, Spain, faagfre agreed to amalgamate in the litis of the United States Steel coi^bration with a capital of 75,000,OdO^esetas. The works have an annual output of 500,000 tons. This tragi will be by far the biggest of its kin^i in Spain. BLOCK Of VISE. chasedli Rapids^ ing piife consid^: chase i| standi: ty, thecg that arf bermeii. ros., of Duluth, have pur- IB. J. McGoman, of Grand enteen forties of stand 63-40, Itasca county. The ion was $15,000. This pur to about clean up the ine tracts in Itasca coun ing very few pieces left in the hands of the lum- -ipF BI& JtlAlLROAU EXTENSION. The t|t£ifoer and ore resources of tbe noxpfr&tstern part of Minnesota are thef&fttise of operations that are every day changing the railroad map ostitis part of the state. The bulk off the railroad building in the state tl|is year will be north and east of |he source of the Mississippi. The oweprs of timber and the own ers of i£on lands are vieing with each o^Jter in taking out of that part of |he state the resources na ture hah been storing up for cen turies. ^hether, when the lum iien QiQn., are tltfdugh there will be anything left to support the railroads is a qiiestion yet to be decided. Much of that part of the state is known to be almost, if not quite, worthless for agricultural purposes, but there are thousands ot acres of good lands that can be made productive when the timber is removed. At the present time the timber of this part of the state is a goal for a number of railroad projects. The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company, with a new mill nearly completed at a point near Cloquet, is building a road northeasterly from that place to timber owned by them north of Two Harbors. Eventually this road will be fifty miles or up wards long, and will reach up to a connection with the Duluth & Iron Range. The projected line of C^ok & Turrish from Virginia to the Rainy river is the other large rail road possibility for that part of the state this year. In addition to these, •says the Mississippi Valley Lum berman, a number of the roads of that section will build short exten sions for logging purposes, or to bettef reach the iron mines. The line from Virginia to the boundary line will tap a lot of timber that would, had Canadian mill men been able to get control of it, gone across the line to be manufactured. As it is, it will be brought to mill at the head of the lakes or along the Miss issippi river. It will be a good many years be fore the land of this section will be entirely denuded of its timber. It will probably be a good many years before the last of the iron ore will have been takien from the rang es. Meanwhile, the lands that are capable of bringing forth crops will have been sought out. Settlers by the thousand will take the plac ces of miners and lumber jacks, railroads that are now hauling logs and ore will take merchandise into the country and bring out the pro ducts of the farm. Outside of the mining towns and the lumber camps the population of that part of the state is very small. There is room for thousands, and after the lumbering and the mining opera tions cease the towns will require something else for support. They will find this in the products of the soil. LOST. A small gold watch and chain. Finder will be more than liberally rewarded upon returning to W. V. CALDWELL. RL Barber Meets a Wat ery Grave at Half: Mgqer Lake. SATURDAY AFTERNOONS Perhaps the saddest accidbnt iho tile history of the range was tile drowning of Marshall F. Barber, at: Half Moon Lake Saturday evening, by the overturning*,*)! a boat from' which he and R. Freedy wero fishing. Mn Barber, accompanied By1 Messrs. Freedy and- Tornquist, had) gone to Half Mooc on Saturday far a short outing, intending to pleas antly pass the Sabbath with the finny tribe which abound therein^ It was while enjo-jring the evening^ fishing the accident occurred, MSv Freedy doing all in his power tt save his unfortunate companion but without avail, and in order to save himself frortbUke fate was com pelled to leave him and make fdr shore. Messrs. Freedy and' Tornquist tric ed to recover the body but failed and on the following day the lake was dragged, Dr. Stuart Bates and Supt..Fairbairn bringing the body of their late friend and companion to surface at about 10:30 a. m. The remains were taken to the Poole morgue at Eveleth,.where it was prepared for shipment and inter ment, and the following morning brought, to this city, where short services were conducted from the Fay hotel, under the auspices of the Masonic ordfer, of which deceased was a prominent member. The remains were taken to the old home at Vermontville, southern Michi gan, for interment Deceased was 48 years of age, and since 1892 had been range represen tative of the Lake Superior Powder company. He was one of the most popular of range residents, a man with myriad friends, with no ene mies, -Higher tribute can-be- paid to none, and his death removes from us one of our most prominent and beloved citizens. AUTOMATIC FIREMEN. The Chicago & North-Western company has recently equipped one of its engines on the LaCrosse di vision with an automatic stoker or firing device, and in speaking of the innovation an official who has seen it work, says: "The device practically takes the place of a firemen in shoveling coal into fire engine boxes and distrib uting it in the same. The automat ic machine is the invention of a practical engine driver. It consists of a funnel-shaped trough, into which the coal is shoveled. In the funnel are screws that gradually force the coal into the fire-box and distribute it evenly over the fire. The funnel may be enlarged so that the coal may go into it through the take of the engine. By its use it is said the work of a fireman in this line may be entirely dispensed with. Railroad men are divided as to the result of the device in eventually displacing firemen from engines. Many maintain that two men will always be required to run the en gine." MICHIGAN OIL WELLS The Michigan Oil & Improvement company, owning about 4,000 acres of land in the Rapid River district, with options on much more, has been formally incorporated and will at once begin systematic work. It is near Rapid City where the Stand ard Oil company's people have been drilling for oil several weeks, with all indications of success. There is great excitement among people at Rapid River, and their faith in hav ing a good thing at their door was demonstrated by them by sub scribing for a large block of the new company's stock. An analysis of the oil found in pockets of the new company's land, as made by Milwaukee chemists, yields 51 per cent asphaltum and 49 per cent lubricating oil, with no residue. Thus far only pocket oil has been found, but if the wells which are to be sunk at once should bear out the forecasts of mining ex perts, a remarkably rich property has been discovered. We are pleased to note that Hon. M. C. Palmer %t» again able to be about, getting on the street Tues day for the first time after a confine ment of ten day*. NNEI SOCIETY! NO. 38. if your choiceof. Smoke is a Ricbr Mild and Pleasant Cigar try that CELEBRATED AND OJRXGINAI^ JAEKEGKB BR&&V HAVANA 1 PLANTATION ... JZfes stood the t&st for /?ftpon juoo ami is pronounced by Judges- ay Bine as ever. STRICTLY A UWfCV MAOE Ctailih Beware of Imitations. Chas. L. Pettis & Co. CASH Producer Olivers* Dressed Poultry, Game* Furs, Butteraa4EggSt 204 DUANESTREHI?, NEW YORK. Write for Our Present Pay ing Prices. Painter. Painting. Graining. Decorative• Work, and PAPER HANGING. ESTIMATES FREE* Office: Mesaba Avenue, near Chestnut Street, Virginia, Minn. I 'I1 .|. .|« WHEN YOU GO TO BUHL Call on the KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORE* L. GOLDMAN. PROP. The Best Liqnors and The Piiest Cigars Carried by any House on the Range. The Virginia Livery DANIEL COFFEY, PROP. FINEST RIQS/N THE CITY* Chestnut Street, VTBflnq Next to Vir. Hdw. Co. j-