The sun., 1890-01-27
NEWSOFTHEMININ WORLD.
a VERY PROsPERoUs TEAR FoR LAKE
SUPERIOR IRON MINES.

IsHPEMINd, Mich, Jan. lS.-Three milliol
tons Of Lake Superior ore to be mined and de
lfvered this year. were sold before Jan. !. Tn
year just passed was tho most profitable for tn
Iron mines OF the Lake Superior district OF AM
season yet While higher prices were receive,
for ore, and much larger profits per ton wer
made fifteen years ago. the production wa
.,, ns,,,oo aro ,ot a, ~ ~ b., ~ 80
e1act hRuIes are NOT " manu- vet pu. the pro
1910 pounds each, and NAV exceed tina
S,.s,.,.. ~. .o,,s.."I Al, -, =, MI. -.
noSdo. a. ali 'V orc sold % and shipped @ from % % tn,
AM sn,uSc ~ s sb;nnad NV ra,I ~ wotor
Tho output OF ore for 1890 will exceed sOOo,
900 Rross tons, and may reach nearly 1000 OOC
pons, put ts reaenlnR tne Iatter ngure ueponu'
on whether the demand for ore continues brisk
up TO the end OF the shipping season. Lake
navigation usually begins about May ! and
ends from Nov 10 to Dec. !. One thing is GER
- iii =. -. iaSua., ~ ~ hIa,or,, 20 ar
year wiz DC tne iargess IN tne nis'ory Oh .he
factory nrioes.
Sao,,a 80. ,.,, ,,,,u = -n,. o,o hr ,.,,o
leepie enort was naue year ago pv some
Srs nv the abort ton oi ., Ooo nonnds Int II was
A., ,.o, raoa,.od ana N ton % iron o.o ,vi,,
probably weigh 2.24o pounds for many years.
Tho production Of iron and steel at Chicago
nto"s iarser eacn year IN steei prouue'ioh
sess, company nan % IA n gigantic corporat,on Uo WITH
over sl9,oooooo capital ana employing an army
Of 10000 skilled workmen in it's immense fur
See' eru ru ihills ~ 'oneS mnmauAee' y, anu on-
eed w,s Of bS ~ nS oeobo
enSe mines; ines and In GonseapSp1sS gets ffs ore
Sneape5 IMAM competltors IN isst me i,lin9is .2
t1 SSes comes i, S very near sa 1wnina @ @ sh9
Ss1 n any PFsyiSaS year, vnu.n,.o ,,,,n
- .Se agent 81 German sapitallsss. sSpiInaesS
tftSt. He has bought some SOM thirty thirsS mines ~ alto
ISa' arSot th goS ~ "a" dasIrah os,
properties. The railroad TINT the ScbieeinEer
eypdicate proposes building from Crystal Falls
20 Escanaba, on the Menominee range Is al
1fSoy;ed; Z; ia and The work OF construction will
The Carp furnace. at Marquette, which is
being retltted by Hiram A. Burt, will be put In
ming, % Is also Undergoing e8teasSe S - repairs. eS
with view to beginning work soon.
ord during 1882 and earned it's stockholders
more pro%isins now than at any iI' time within
GELD Company . now il, place at the mine and
have been used with great success al many
Western mines, producing high -Rrade ores.
saSuS S bs 20 e the whers
BEEN found.
a The DIAMOND drill at the Crawling has cut
that the larger and smaller veins OF the Gray
The December product OF the Ropes mine
was S95OO IN bullion and nearly $1,000 in con-
ceRtSrat%eS S % ,o ,,.,.,
The situation in the copper district has i'm
proved OF late The mining men feel conf
dent that the present selling price OF copper
With Lake copper selling at fifteen cents
pound. every mine worthy Of the name in tho
s cHpRSe TSFk onsen n
the dog In the manger that it was a few years
ago @ and the mines are working in harmony
ABro FIND IN NEW MEXICO
S,1vre TlrTy N N ion oeACo,,,ao,,o
S,a SSxeHeiment mas peen caused at Lake Valley by
Within 800 feet of the Atshsnp oSnEe saver SnS ore
santa fe RAILROAD depot. The ore IS p snIphide aGe
~, nS ,,r,i aunnhs iTom saUq9o 70 S2290O per
sol a,a emu y9Ty Giossiy resembles the hiG GRADE
but lev hg,ndFeEd yasdS from ths new dseov.
Been proSuced from the srGa apaoG pI 0Te nave
s %ae v %nieh are Dd new S owned by
my issd e dsposlts e. Ilsh so as tie fs" BridS &
ley has been improyinS % steadiIy Are for some o@
made will cause prospectors to look the coqn-
SOH ey years
n people have passed over the ground where
me discovery was made without even surmis-
Ing Ing that they were on valuable mineral ground.
Gne new discovery Is a pocket the extent Of
Weich cannot now be estimated
~ None OF the propositions to lease the Pacific
Gold Company's mine has been accepted, al |
Enough responsible parties have offered to lease
ne mine and pay the company 50 per ton roy
atty on every ton OF ore taken from the mine.
,The Mountain Key mine and mill furnish en- |
Rioymept y to over a hundred men. and the out
The strike In December temporarily reduced |
th9 output below the average for the year.
Felix Leavick. who has done large amount |
of development work on the Confidence group |
OF mines In the Mogollons. arrived from Denver |
on Monday The development done on this |
group has been thorough and systematic and |
has proved beyond doubt that the capitalists |
interested have valuable property. II more |
work OF this kind was done there would be |
iewer failures among mining companies. II Ia |
too often the case that u mine is purchased. and |
thousands OF dollars invested in machinery |
and mile or reduction works, on the recon-
mendRtion OF an expert whose ideas concern |