The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-18
MINING
Notes on Iron and Gold and Their
Production Cleaned From
Various Sources.
EXCHANGES CONTRIBUTE.
Much Development Work Going
On on the ferm;iiOn and
Mesaba Ranges.

At the Victoria the old teStplt IA
beia. cleaned out. The pit will be
used as q timber shaft. thus faciiita-
ting tho work of timbe-ing without
interfering with The hosting from the
other pits The shaft house is rapidly
nearing completion. The floor has
been laid in the new engine house and
when fully completed the engine
house viii be very neat Hosting still
goes on at both shafts and the stock
pile Is beginning u show up 10 good
advantage The big steam
shovel at the MaisoRiug mine broke
down this week. The shovel viii not
be worked until spring. Stripping
goes on. however, By hard. Ac-
tive opera tioas have ceased for the
present at the Commodore. Just when
the property Will resume is not Getin-
itelV knowa Drifting. stock
piling and stripping goes OF with I'M
;iissted energy at the Auburn
TIE Franklin and Bessemer proper
ties are nloTing along at their usual
pace. The stockpiieS of both mines
are showing up to good advantage.
About fifty men are DOW employed in
the woods getting out timber for this
company. The cut will he sufficiently
large to supply the mines during the
summer-Kirginian-
Iron Trade Review: In the past
week there have been Inquiries from
furnacemen who viii need ore before
the opening of navigation. and unless
there should be curtailment of pig
irca production in the next few
months several concerns will fall short
of Bessemer ere before the opening
next spring. The question of Ore
rriees is still sealed: but there is no
indication that the mining companies
Will make any departure from the
position established early in the
present year. that as the last in line
thav are prepared toresist derloraiiZa-
tioa in the Market and to ensure Z
price that will be fair to furnaceEefl
and give a fair return To all the
interests depending directly or indi-
rectly On iron mining
Julius Ropes, assayer and mining
expert passed through Tower last
week hound for Ishpeming. Mich,
where he will spend the wifter
Asked about the prospects for the
RAINY lake region. SIR. Ropes had
little 10 saF. but regards the outlook
rs somewhat uncertain for d while. al
least. as capital is slow TO invest. HI
will probably return in the spring
The English syndicate IS doing con
siderable exploring and test pittinG
and has large force OF men at worl
on several properties J. c. Foley il
negotiating for the purchase Of tht
placer grounds in the Hanitou dis
trict. from which 500 day wa:
secured for a short time last summer
Officials Of the Clerelands-Cliffs ant
Lake Angelina mining companies nc
longer seek TO cover up their connec
ton with the new Lake Superior {
1speming Railway company. which
has begun the construction Of : rail
way from Ishpeming to point or
Lake Superior just above Marquette
The mining companies are the prin
cigal purchasers Of the bonds OF TIL
railway company. This will be main
IL from the mines ct the Cleveland
Cliffs. Lake Angeline and Lake So
pa-ior companies. The railway, which
will have about fifteen miles 1of mail
line. touching Lake Superior at Pres
que Isle. just above Marquette. vii
be finished about the middle OF Jun'
next.
Relative To prices Of iron ore. tn
Iron Trade Review, the furDaceman
sheet. SAYS. The question of or
prices is still sealed: but there is n
indication that the mining companie
will make any departure from tn
pos;t;on established early in tn
present year, that as the last in lin
they are prepared to resist deuoral'
cation i'm the market and to ensure
Grice that Will be fair TO furnaceme
and give fair return to all the IL
terests depending directly or indirect
ly Qn irca mining.