The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-11
MlNINGN0TES
Notes ON Iron and Gold and Their
Production Cleaned From
Various Sources.
EXCHANGES CONTRIBUTE.
Much Development Work Going
On on the Nermilion and
MeSaba Ranges.

II
"Wednesday disclosed much new work
and many prospective Improvements
At the Franklin the new four COM
partment shaft, qxlS in the clear, is
row down some ninety feet, the ore
body Just being reached. Some l5.oo0
tons Gre more are already in stock at
No. , shaft. and al available men are
being given employment. the pay roll
of the group now showing some GOO
men at work The new hosting
plant recently put in and which viii
work No. . and the new shaft. works
ia perfection and two large new
boilers of about 100 horse power each
are NOW being set in conjunction
The surface appearance has been
greatly changed during the past sum-
DeF. and instead OF buildings set all
angles Of the compass, one finds as
neatly laid out location as IS to be
seen or the range The company
store. under management Of Mr.. w
=. AFTER. Is noW opened and well
stocked. and apparently enjoys a good
patronage. The mine viii work full
fonce and stock as much as possible
during the winter : At the Au-
burn. drifting from the second level
IS now in progress and stockpiling has
commenced. \ small force only is
employed. but in conjunction with
the crew employed by Winston Bros
at their stripping On this property.
the Auburn is an appreciable factor
80 Vjrginias prosperity this winter.
- 4 dispatch from Ishpeming
BEARING date of December 4th, an
nounces that the mining companies
operating at Ishpenling and Negaunee
have notified their employees that the
wages of miners had been voluntarily
increased 10 cents and laborers ) cents
per Gay. making the miners scale
$3.50. Members OF the Miners Union
BOW sag that the non-uni0n men will
be asked TO join the union, and in
case they refuse the union miners
viii cult On the other hand, the
managers say they viii close down for
the entire winter rather than recog-
nlze the union--Ni rgiria Enterprise.
The American Steel Barge company
of West Superior has been ordered TO
build two big whalebacks during the
coming winter, in addition TO those
already started, and work on them
viii commence az soon as the steel
can arrive. The ownership of the
new vessels is not given out, but it is
understood that they viii be used by
the Rockefeller interests to transport
ore from there mines. The steamer
viii be the largest ever constructed.
1t viii be 404 feet in length. IS feet
deep and q feet beam. The barge
viii be 376 feet long. 4e feet deep and
Is beam. Both vessels viii transport
! 900 gross tons on draft of II feet
& inches, and viii be built TO take adj
vantage Of the proposed twenty-foot
channel. when they can carry 5000
tons each The engines are not yet
arranged for, but viii be Of the triple
expansion pattern, with cylinders p.
IS and s. inches in diameter. Three
Scotch boilers, carrying a working
pressure Of Ie0 pounds, will have an
estimated speed, loaded, OF thirteen
miles per hour. Both vessels are TO
be ready for launching next July
About fifty miners have been laid
of during the past two weeks at the
Sellers mine, while additional men
have been put TO work by the Lake
Superior people. All operations
at the Mountain Iron and Rathbon
mines. located at Mountain Iron,
have ceased for the season 1t was
rumored short time ago that large
amount of work had been laid out for
the winter. Preparations are
being made for stripping the Sheridan
property about three miles west OF
this village, the lease OF which was
sold to the Oliver people last fan.
The surface or overlap at this mine
Z hnges from l3 TO 80 feet
1he second drill hole put down by
Longyear s. Bennett on the forty inn
-mediately adjoining the TOWNSHIP of