The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-27
MIN|NGN0TES
Notes on Iron and Gold and Their
Production Cleaned From
Various Sources.


A dispatch from Ishpeming says:
The place of General Manager Frank
P. Mills, who left the Cleveland-Cli
company several months ago to accept
position at Colorado Springs with
the Western Mining company, is as
yet untitled, though rumOr gives the
position to Capt. John +. Armstrong,
formerly assistant superintendent of
the Cleveland mine, and lately in
the employ of the Minnesota Iron Co.
The Cleveland Cliff company is an
enormous concern, employing thous-
ands of men in its mines, forests, fur
naces, chemical plants and fleets.
The company was incorporated under
the laws of West Virginia on account
u its large holdings of lands, the
amount being considerably above
the limit allowed by the con-
stitution of Michigan.
The ore rate from the head of the
lake seems to be fixed for the present
at the 80 cent notch. A considerable
block of ore was placed yesterday to
be moved in June and July at that
figure. AS that is about the time
that it is expected wheat shipping
from Duluth will again be active it
appears that vesselmen do not regard
the future as being rosy as they did a
few weeks ago. The wheat rate is
still firm at q cents and is evidently
in fair way to hold its own at least
if the ore rate does not suffer another
cut. The respective rates on wheat
and ore offer a premium on the former
but the margin is required, for YES
selmen prefer ore to wheat as rule
when the rate is exactly even up for
the reason that wheat cargoes often
come out short and sometimes get
wet. Vesselmen who made 81 con-
tracts on ore for the season ought to
be feeling pretty we'll satisfied with
their Judgment In SO doing for there
seems to be little promise of the rate
reaching that figure again for some
time at least.-News-Trib
Frank Robitaille states that only
one ahift is now working on the Foley
mine, as most OF the miners have gone
prospecting, wild over what they saw
in developing the mine and DESTROYS
of finding as good for themselves.
The 15O-foot level has been drifted
eastward distance of Is feet, and
the 2OO-foot level is now driven 100
feet. The ore in both drifts is as
good as In the shaft and there is no
let-up in the width of the vein. Mr.
RObitaille is satisfied that 1t lisa great
gold mine = J. Rodi, Of Little
Turtle lake, was in town yesterday
and called en- the Journal. He is part
owner OF the big property there known
as the ''Swede boys mine" Mr. Rodi
has just returned from prospecting
trip and reports that he has made
several finds that pan we'll, but as
there is no assayer here now, he does
not know its assay yalue.-Rainy
Lake Journal.
Messrs. F. S. Wiley and F. E. Gibbs
are reported by the Fort VIM. Journal
as having reached there from the Saw
Bill and Lake Harold mines on Tues
day last, reporting a splendid prospect
for those properties. The Saw Bill is
a new property, and shafts are down
seventeen feet. At that depth the
vein was found to be three feet wide,
on the surface 1t was one foot and
half. The ore taken out at seventeen
feet is declared to be the richest yet
discovered In that locality. In this
connection 1t will interest Rat
Portagers to know that Mr.. ". A.
Harvey the popular gentleman who
was formerly employed at the Neduc-
ton Works here, has accepted the
position OF mill manager at the Lake
Harold mines and expects to have the
mill running at it's full capacity by
the 1st of May.
John Tod, of Cleveland, president
of the Biwabik Bessemer company,
was in town last Friday to inspect
the mine. He complimented the To-
cal management by saying that the
property Is in better shape this spring
than ever before Mr.. Tod was unable
to say at the present time just how
strong stripping operations would be
prosecuted the remainder of this sea-
son. At q meeting Of the directors Of
the company to be held in Cleveland