The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-17
.ININGNOTES
A Few Items Of Interest
Regarding Mines and
Mining.

| Mining.
The stockpile room being made at
the Pioneer is rapidly being graded.
The steam shovel is loading the en-
bankment the ground from which is
being used to fill in the Says in the
space. After the grading on this is
| finished, the mine will have an i'm
mense area for stocking purposes.
The trolley system on the trestles is
being put in and in a few days the
hand tramming will be discontinued
and the motor will do the work. The
motors underground are proving a
success and are every improvement
over the mule and man tramming.
Eight cars make up trainlOad for
the underground motors but they
could easily handle more if necessary.
A system of water works for fire pro-
lection has been finished and hydrants
are placed at advantageous positions
among tie numerous buildings.
A dispatch from Virginia to Min
neapolis paper says that the Mime
soto Iron company has purchased She
Nelson Lumber cOmpany's mineral
lands on the Mesaba range. The con-
sideration is given as 81 .000,0 900. Presi-
dent Greatsinger. of the Duluth &
Iron Range road, when shown the
dispatch, said that he was not aware
Of any such transaction, and does not
believe any has taken place. The
Minnesota Iron company has lands of
the Nelson Lumber company under
lease.
Reports from Cook county where
the Johnson company are drilling for
iron ore, encouraging. OF the ore in
which the Johnson company is work
ing, one of the men says it is the best
ore found anywhere. An analysis of
the ore, he says, shows that it con-
tains manganese and cromium, two
minerals which enter into the COM
position of steel that is used in war
/ ships.
The Chandler Iron company have
secured lands on the Mesaba range
and have begun active work on the
same. Exploring camps are being
/ built on the southeast quarter and
! southeast quarter of the northeast
] quarter of the southeast quarter OF
] the southwest quarter of section "a,
4 $500. Work is also being done on the
] west half of the northeast quarter OF
section %, $500.
The drop of lake rates last week to
! S14Oit is said, will increase the sea.
] sons shipments to 900 tons at the
least calculation, perhaps more. 1t is
] now safe to put the seasons total at
4 l6,500,000 tons perhaps over that
4 There is more inquiry for ore tonnage
I this week than there has been for two
months, and a lot of ore that was not
to GO forward is now placed for i'm
I mediate shipments.
The Michigan mines. it is said have
j slight advantage over the Mime
/ sofa ranges in rail freight. The
freights to the lakes being consider.
I able less both in distance and rate
. The price of ore will be in the neigh
] borhood of $500 tan landed at Erie
) docks. The lake freights may be SIZE
/ ton, This price will no doubt place
the companies in position to make a
J good profit.-Eveleth Star.
: A dispatch to the Duluth papers
} says strike was called at the Sellers
and Rust mines at Hibbing Friday
, morning. About thirty-tive mer
went out at the Hull and about the
: same number at the Sellers. The
Hull men quit work Thursday after
noon and were followed Friday morn
! ing by the Sellers miners. An increase
! of pay was demanded. Everything al
D present is again running smoothly.
J John Pascoe, an old and well-knowr
miner in the Lake Superior country
dropped dead at Mountain Iron last
Friday. J. F. Pascoe, of Humboldt
: Mich, a brother of deceased attended
the funeral. Pascoe had on severa
occasions made fortunes but had al
ways specialized and lost. AT the
, time of his death he was employed by
the Oliver Mining company.
4 The western Vermilion in the region
of the Sturgeon lake country is at
) tracing considerable attention at
D present and it is said several very
promising iron properties are in
course of exploration. Sturgeon lake
is situated 33 miles southwest o.
Flower and 16 miles northwest of Hib
bling in 60-21.
D The extension of the ore carrying
, branch of the Estern Minnesota from
2 Hibbing to Virginia was completed
2 Friday, nearly two months later thar
z the time set for its completion.
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