The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04
MINING NOTES.

Oh mlulnS Is DeSun. there are HOW
afloat, or soon will be, al ships owned
by the various ore mining and manu-
featuring corporations alone, and
used by them for their own business
These. and great additional num-
Der chartered, will be engaged in
carrying ore from the five upper lake
ports during the year. There is no
change in the rates, which remain as
they were set last October by the
Rockefeller interests.
AS a general thing the mines enter
the shipping season with stocks small
er than was hoped for, and much less
than they have frequently had in
years when total shipments were far
less than Is now expected. Activity
underground during the summer will
be necessarily greater than before,
and it will be in the districts that
can open new mines quickly or where
old mines are elastic, that the bust
ness of the year will be most notable.
1t has been reported at New York
the past week that the American
Steel & Wire company has control of
mining properties in the lake country
that produce sixth of the output.
How far this statement goes we are
not prepared TO say but authorities
on mining claim the mines actually
in the hands of the American Mining
company are not capable of mining
more than l, $50, 900 tons of market
able ore this year.
An excellent find of graphite has
been discovered on lands under option
by the Oliver company on the Men
ominee range in Michigan. The
Oliver company had the lands option
ed for iron.
The Minnesota company have op-
toned lands near Iron River, Mich,
belonging to w. HI. James and will
explore the same at once.
There are at least five mines on the
Mesaba range it is said which will
shipa million tons of ore this season,
namely the Fayal, Adams, Mahoning.
Biwabik and Mountain Iron.
! Notwithstanding the warm wealth
er, the steam shovel mines on the
Mesaba range are having considerable
frost to ceatend with. The frost. in
most Of tEq mines reaches depth of
about six.feet. A large amount of
powder is used before the shovels can
make mach Roadway.
John T. Jones of Iron Mountain,
Mich, has purchased the "Brodie"
property on the line of the Eastern
Minnesota between Hibbing and
Mountain Iron. The consideration
was $3.50, 900 and involves the transfer
of the fee.
The Oliver people have secured the
Blue Jacket and Geneva properties,
located between Ironwood and Besse-.
mer, Gogebic range, and will explore
them carefully. They are well locat-
ed and ore has been found on both of
them.
| Plars for machine shop 50x200 are
under consideration by the Fayal
company at Eveleth. to be filled with
modem machine tools.
Chef Engineer Angst of the Duluth
& Ir5n Range has it figured that
Minnesota will furnish a little over
hall of all the ore to be shipped from
thu Lake Superior region. He figures
tte ore docks of the region with 1918
pockets and storage capacity of u.s.
1856 tons,
The Elba Iron company on the
: M@aba has begun shipments.
About 22O cars of ore per day are
laving the stockpies of the Fayal
0mpany at Eveleth.
1t is said that the daily receipts of
bre at Two Harbors now figures 700
cars. A large crew of men are en-
Il DlUycu az O1C duu
loading boats.
The Chandler Wednesday raised
the new stack over No. 4 engine
house.
The Pioneer is loading about 100
cars per day. The steam shovel is
working excellently.
Work on the Chandler steam shovel
is progressing and by Saturday will
probably be in shape to begin work.
The option that the Minnesota
Iron company held for the lease of the
property near Mesaba station, four
miles north of Allen Junction on the
Iron Range Road. on which discov-
cry of iron ore was made recently by
Captain G.. w. Wallace, j. G.. Vivian,
Senator e. B, Hawkins and d. II.
Moon, has expired and the company
Irafled TO close. AS near as couiu us
learned the Minnesota Iron company
asked for an extension of the lease,
land the holders. whose names are
given above, declined TO grant it.