The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-05-24
AA BRIsken OPENING.
Shipments of Iron ore Heavier Than

Shipments of Iron ore Heavier Than
Year Ago.
/ Shinments are now very lage and
stock piles are being attacked at most
| mines near Duluth. The April report
| of the Sault canal showed that 182,64iI
| gross tons Of ore passed down before
the lst Of May Last year there was
not pound. I'm May, 1896. ], 500 900
tons passed out of Lake Superior. This
month the amount will pass 2, COO, 600.
Ore rates are st Sit Hi weak. with the wild
| Tonnage market from the head OF SUI
perior OIL markedly from the con-
tract rates.
| There seems a likelihood that some
work Will be done this year In the ore
! fields of Minnesota that lie east of the;
AIesaba and VerInillion ranges in Lake
and Cook counties. IA few days ago
Il party of men went to the old Paulson
mine OH the international boundary in
Cook county, to reopen ii. This prop
erty was mined a trifie some years
ago, but no ore was ever taken out
There are conflicting ideas as to its
value. The ore is a hard high grade
hematite. Any shipments will be
made through Canada to dock at Port
Arthur The road to the mine is in a
ruinGus condition and there are no ere
docks built, al, A shaft has been sunk
and some machinery is on the ground.
The property has recently been ac-
Idlired hy 1.-THE North American Iron
company, a Chicago corporation,
\ Another developments Of the same
region, that of the Johnson Nickel
Mining company is said to be under
option to one OF the large steelmaking
concerns. The price is pntat $$T50.000.
The johnson company claims to have
8diseoy cred 15.000, 900 tons OF the
merchantahle ore on d very small share
of the 3.GDD acres it owns, and is
ayerss to selling at q price that gives
nothing fer the undeyeloped lands
This conlpany has been Mt work some
years and has spent several hundred
thousand dollars in land purchase and
drill work. At times it has had four
drills running for long periods.
Work lis under way day and night mt
the site OF the new dock Of the Mil
Wsluisee road at Escanaba, where 1t /
hopes to unload ere this season. Two /
pile drivers are busy with about 290
men Numerous sidings have been
put in and timber is arriving constant. 4
ly.5 35s Il 5ss3
Reporfs Of the Lake Erie ore sreceiy.s
ing docks show only; ] q 0.OG9 tons of
ore in dock at the opening Of nayiga-
.fioE this year. the smallest amount
since 1852 Much of the present small,
stock is OF m undesirable quality, so
that the dock may be said to be swept 4
clean. 1T is shown by these figures
that CONSUMPTION for the twelve
menths by furnaces using lake ores
has been practically 19,000,090 gross
tons,
The new Sharon Steel company prop
ertY5 On the Mesaba will make an open
cut mine. and large amount of ore
will be taken out some this season.
The mine will be stripped at once.
The new Stevenson mine of Corrigan,
Mckinney &. Co. has two shafts 100
feet deep and is ready to ship as soon
as 4 track is built in, which will be
some time IN June. The Clark. Of the |
Amer. can Mining company, is also
ready ]. i nd 4 track is now entering the
mine. Roth these were forest-coyered
i0catians four months ago. The kim
herless lnine at Eveleth. n Spruce IL i:
ready for a large output and is ship
ping. There are three shafts in ore.
one $50 feet deep Al 7OO-gallon pump
has been Installed and the shafts are
being connected under ground. SIX
months ago where this mine now is
there was d village. n.