The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-27
MINING NOTES.

Gudu oue rivers ana narOOr5 committee
of the house Of representatives will
authorize the survey Of Burlington
Bay. 1t will be remembered that
this was requested by j. L. Greatsing-
er, president of the Duluth s. Iron
Range, and others during the winter.
While it does not mean the immedi-
ate improvement of Burlington bay,
it means that il is the intention Of
the Duluth s. Iron Range in the not
very distant future to use the bay as
a harbor for boats coming up for iron
ore. Agate bay, the present harbor,
is now completely filed with ore
docks. and it will not be possible to
build any more there. As soon as ii
became necessary to extend the Two
HarborS ore dock system Burlington
bay will have to be utilized. The
company owns a large extent of prop
erty on the shores Of the bay, and it
will not be very long before it will be
compelled to use this property, which
it purchased in view OF just such u
contingency. When developed Bur-
lington bay will prove fully as good a
harbor us Agate bay. Considerable
dredging will be necessary, as well as
"a breakwater. The proposed survey
need not be very expensive, as the
Duluth s. Iron Range road has al
ready covered the bay pretty well with
its Surveys. and it will only be neces-
sary for the government to verify
those surveys.
1t is reported ON good authority
that the and of ore made at Mesaba
by Capt. G.. W. Wallace, Jas. Vivian,
e. B. Hawkins and D. II. Moon, is no
Joke. All of the reports about the
subject invest the new discovery with
considerable Importance as to extent.
The discovery Of the ore is within
half mile of the depot at Mesaba on
the Duluth & Iron Range road. 1t is
about four miles north of Allen Junct-
ion and under swampy ground. The
ore is said to run 63 per cent iron and
is low in phosphorus. It is said to re-
seml{le the Chandler in some respects,
The land upon which the new ore
! body has been found is owned by the
St. paul & Duluth road and is leased
by Senator Hawkins ct al. Thou
sandsof people have tramped or rode
oveF-fftt.on their way to Biwabik in the
early days of the excitement on the
MesseM and so far as known an ore
| deposit of any value there has never
been suspected. Back in 1889 James
] Mailman is credited with having eX-
plored for ore at a point near where
Captain Wallace and his associates
have found it. Mr.. Mailman found
some ore but it was not in paying
quantities. The Minnesota Iron
l company and others are said to have
explored around that vicinity with
out success in past years. The newly
discovered ore body Is in sections 10
and 2O-59-14.
Articles Of Incorporation were filed
Tuesday with the register of deeds
of the Bessemer Iron Mining company.
The incorporators William J. Olcott,
Joseph B. Cotton and George D.
Swift of Duluth. The capital stock
is $780, 900 in 5000 shares of 500 each
and the principal office and place of
business of the company is at Duluth.
The object Of the company is the
mining and smelling of iron ore and
other minerals and the manufacture
of iron and steel.
The new engine and boiler house at
the Clark mine at Hibbing is nearly
completed. The dimensions of the
buildings are 2sx62 2Ox24, 1t will be
shaped like letter L. The shaft is
down to a depth of 100 feet. W. c.
ForLhey is experimenting the work
and Captain Harry Thomas is the
mining captain in charge. The mine
will ship about 1OO 900 tons this year.
-Virginian.
The Pioneer steam shovel was put
in opera tiOn Monday morning and
loading from the stock piles begun.
Not much of record is being made
as yet by the shovel bnt it is expected
that the beginning Of next week will
see a marked improvement. The
cave in at the stock pile is not inter-
ferring with the loading to any alarm
ing extent.
The articles of incorporation of the
United Land and Mining company,
were also filed Tuesday. The capt.
tai stock is $4,000 and the incorpora-
tors are ]. O. Milne. B. G.. Segog and
George P. Tvedt of Duluth. The
principal place of business is at Du-
luth,
The mamOth crusher is being plac-
ed by the Pioneer That it is heavy
work cannot be doubted for a second
when it is known that the base of the
concern weighs something like
fourteen tons.
i Two Harbors last year shipped a