The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-16
MINING NOTES.

the town SellwOOd is located.
) All the mines here have large stock
piles and will be in good position
, to ship great deal or ore at the op-
enlng OF the coming season.
4 The Missabe road has extensive
improvements in progress; consisting
of new ore dock and considerable
double track work to facilitate the
handling of ore trains-Enterprise
The Elba Iron company now has
quite a large stockpile at its mine,
and will undoubtedly be one of the
: leading shippers this year. 1t has
) been unable to ship but little the past
} two seasons on account of being I'M
} able to keep the mine clear of water,
] but with the large new pumps re-
I Gently installed, this condition is
remedied
: The Northern Pacific road has TAX
EN- long time contract to haul iron
ore from Ashland to West Duluth for
the Duluth Blast Furnace company.
The shipments will amount to 125
I tons day and come from Iron Belt,
Ashland and Colby mines, situated
at Ironwood The Omaha road has
been hauling Mesaba ore from Du-
} luth to Ashland.-Head Of the Lakes.
Port Collector Wilcutts of Duluth
has received word that vessels of the
Pittsburg Steamship company will be
enrolled here. This is the company
I that will own and operate Il fleet of
: ore carrying vessels for the Oliver
y Iron Mining company, 1t being a
} corporation controlled by the Oliver
company to manage it's vessel inter-
ests. The company will have about
fifteen vessels in commission of the
5000 ton class.
Capt. III. B. Sturtevant returned
Monday evening from below. He
stated too MINER representative that
his resignation was formerly accepted
last Thursday morning. Capt. Chas.
Trezona received his appointment as
superintendent Thursday evening
In the resignation of the Caption
and his removal from this city Ely
loses one of its best and most promin-
ent citizens. The Captains family
will be greatly missed in social cir
cles.
Application is to be made to the
Canadian parliament at the present
session for an act Incorporating the
Canadian Steel company with a CAPT.
tai of SIS, 100000. The promoters are
F. A. Hinkley, New York; A. f. Pew,
Toronto; e. p. Jue, Pittsburg, and III.
f. Harbeck, Kankakee, ILL.,, The
company intends to erect works at
Welland and Port Arthur, Ont, The
ore for the smelters is to be brought
from the West Hull and Lake Super
ior mines. About 1000 tons a day are
to be mined. Shipping is to be COM
menced in June.
Ironwood-The Chicago, or as it
was known in the early days of the
range, the Sparta property at Wake
field, has passed into the hands of the
Oliver Mining company. The Chic
ago is located on the north side of
Sunday lake, being on section S-47-45.
There is only one shaft on the prop
erty, which has been sunk to depth
4 of about 400 feet. The work on the
property was all done several years
by 2. H. Putnam and his associates.
Between 5000 and 5000 tons were ship
( ed. 5000 tons have been forwarded to
! local furnaces in 1892. The ore so far
} encountered has been high in phos-
} phorous.
At Eveleth the Spruce Mining COM
!, pany are rushing matters with a ven
I gance. At No 2 shaft, better known
: as the Vega they have got the water
! down to between the second level and
D the bottom, AS soon as the water is
out large force of men will be but at
} work cleaning out the level and subs
J and putting in tram rails when the
active work of mining will COM
mence. The machinery for both No.
and have arrived. At No. 1 a
large Webster, Camp & Lane engine
5 will be placed and Bullock at No. 2.
D ALI the machinery is placed in the
machine shop making it a most COM
plete shop. At No. l a steel shaft
house will be erected and also steel
engine house.
The annual meetings of the follow
D ing constituent companies of the
D Consolidated have been held: Noun
, tain Iron company. Missabe Noun
tain Iron company Biwabik Noun
: tain Iron company, Rathbun Iron
Mining company, Adams Mining
!. company, Great Northern Mining
: company. Great Western Mining COM
) pany, Shaw Iron company, Missabe
} & Northern Townsite company, Wah-
} hootah Iron company. The directors
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