Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-03

| canvassed before coming into port,
! three-fourths of the party voted to re-
| main over one day for the purpose of
/ visiting the mines at Eveleth.
j Two sHarbors' Famous Ore Docks.
1 On our arrival at Duluth, and before
1 leaving the dock, we were informed
i that Immediately after dinner spe-
/ cial train was at our disposal to see
/ the car docks at Two Harbors, and
i incidentally to be the guests of the
Commercial Club of that progressive
| little city. The leading spirits in this
j bit of enterprise to get the editors to
1 spend an afternoon in Two Harbors
/ were Mr.. James Coggswell, the editor
| of the Two Harbors Iron News, and
/ Hon. Joseph Miller, railroad and
warehouse commissioner, and who
had the foresight to prepare a small
| folder showing what they had to rec
i ommend their town. We regret that
space forbids the publication in de-
! tail, but few facts must be given.
Two Harbors is the greatest iron
/ ore shipping port in the world, having
shipped up to this time nearly thirty
five million gross tons of iron ore,
| and will this year ship out altogether
/ about six million tons.
| There are five ore docks, with over
4 two miles of loading frontage. Last
year there were 1888 cargoes sent
out, an average of 1926 gross tons to
the cargo. The capacity of the docks
/ is equal to 10000 tons of ore, and,
i 300 men are required in and about
the docks. The average shipping sea-
son is nine months. The average
train load from the mines is 1000
gross tons, 2,240 pounds, the wooden,
cars holding 80 tons, the steel cars
holding so tons. One schooner alone
cleared from Two Harbors August 18th
with 1868 gross tons, equivalent to
SSH common tons. Two Harbors has
all the modern public necessities, such
as water, sanitary, electric light and
telephones, is the county seat of Lake
county, has good commercial club,
and public library, and population
j of $500 well-to-do citizens. After
viewing the docks, and noting the
manner of loading ore into vessels,
similar to loading grain from elevat-
ors, the ladies of the party were taken
in charge by Mrs. Coggswell and other
ladies of Two Harbors, whose names
we have failed to obtain, and were
handsomely entertained, each lady re-
ceiving a small souvenir to remember
| the occasion.
The gentlemen of the party were
taken care of by the Commercial Club
at their rooms, where a splendid
lunch was served. About five o'clock
the party started for the return to
Duluth. The train was in charge of
Conductor VIM. Weese and Engineer
D. G. Hayes.
The citizens of Duluth, through
their Commercial Club, had given our
party notice that banquet Was on
the program for Tuesday evening the
exercises to commence at nine O'clock
The banquet was served at the st.
Louis Hotel, and about an equal num-
Der of prominent citizens of the city
sat down with the editorial party,
with Mayor T. w. Hugo acting as
POSTMASTER. Mr.. A. L. Preston, secre-
tary of the Commercial Club, issued
the menu, in the shape of four-page
newspaper, full of bright thoughts
The address of welcome was given by
Mayor Hugo in his usual happy style,
in which he did great credit to the
city of Duluth.
| The old veteran editor, r. C. Mitch
| ell, of the Duluth Tribunal, seconded
the mayors welcome on behalf OF the
Press. and the response was made Dy
Joseph Leicht, the president of the u.s.
ISOLATION. There were other addresses
from Senator c.. O.. Baldwin, on 'Du-
luth, its present and future;" by P.
V. Collins, of the Northwestern Agri-
culturist, on "What the editors have
seen and learned on their trip;" and
from II. P. Hall, on "The objects of
the Association" There were several
fine musical numbers, besides the Or
chestra.
The banquet in every sense was a
complete success, and the editors take
great pleasure in acknowledging their
| appreciation of the courtesies re-
| ceived.
| On the iron Range.
Promptly at $3.50 Wednesday morn
ing, the entire party was on hand for
the excursion to the Iron Range,
which was rendered by the Duluth &
Iron Range, and the Duluth, Mesaba
d Northern railroads. The only point
that the editors could reach success
fully was Eveleth, where the village
authorities were prepared to give us
entertainment. The party arrived at
Eveleth at twelve o'clock, and after
dinner were escorted to the big Fay
all mine, where the operation of sur
face mining was visible.
This mine is credited with the larg-
est output of any one mine on the
range, and it is estimated that six
million tons of ore will be marketed
during the present year. The ore in
this mine is what is called soft ore,
separating into granules, and, as we
understand it, can be scooped up like
coal in the coal docks, with an occa-
sional drilling to loosen sections of
the ore. In connection with this sur
face mining, there is also a large
amount of underground tunnelling
and mining, the ore being brought up
on an incline railroad, from a depth OF
two or three hundred feet.
The return to Duluth was made in
good season, and at eleven o'clock
Wednesday night, the excursionists
were en- route to St. Paul, where one
of the most enjoyable excursions that
has ever been projected ended on
Thursday morning.
The success and pleasure of large
excursions depends largely upon the
good will of the many officials en-
trusted with the comfort Of the party,
and on this occasion the association
must be congratulated on the many
courtesies received. We can only give
the names of few of the men who
made special effort for good time
for the editors:
| VIM. Askin, assistant manager
Northwest Transportation Company,
Sarnia.
| J. H. Runnings, city passenger and