The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-12
NEW UNLOADING DEVICES
Seasons Ore Carrying Capacity Will
Be Greatly Increased.

by the Hulett ore unloaders in use at Con-
neaut and the Hoover & Mason scoop In
use at South Chicago. The steamship
James II. Hoyt has been of great assist
ance in these records, on account Of her
peculiaritieS of deck.
AT the new docks of the Illinois Steel
company at South Chicago, where the
Hoover & Mason system is installed, the
Hoyt was unloaded at the rate of about
1.4O0 tons an hour cleaning out almost
the whole cargo In much less than six
hours. ISIS. rs. ..f ,
The reduction in time Of discharging
cargoes gained by these new unloading
devices will have the same effect upon
the seasonal ore carrying capacity of the
great lakes as would the construction of
half hundred large ships, operated as
has been customary Their Importance
is, therefore, no small thing, and the YES
sci interests of the lakes are watching
them. The Hoyt is the only ship yet built
that has hatch openings spaced twelve
feet centerS, and able therefore to take
advantage of complete unloading by the
new methods. but four other vessels are
now under way that will be similarly
spaced.
Pickands, Mather & Co. have taken an
option on the Elizabeth mine, in section
12-57-21, and are now testing the previous
drillings. It Is probab BILE they will take
over the mine at the option price, $3.50, 900.
This is a state lease and contains so far
as now shown II, 70G. 600 tons Of ore aver
| aging So per cent in iron. Much of it Is
| non Bessemer and the mine may be ex-
| pected to be wet. but there Is opportunity
for the finding Of much larger tonnage by
more complete exploration. The royalty
will be 20 cents direct to the state. This
| Cleveland firm has been especially active
| on the Mesaba range this year in securing
| new properties. Among these are the
| Troy, Albany and Utica. -
The Troy is south Of Fayal, in the
northwest part of township SILT. 1t Is
! now being opened by a shaft. The Albany
| Is just northeast of I1ibbing and is also
being opened by shaft. 1t contains a
very deep ore body with one hole more
than AS feet in ore, and should ultimately
prove to be large mine. Earlier esti-
mates Of the deposit shown up were for
| about 1000, 900 tons, averaging 1857 iron
and OIL phos. The ore is Of good struct-
ure The Utica covers sixty acres south
west Of Hihbing about A mile, and con-
| tains some 100000 tons of good ore. 1t
! Is being opened.
In addition to these properties the same
firm has the Sparta, Malta, Corsica and
Elba, which should this year ship about
900 tons. 1t has also opened this year
! thes Minorca, lying north of Virginia, and
will make shipment Of about $4,000 tons
there. All these mines are high grade
| L
on the Menominee and Gogebic is also ex-
tensive and will show much larger pro-
duction than in any preceding season..
j. r. Thompson. who has been superin-
tendent of Schlesinger mines on the Goge-
bic has made a careful inspection of the
Yale mine at Bessemer and has taken the
position of manager. The Yale was
formerly the old Valley mine, which was
up to the time the Ashland Iron and Steel
company took hold Of 1t. practically an
unknown proposition. 1t lies between the
Newport and Colby, in a vicinity where
| there were several abandoned prospects,
many of which are turning out well, and
Mr. Thompson is of the opinion that it has
the making of a large mine. There was
an old shaft, sunk before 1897. that
reached depth Of 800 feet. Work Of the
past year has been extensive and j. large
| deposit Of fine ore has been opened. The
large air compressor at Tilden will be
4 moved to the Savoy mine, Fermltl1or
range. - -~ ~,
A shaft will be sunk to mine the ole
winthrop open pit at Ishpeming by the
milling system. Two Of these pits have
. been operated the present year and the
output is large. A large new air com
pressor will be installed to operate the
new shaft and section 81 mine Of the
T Lake Superior Iron company.
The toWnsite Of Crystal Falls Is once
more to be explored and 1t would net b.
! surprising If a good deposit were found
DR.. Kimbali who was Interested in thi:
work eighteen years ago, is at the heae
of tn present enterprise.
FARGO, N. D.-The school lands to b.
sold this fall will be In some fifteen cen
trail counties and none of the Red River
valley lands will be offered. The state
land office attaches are getting up the
r list. and expect the sale to assist in tho
, settlement Of several sections Of thu
state into which there has been much i'm
2 migration recently.-The final revised
plans for the J. I. Case warehouse In thi
q city have been accepted and the contrac
for the building let to Bowers Bros. b,
r Architect Beebe. The building will cos
$40 00O and will be the largest machiner.
D warehouse west Of Minneapolis, bcin.
$ 140x2o0 feet. 1t is planned to complet
/ the structure this fall and have it read!
for occupancy by the holidays. The for
mers offices and warehouse OF the com
pany were destroyed by flre.-1t Is sal
q that besides the strict examination Of tn
II state officials, which has thrown out
g thousand or more teachers in the countr
= districts, the scarcity is also due in par
= to the number Of teachers who have talxe1
claims in the northwestern part OF tn
- state. Ma ~ teachers filed on land
=. year or SO ago and remained away fror
= it till contests were threatened and ar
r now COmpclleu " iAeihC 5OOe SAASAt 1S'A
), dence in order to prevent trouble. If neH
schools could be established there Woul
- be no dearth of teachers In Ward, NC
=, Henry and Bottineau counties.
Is MASON CITY, lOWA-There has bee
- a general stirring up Of the operating fore
h of the Milwaukee. Chief Dispatcher &c
son has been promoted and goes to Mime
" apolis as the trainmaster of the Iowa
A Minnesota division. Dispatcher H1gg1n
a. who for fifteen years worked the day trfcl
= has been promoted to the chief dispatcf
e ership at Sanborn, and Dispatcher Andel
l. son has been promoted to Mr.. H1gg1n
g nosition and Is next in line for chief. =
WOoNSOckET, S. D.-The prohibition
= lists of Sanborn county, have placed
a. nomination the following: Senator, Re
,e Addison Hardin; representative, L.
le Thornton; treasurer, Alex Ferguson; Al
If ditor. j. A. Moore; register Of deeds, T.
l. Nunnemaker; sheriff, E. M. Newcon
clerk Of courts, Samuel Lane; super1nten'
emit Miss Madge Wertz; coroner, Ere
70 erick Patterson; county judge, M. K. Jud
Of ..n - - ~.
TT DEADWOOD, S. D.-Circuit court f
4 the eighth judicial circuit Is in sessio
y, Judge w. G. Rice presiding. Edward st
A. wart, who was out on bonds for assal
of with intent to kill, failed to appear al
t. his bond was declared forfeited. II. !
as Hoyt charged with obtaining money u
dor ia pretenseS Dleaded guilty. al