The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
MINNESOTA
RUSHING THE ORE.

RUSHING THE ORE. |
Last Days of the Shipping Season Are
:t Being Made to Count. |
DULUTH, MINN.--The utmost effort is
being made by railways to hustle forward
ore before the close of navigation. This
Is to be expected, far as iron>ore is con-
Cerned, most any day, as after LIS SO colu
that ore stiffens in cars and dock pockets
it is with the greatest difficulty that 1t can
be moved at all. Up to date there has
not been a cold day this fall and the regu-
lar crews have. no trouble in handling
docks. - l., r.:.-,,
Between 700 and 500 acres of land lying
on the formation of the Vernillllon range,
east from Ely, and most Of 1t close to the
famous Section go has been optioned to
the Mahoning Ore and Steel company, an
Independent mining company half OF
whose stock Is held by the Cambria Steel
company. Several diamond drills are to
be put upon the lands at once and 1t is
the intention Of the company to SINK very
deep In its search for ore. .r--.~..' ~.+
The Zenith Furnace company. which is
operating one blast furnace at Duluth ana
may have more later is exploring for ore
on the eastern end Of the Mesaba range
and will have a number OF drills at work
this winter. The furnace IS so situated
that It can use an ore OF lower grace
that can be SHIPPED east with profit, and
1t can get this low grade ore at a lower
prtcs per unit. so offsetting some Of the
advantage OF location in the P1ttsburs
region.
The Mile Iron Ore company. which has
had for many years a small mine IN the
foot wall Of the great Chaplin In Michigan,
Is reorsanizing and will increase Its cap
ital stock. It will make much larger
output another year. Mile ore is OF very
tine grade and there is a large tonnage or
a. low grade siIicious ore, which is now
coming to be considered valuable. The
Mile Is owned in New York. 1t pays a
royalty TO the Chaplin Iron company Tor
its output and mines portion OF the
Chapin deposit that the latter cannot we'll
reach.
Mesaba range mines of the Republic
Iron &c Steel company will produce this
year about 900 tons Of ore, very
small production for the mines and for
tho company. The same company has
about 150,00 tons production on the Mar
the Mesaba another year, when it will have
an open pit mine working from which it
can produce ore very cheaply.
John D. Gilchrist, manager of mines for
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company has
been in the Minnesota region this week Sc
curing mining managers for several new
properties the company purposes to open
at once. Some Of these are in wyoming,
where It has immense fields Of easily
mined ore, in open pit steam shovel propo-
sitions, and some are in Colorado. This
company will consume much more ore an
other year on account Of the additional
furnace 1t Is erecting at Pueblo.
The Mesaba Mining company, composed
OF Duluth men, IS working on several old
properties on the Menominee range whose
ore is expected to be Of grade we'll
adapted to mix successfully with non-sii
cious Mesaba ores. The Nanaimo is the
first of these old properties and work on
this is being vigorously prosecuted.
This years shipments from the Clergue
mine at Michipicoten will be in the neigh
borhood Of 300, 900 tons, less than expected
on account Of the change in mining meth
DDS carried out there during the height Of
the shipping season and which is now
about completed.
W. P. Snyder &, Co., of Pittsburg, who
have been working near Biwabik, on the
Mesaba range, have suspended operations
there and have moved their outfits to the
west end Of the range in Itasca county,
where they have taken an option for lease
on the Arcturus mine. They will sink
shafts and otherwise test this discredited
ore body. which may turn out to have a
good deposit.
Deposits of asbestos near the Marquette
range are being opened and with great
promise Of success. It is considered GER
tain by mining men that one of the valu-
able asbestos mines of the United States
will be found there.
The Breitung Hema tite Iron company Is
sinking three compartment shaft near
Negaunee on the Marquette range and is
hoisting some good ore. It is intended
that large mine shall be opened there
this winter. This is on land that was
claimed by the Cleveland Cliffs company
and was explored by it year or so ago,
with what success nobody knows, as re-
suits were kept secret.
HIBBlNG, MiNN.-Mrs. j. Murphy
wife Of Superintendent Murphy Of. the
Stephenson mine, died last night after an
illness of a few hours. She and her hus-
band were married less than a year and
the circumstances are unusually sad. Her
remains were sent to her former home at
Austin. Mimi. for interment-The
Great Northern station is undergoing
extensive improvements in the way
OF an additional waiting room for ladies'
Nhe swan River Logging company has
several logging camps established at va
1lous points In the Hibbing district and
logs are being shipped to the Mississippi.
-.WIlLMAR, MINNIE. F. Miller was
1ound guilty In justice court on the
charge OF selling liquor Illegally, and
nned S35. which he paid. Miller is the last
OF the quartet recently arrested on The
same charge. Hans Larson who was
nned $50, has taken an appeal. Wilma =