The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
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MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER THE TOP MONTH

Iron Ore Shipments From Lake Superior
,'' Greater Than Ever Before.
DULUTH, MINN.-For September the
iron ore shipments from Lake Superior
were greater than in any corresponding
month in the history Of the trade, amount
ing to about 3.750,000 gross tons. This,
added to the shipments of the previous
months Of the season, makes them tritte
in excess Of the entire amount shipped
all Of last year, which was the largest
year in the history Of the business. There
remain the two full months OF October
and November, which will add very ma
terially to the total, though shipments
will fall off sharply soon. Most of the
largest shippers, notably the United States
Steel corporation, are pretty we'll through,
and will go easy from now on. Practically
all stock-piled ore from all ranges Is
shipped and what goes forward now Is
from underground.
The United States Steel corporation is
at work on the most extensive series Of
dead work operations ever carried on In
the mining region, preparing for the flu
ture. It is sinking no less than six great
shafts, all to be of much depth and diam
eter. One of these, the new Chaplin shaft
will be the largest bore ever made in the
iron region, the shaft being of net d1ams
eter inside timbers of 10X24 feet Several
of these will be lined with steel plates.
combustible material. At Norrie a shaft
is being sunk that may eventually go 1000
feet deep; at Savoy is another that will
reach fully 1900 feet and perhaps more.
None of the larger of these new shafts
is expected to be of less annual capacity
than 10000 tons, and some will be more.
An enormous sum will be spent in sink
ing and equipping these shafts and in
building head frames, all Of which are to
be of steel. One Of these, at the Savoy.
is 165 feet high and of corresponding
other dimensions.
New Company at Duluth.
The Cypress Mining company has been
formed at Duluth and will operate a mine
on the western Mesaba range. Its stock
is to be held jointly by western people
and by a large iron firm of the east.
The Donora Mining company, which is
| the mining branch of the Union Steel
company of Pittsburg, will mine no ore
this year on any range but the Marquette,
where it has the Volunteer and some sur
| rounding properties. There it will mine
about 1000 tons. The Volunteer be-
| longs in fee to Russell A. Alger, and is
under a long time option to the Donora
! company.
Macarthur Bros. of Chicago have taken
the contract to strip the new Hawkins
mine Of the Deering Harvester company,
and at a price said to be lower than any
| job of similar size was ever taken on the
| range.
The Oliver Snyder Steel company, own
! ing the Shenago mine on the Mesaba, has
! commenced sinking a third shaft in order
| to reach the ore. No. l shaft was started
year ago, and struck such a vein OF
quicksand that it was abandoned. No.
was then started and when down to the
depth of No. / and drifted the sand cave6
in and ruined the workings. No. Is nov
started half way between the other two.
At the Florence mine, which had beer
supposed to be a sort of back number,
they will mine 100, 900 tons this year. They
are sinking a. new shaft and will start {
new system of mining.
The Breitung estate, which owns large
tracts of lands on the Marquette and Me
nominee ranges, is to begin a thorough
exploration of it's holdings in Dickinson
| and Iron counties, and@lf 1t finds mine:
will lease them to active and responsible
operators among the steel making con
Germs. It is supposed among ore men tina
much ore exists in parts Of these lands
The Helen Changing Methods.
The Helen mine of the Clergue syndi
| cate Is mining about 1000 tons a da.
and is sinking two shafts in order tt
change methods from the open pit to tn
milling system. The mine will make
larger output this year than in the past
| Two OlUeI ore properties VI lIlC SduI
syndicate are being opened for mimi:
and may get out some small amount o
ore as soon as next year. The same syn
dictate Is carrying on extensive minini
opera lions on the Sudbury nickel belt an
is already roasting large amounts of hig
grade nickel ores for it's metallurgica
works at Sault Ste. Marie. 1t is said
has in recently acquired nickel propertie
some of the most valuable properties eve
opened.
In one day recently the Stevenson mine
Mesaba range, put out 16,500 gross ton
of ore, which is the greatest record eve
made. The Stevenson is an open p1
mine, operated by steam shovels. and fou
of large size are at work in the ore body.
The Minnesota Iron company ha
bought eight steam shovels for deliver
next spring from the Marion company {
Ohio. The cost of the lot is about 500, 00
HUTCHINSON, MIMI. - Althoue
much remains to be done in finishir
and furnishing Ansgar college owing to tt
hardness of contractors, the school HI
opened it's commercial course with thir
students. Other departments will
opened as rapidly as possible and by No
1 there will be close to 100 students Ell
rolled.-Local capitalists are considerir
the feasibility of erecting a modern ten
ment fiat which will accommodate
good tenement houses is sorely felt al
. the population of the town Is curtaile
several families having been compell
r from this cause to seek homes elsewher
The next stranger who strikes Hutc
. inson merchants with a piano conte
scheme will meet with chilly receptio
: A few months ago about one-half of t
3 merchants were inveigled into deal, t.
main features of which, were that wi
3 every 25-cent purchase their patro
were given a ticket which purmitted the
q to vote the gift Of Wesley piano
any church, secret. society or school
q their choosing. The scheme attracted
much attention the rest Of the local me
chants felt that they must get into
. swim and they followed with the offer
an Ivers & Pond piano on similar conc
8 tions, and all have since been 'knoc
ing themselves for venturing outside
J.. regular business channels into the veS
ton of a voting contest. The Wes]
). piano was won by the Eastern Star cha
ter, about 100000 votes being cast. T
90. IVers & Pond went to the Rebekah lod
= Over 900 votes were cast in the l:
named contest, the lodge receiving $50,