The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
MINES ARE CLOSING
Several Properties on the Menom.
inee Range Closed and Men
Left Idle.
Duluth Will Lead All the Ore Ship
ping Ports for the Season
of 1908.
Spsoial to The Journal.

SRooAah
Duluth, Mimi, Oct ia few
more closures Of iron mines have
taken place, at mines that have been
doubtful spots for some time. Among
them are Dober, Iron River, pro-
Queer of low grade ore. One nun
dred men have been dropped there
and the pumpmen are alone on duty
Michigan, at Amasa, has let out It's
fifty men, and pumpmen hold sway
in solitary state. Great Westerns
night shift is out of work.
Foxdale and Bessie, at the village
OF Humboldt, have closed completely,
throwing $50 men out of work. TheSe
two mines were the sole support OF
the village. Mansfield and Lamont
at Crystal Falls, are likely to be idle
and the pumps will be pulled at Ar
menia. These properties are all on
the Menominee range.
Shaft Sinking Here.
At Ironwood the Oliver Iron Min
ing company Is sinking several new
shafts. New A shaft at Norrie is the
biggest and is part way down. AT
East Norrie they will sink a new No.
8, 240 feet back in the footwall from
that which it is designed to replace.
The old shaft was, as is the case with
all the shafts sunk by the original
operators in the Norrie group, In the
ore measure, and it is intended that
lllS new one SLldll NC dI q pOllie "llCl z
all danger of loss by CaVing shall be
avoided.
Ore can be taken out better, cheap
er and more completely with the new
than with the present No. 8. This is
the biggest part of the mine and the
present shaft is down to the twelfth
level. Two years time will be re-
quired to complete the work, which
is to be of the most thoro descrip-
ton, steel lined, with steel skiproads
and compartment walls, with steel
house surrounding it.
On Davis, section 13-47-47, and at
the Puritan. section 17-4746, shafts
are also being sunk. These will prove
the ground lying between the cities
of IronwOod and Bessemer.
At Chaplin steam shovels loading
from stock have been out Of commits
sion for some time. but have re-
sumed, there being an abundance of
cars for loading. Ore Is moving from
Iron Mountain at very lively rate.
Repairs at the Negaunee.
Negaunee mines old shaft, aban-
doned last year on account of it's I'M
safe condition, is being repaired by
the Cleveland Cliffs company and will
be put in commission. q
Minnesota Ports Leading.
Up to Oct. 1 all ports sent for
ward 19,367,493 tons, a decline OF
1,332,117 tons from the preceding
year to the same date. OF this loss
$4,000 tons was at Escanaba, 392, 900
tons from Marquette, 100000 from
Ashland and $4,000 from Gladstone.
These are all "old range" ports, NOV
ing ore mined in Michigan and Wis
consin.
On the other hand Duluth, Two
Harbors and Superior have shipped
an excess of 100000 tons. This ex-
cess will be Increased at the close OF
navigation, and Duluth will be found
to have led all other ports by not
far from 100000 tons. 1t is prob.
able too, that Two Harbors and Su.
perior will show a decline from last
year.
Big Concrete Contract
In June the Duluth contracting
firm of Hugo & Tins was awarded {
contract for the construction Of {
concrete breakwater at Sand Beach
Mich. 1t is to be one of the larges
pieces Of concrete construction in the
world. The breakwater is to be 5000
feet long, SO feet wide and 10 fee
deep. This takes an immense amour
of cement.
Such has been the decline In cemen
since the work was let that there il
now profit Of $4,000 in the drop il
vi NF L, It'll