The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
MINNESOTA
SEARCHING FOR ORE
Decided Activity in Formation of
Exploring and Prospecting
Companies on the Mesaba.
New West Coast Steel Making Com
pany Projected by Messrs.
Kimberley and Buhl.
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Duluth, Mimi, Feb. 1.-THE bond given
F. l.. Kimberley and F. Fl. Bull Of Penn
sylvania on the ore properties Of south
western Utah. owned in this city, and
Salt Lake. expires shortly and the bond
holders are said to expect to take up the
property at the option price, $2,250. 900.
This property was taken up as vacant
government land only about three years
ago. It had been known for many years
to contain iron In great quantity and was
situated in the midst Of large farming
region populated by thrifty Mormons, but
all prospectors in the country had been
looking for gold and copper, and that
there was value enough in iron to make 1T
worth while to pay $1.25 an acre was never
from the Pacific ocean and it is expected
they will form the basis for new west
coast steel making company.
There is more activity in the formation
Of exploring prospecting companies on the
Mesaba range than at any previous time,
the new people being mostly small syn
dicates formed at Duluth or range towns
who have finally come to the conclusion
that there is money to be made in finding
iron. But the iron is now very hard to
find, and it is a fortunate explorer who
can get mine with any half dozen at
tempts.
Stripping on Older Ranges.
Mesaba range methods of stripping the
surface over ore in order to mine it cheap
ly, is to be adopted on older ranges, and
the United States Steel Corporation will
strip two large low grade properties on the
Marquette range. The same company is
to strip several ore deposits on the Me-
nomine range at Iron river. where it has
very large amount of ore in reserve.
On the Mesaba two new mines are to be
opened by the stripping process the COM
ing year, the Crosby and the Leonard. the
former belonging to the Cleveland Cliffs
Iron company and the latter to officers of
the Great Northern road. The Crosby
has but twenty-five feet Of surface and il
It was Of uniform grade would be mined
by steam shovel, but as it is much mixed
will be stripped and mined by the milling
process. The latter will be steam shovel
mined. The two contain, so far as now
explored, about 100000 tons Of ore of
merchantable grades.
An immense amount Of stripping is to
be carried out the coming summer on the
Mesaba by contractors who commenced
their work last year and by mining com
panies that have been opening their ore
bodies for number of seasons. The BIZ
wabik, which has been stripping it's ore
since 1892. is working three shovels this
winter and 200 men are busy ATTENDING
them. ~.
Romance OF the Ashland.
The Ashland mine, Gogebic range, which
four years ago was, an abandoned and
used-up mine, thought to be without a
future. shipped more than 800, 900 tons the
past year and Is preparing to make it ar
even half million tons the coming season
1t Is now developed to make such an out
put for many years. The story Of thu
Ashland is one Of the romances of thu
mining regions. '...~
The Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron com
pany. Of Buffalo. Is preparing to mine it,
own ore and is beginning to open what i
will name the "Susquehanna' mine, OF
the Mesaba range.