The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-04-04

mage demanding carriage. But nearly
all items going to make mp cost are
( higher than a year ago, including fuel
wages and maintenance, and this will
have an effect in determining rates
| Last year the following range mines
were opened late and made small
product. Some are open pit, some
milling and some underground and
all have been developed during the
winter to a point of much greater
efficiency. Most Of them are owned by
independent steelmaking or selling
interests. The rapidity with which
these properties have been whirled inco
the shipping lists is enough to make
man dizzy. II could have been done
nowhere than on the Mesabi and no
other time than now.
The new shipping mines of last year
were.
1902
Name Of mine and owner Shipment
Agnew. Deering Harvester Co 40, 900
Croxton. Jos. Sellwood and Drake
Barlow 10. 600
Glen, u. $. Steel Laughlins, linn 80, 600
Hawkins Deering Harvester Co. 8, 900
Cordan, Corrigan Mckinney & Co.
80, 900
LaBelle, Labelle Iron works II. 600
Laurr, Corrigan, Mckinney q Co.
8. 600
Leetania. sellwood aud Drake
Barlow 20, 600
Lincoln, Johnes q Laughilns 50. 600
Longyear, Sellwood and nrake
Bar ow , 900
Minorca, Buffalo Steel Co 35. 600
Morrow, Sellwood and Drake
Barlow 30 900
Pearce, sellwood and Drake
Barlow So GOO
Petit, Republic Iron & Steel Co.
1900
Utica, Buffalo Steel Co 1000
Wills, Republic Iron a Steel Co. 2. 600
Everyone Of these properties. it is
safe to say will be "A shipper this year
of from two to ten times its 1902 pro-
duct, unless there is some sudden
catastrophe, now unforeseen. Everyone
of them is easily able to do all that is
expected Of it, If cars are available and
lower lake dock room is provided.
In addition to the above are many
mines on the same range that are now
in preparation for the coming year, but
have shipped no ore. In this list are
tie following, all of which are si2able
deposits OF desirable ore. Most of
them are owned by independent com
panies, who have been the past year
extremely urgent in securing Mesabi
deposits
Three are as follows
Name Location
Of Mine. Sec r. II. Operator
Albany. 30 81 20 Pickands. Matner.
q Go.
Cass. 9 - rs Zenith Furnace Co
Cypress 10 81 81 Sellwood q Pick
ands NJ. q Co
Elizabeth. ~ 81 81 Piekands, Mather
& Co.
Higgins 4 So II L. 5. steel Corpora.
ti0n.
Iroquois 10 81 Is Buffalo & Sus-
quehanna l. Go
Kinney. "A SO ~ Republic Iron &
Steel Co.
LaRue, 20 81 ~ sellwocd & Drake !
Barlow.
Leonard, rs IS 20 J. ]. Hill in
terests.
Morris, 81 IS 70 L. S. Steel Cor
poration.
10 81 10 Roberts a. Wallace
St CLAIR. % IS ~ Clarion steel Co
Shenanog, % So 20 Shenango Fur
mace Co
stephens % 81 5. {. Steel cor.
poration.
susquehauna 6 IS 20 Buffalo & Sus
0Cehanna l. Co.
Tesora 1 5s Il Fay Exploration Co
TROY : 81 II Pickands. Mather & 90
"a "a % lairton Steel Go.
There may be a Jew more opened
during the year, but none others than
the above are announced. and any
20 come later can be but trifiing ship.
p-rs this season
A number Of the above are 40 far AL
vanced that shipments will begin
early in the season and continue with
moderate activity some have stock /
piles of considerable size already on
surface Some are stripping PROPOSE
tions with the surface already cleaned !
on. ana some will DO ~ small shippers
this season as the mines Of the first list
were the previous year
That snch number Of new, mines
can take their place in a single year
upon the range 10 al evidence OF it,