The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19
NEW IRON PRODUCER
Loon Lake Company Opens a Prom
ising Mine North Of sault
Ste. Marie.
New Stripping Work at the Fayal
Will Lay Bare 100000
Tons Of Ore.
Special to- The Journal.

mine by that company for its works at
the Sault.
be used a day, Of this and other ore.
This ore is very silicious and is streaky
with quartz. A crusher has been put in
and mining is under way. The property
was to have been opened as a mine when
first discovered, but it was found that the
cost of a railway to either Lake Superior
or Lake Huron would be more than
81, 900, 900 and all thought of opening it
was abandoned. But two years ago the
Clergue road passed close to it and ex-
plorations commenced.
Cambria and Lille.
The Republic Iron and Steel company
has been exploring its two old range.
mines at Negaunee, the Cambria and Lii
lie. They are playing out and an effort is
made to increase the showings Of ore. At
Lille some new ore was found, but it
is not very much. Explorations at Cam
bria have not been fruitful and the work
of mining is carried on slowly. The two
mines will not last long without further
development, and the management hopes
to find ore by actual drifting in locations
that look most promising.
This company is mining this year about
100000 tons from its Mesaba range prop
critics and has 25,000,000 to 10000. 900 tons
there. This is enough to last it a great
many years, as its products are such as
do not consume comparatively large
amount Of raw ore. It's Petit mine is
now the second wettest property on the
Mesaba, and a great, triple expansion pump
is to be installed next month. About 1000
gallons a minute are raised from this
mine, which is about SO per cent decrease
from the maximum a few months ago.
when the pumps used were all drowned
out. sl&51g
Pit Mile Long.
When the new stripping work at the
Fayal is completed there will be pit a
full mile long, from 500 to 1000 feet wide
and from so to 125 feet deep. This enor-
nous hole is estimated to be the top of
at least 100000 tons of ore, consid-
cradle part Of which has not yet been
touched. This, great mine, which is also
producing from three shafts, and is sink
ing a fourth, Is part Of the Mesaba pos
sessions of the United States Steel.
h Winthrop mine of the United States
Steel at Ishpening has been closed for
the season.. It is an open pit property and
makes a silicious ore Of value as a mix
ture. The same company has released
some of its force from dts Lake Superior
mines at aIshpemings and from its old
mines at Iron Mountain and other parts
| Of the Menominee range. atsS eE
I The Cleveland Cliffs company has re-
| leased men from its Negaunee mlne and
will make product the coming year con-
siderably under the required minimum
for the period. This is in order to develop
the property extensively for the thirty
years Of it's lease. "a
Unique Byproduct Experiment..
| A very large chemical byproduct plant
is to be installed at the Newberry fur
mace Of Berry Brothers, who are making
charcoal there in the old way. The fumes
Of the burning wood have ruined all farms
| in the vicinity and farmers are all bring.
ing suits against the company. AS Berry
Brothers are primarily consumers Of wooC
alcohol, the curious spectacle Is presented
of a large mining and charcoal iron max
the real byproduct, with the iron itself az
i the byproduct. ss3.S5S
The same owners are operating mine
4 and furnace in the Gogebic range with
the same end in view, that Of providing
/ themselves with wood alcohol for use il
/ the arts. OF all byproduct experiment.
/ this is probably the most unique.
4 It was found very hard to secure alco
| hol without coming into conflict will
either the Manhattan Spirits company
i which is the American trust, or with tn,
German syndicate controlling the Euro
pean product.
i Strike WIN Close Mines.
Present prospects are that several thou
sand men employed in and about tn
mines anu on Inc ore TdurOdQS ana DOCK
in Minnesota will be thrown out Of EN-
ployment soon as q result of the strik
of the Masters and Pilots association OF
the steel corporation, boats. This effec
is inevitable If the fleet, which Is tn
largest individual feet flying the Ameri
can flag, continues to go out Of commits
sion until all are laid up.
If the strike continues it will cost 81
Louis county hundreds Of thousands O
dollars which otherwise would have bee
paid for labor before the closing of navi
cation.