The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
MINNESOTA
YERMILLION SURVEY
Expensive Monograph of the Great
Region Is Receiving the Fin
ishing Touches.
Twenty Million Tons of Ore Already
Chartered for Lower Lake
Delivery.
Special to The Journal

Duluth. Mimi, May IA, Morgan Glenn
ents, who has been in charge of the United
States geological survey work on the YER
million range, has been in Duluth the past
week with proofs of maps and detailed
sheets Of the Vermillion monograph. The
character of these autographed sheets is
shown by the fact that the engravers' bill
for this work alone has been more than
$1,000. The book is in continuation Of
the series Of which there are now issued
monographs on the Marquette, Penokee,
Crystal Falls and Mesabi iron-bearing dis
tricts, and which Is to be completed by
the Menominee district and a general sum
mary. This issue will be out in about
six weeks
When this work Is done, Professor Glenn
ents will leave the government service.
He has already resigned his professorship
at Madison, Wis. and will open an engi-
neering office in New York city.
2. y. s. Steel Is Charterlne.
The United States Steel corporation has
entered the market for shipping and Is
chartering vessels, until now there are
not far from 100000 tons of ore char
tered for lower lake delivery by all ship
pers, including what they will move on
their own ships. The rates are, as pre-
dicted In this correspondence. So cents
from the head of Lake Superior. including
Ashland. Is cents from Marquette and
65 cents from Escanaba. This is much
less than shippers demanded especially
as to Escanaba. The movement of ore
to docks is free, especially from Mime
sofa mines.
The Meteor one time the Eclipse and
later the Comet. has flashed for the last
time and Is being stripped Of equipment
Some curtailment of Marquette range
operations has been carried out the past
week, and several hundred men have been
laid off at mines of the Oliver Iron Min
ing company and Jones & Laughlins.
New Exploration Companies.
Several exploration companies have been
formed on the Mesabi range for conduct
ing contract work, the great demand for
drills and the lack Of competition making
an opening for new concerns. These new
firms will probably have little more than
churn drill work for the present at least.
At the new Burt open pit mine, Mesabi
range. three shovels are being put into
ore, and it is expected that not far from
100000 tons will be shipped this year.
The mine was an underground property of
small size until last fall, when stripping
contracts were let, and now it is an i'm
mense proposition. Besides the three shov-
els in ore, as many are stripping.
At the new Morris, which lies half
mile to the east of the Burt, stripping has
been carried on thru the winter and a
large tonnage will be taken this year.
Marquette Range.
On the Marquette range the Mary Char
, lotte Iron company Is advertising for bids
for stripping and is building an engine
house. In all eighteen holes have been
put down on the Breitung land lately, and
machines will be kept busy all summer,
as the whole tract is to be thoroly ex-
plored.
Vessel Total Wreck.
Wreckers have gone to the steamer
Belle Z. Cross. which went on the rocks
in the gale of few days ago, near
Gooseberry river. The vessel is total
wreck, the waves having dashed her to
pieces so that there will be little or no
salvage. S 81. .u
She was valued at s1A 1000, and was
owned by Glow & Nicholson of Duluth
No insurance was carried.
Major L.. II. Beach Of Detroit will sue
coed Captain D. D. Gaillard as United
States engineer in charge Of the govern.
Inent work on Lake Superior.
Ore Shipments.
Iron ore shipments from the Minnesota
mines during April aggregated 1920
tons, as compared with 1.095,1s9 tons last
year, The falling off is largely caused by
the delay in the opening. OF the amount
forwarded last month, Two Harbors
shipped 262,091 tons; Duluth, 239,945, ane
Superior, 235,254