The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-13
IRON ORE MOVEMENT
Tonnage for 1908 Will Fall Short
of 24,0oO,0o0-A Loss at
Several Ports.
Exploring Is Slow at Present and
Many Properties Have Quit
for the Season.
Special to The Journal.


Duluth Mimi. Nov. 15-It looks now
like total iron ore shipments for this year
of little under "a, 0o0,0 900 tons Minnesota
is practically thru. The United States
Steel corporation is done: it's mines, little
and big, are on winter schedule. The open
pit steam shovel properties are closed
completely, the milling mines arc develop
ing under ground only, and the under
ground properties are running on their
regular winter basis. The independent
companies are all thru except that at Mi
norca of Pickands, Mather & Co.
The situation is much the same on all
older ranges. The Vermillion is done. ex-
Cept that some stockpiles are still busy.
On the Gogebic nearly every shipper Is
over, and the big ones of the Oliver Iron
Mining company are now stocking for next
year. On the Marquette the mines owned
Jointly by the United States Steel cor
poration and the Cleveland Cliffs company
are still busy and some of them Will make
small shipments all winter to furnaces.
Others on that range are quiet, so far as
shipments are concerned, and some are
down altogether. On the Menominee the
big shippers like Chaplin, Aragon, Pewabic,
Penn mines, etc, are all thru, and a great
many others have closed for the winter
and will not mine ton of ore until spring,
or until they have better inquiry At Aha
mines of Corirgan, Mckinney & Co. little
is doing, and all but three of their Crystal
Falls properties are closed tight. At Iron
River and Amasa there is little doing for
the winter.
Behind Last eYar's Record.
Marquette and Ashland combined have
not shipped 5000. 900 tons for the season
and Escanaba is 1000 900 tons behind last
season so far as the Chicago & North
Western road is concerned, and with but
a trifle, too small to be worth considering
from the new Wisconsin & Michigan. Chi
cago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul is also below
last year ..
Hull and Sust mines of the United States
Steel corporation at Hibbing have closed
with shipments this year of 100000 tons
and 10000 tons left on the surface. This
is a very large year for these properties
They have now been closed down and the
men transferred to other properties Of the
same company in that vicinity. 1t is MOI
the intention of the company to reoper
these mines until they can be stripped fol
steam shovel mining.
Lake Superior mines, that is, Burt, Sci
1ers and Day. have also closed. Burt wa:
made an open pit property this year, bu
the others are still worked under ground
Chisholm and Clark have closed with :
production of about 100000 tons and {
large stockpile. They are being equipped
with new shafts for next year. Pillsbury
is idle and Glen Is closed so far as ship
ments are concerned. ST. Clair is dowr
for the winter. The three mined ,Q0(
tons. These mines are all close to Hib
bling and are handled from the mine office
there.
TWO New Ones. ~
Two new mines WILDE opened the CONF
ing winter. both on the late Chemung pur.
chase. Thea Monroe is SO far along tina
stripping has commenced at the milling
pit, while at Niles, work was commenced
the past week and is so far simply clear
ing the ground and starting buildings
Both will be large mines and EXTENSIVE
shippers. .....
Mahoning Ore and Steel company ar
stripping with two shovels on the nort]
and west side of their large open pit, an
will have the deposit uncovered mucl
more extensively another year.
Sauntry mine has stopped stripping 70
the season and laid off the one shovel en-
gagged in that work. Shipments from thi
property ceased some weeks ago. This
the only mine Of Importance in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of Virginia that will b
absolutely idle this winter, tho at some tn
work to be done before next season is {
the most perfunctory character.
The Lincoln Developing.
Jones & Laughlins have ceased ship
ments from the Lincoln mine at Virginia
with the largest output ever made abor
100000 tons. The mine will be develope
the coming winter for an output of 10000
tons next year, and will stockpile exter
sively all winter.
The Mesaba Land Investment and Mar
ufacturing company has been organized
explore for ore and manufacture macal
oni. The company is erecting a macarol
plant and has options on 1000 acres
land in the Mesaba formation. Which
to be worked first is not stated in the art
cles, just filed at Duluth
Part Of the old stockpe of the Cloau
mine at Eveleth, that has been on SUI
face several years. has been shipped.
Exploring Is quiet on the Mesaba or
Vermilion ranges. In the latter distri