The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11

! LARGER !. ! !! R, Than Z ! EVER "
Coppers Of the Lake District Are
Producing on a New and
Enlarged Scale.
Output for the First Half Of the
Year About a Hundred Million
Pounds.
Special to The Journal.

special to The journal. ess,.a4tl ~ RE-
Calumet. Mich. July 1.-THE June pro-
sduct1on OF the Lake Superior copper
mines, about II, 100000 pounds, was slight
~ IN excess Of the May product The
lake district is producing larger scale
than ever before. Many Of the mines are
nearing their full capacity however, and
there will be no decided gains during the
next two months For the first halt Of the
current year the production of this dis
trict was about 1oo,o0o,ooo pounds. Dur
ing the next six months the output prom
lses to be larger. The Isle Royale will
about doublesits output next month, with
two stamps dropping. The Mohawk and
Franklin are both installing additional
stamps. The two new heads will go into
service in September The Osceola is
stamping more rock than at any previous
period Of the year, and will further in
crease its output. The Champion will
make more capper a. soon as it's new air
compressor is in use.
The Arizona mining craze has subsidized
in the Lake Superior district but the
formation Of new development companies
continues Because the Arizona; stocks
are selling at lower figures does not mean
the people have lost faith in the mines.
Reason and cooler heads prevail now and
investors investigate before placing their
cash in an enterprise.
Not All viii Be Winners. I'll
Between the Lake superior and Pitts
burg capitalists about all the choice
claims in the Warren district of Cochise
county have been purchased outright, or
taken under bond and lease. It is a
foregone conclusion that all of those
mines will prove successful, but several
promise immense returns Lake people
already possess one of the biggest and
richest copper mines in the world in the
q 1IpN oa,A hriD1 \
that there Is the making Of other like
properties in the vicinity of Bisbee If
such proves the case, a few years will see
the control of aone Of the principal copper
camps of the world vested in lake peo-
pie. g &}eT
Testpitting at the; Miskwabik property
has started. Measurements We're taken
from the Greenstone bluff, and it is
thought that the. Kearsarge lode will be
found without difficulty.
Contracts for the structural steel and
iron work. grading and masonry for the
new Copper Range smelter have been let.
The spur track of the railroad is being
rushed and material will begi INTO arrive
shortly. 49,: s.. - 49,.
WInona's Record for June. . -:
.Winona secured thirty three pounds of
mineral ton of rock stamped last month.
| a good record for mine with so limited
| openings. aas$aa" ~ ~" o..
The Algonia and Calumet Development
company, capitalized for $40 900, in 40,
600 shares, has BEEN formed by upper
peninsula men. A tract of $50 acres of
mineral land located some distance from
the Copper QUEEN, has been secured for
development A. 14sfoot Vein, carrying 6
per cent copper, II crosses the tract ~t5A:.
! The Calumet and Arizona made 2,177,S7e
pounds oflcoppeyfiI June;2 besides the by
products; gold and silver: Two furnaces
at the. .smelter are In commission treat
ing about 500 tons Of ore daily. The ore
averages per centscopper and carries i'm
| portant gold and silver values. During
the first half Of the year the mine made
100000 pounds Of copper. One furnace
was out of use part of that time. De-
yelopment work is increasing daily the
ore reserves, which are now of tremendous
extent. A second. shaft is going down on
the Senator claim which are already prov
en- by drifts from the Irish Mag shaft
Even old and experienced miners are
enthusiastic about the showing at the
Ahmeek. The lode has been opened by
drifts for fifty feet It is 16 feet from
footwall to hanging, and the mlneraliza
ton extends with lessening richness 2C
feet into the trap rock at the footwall side