The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-27
MINNESOTA
TAYLOR And LUCY
Mines Abandoned for Thirty-fve
Years Are Looking Forward
to Restoration.
Ore Of Very Good Quality and in
Seeming Abundance Has
Been Found.
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Special to The Journal.
Duluth Mimi, Aug. 27.-An interesting
fact is the revival Of the old Taylor prop
erty near L'Anse, the most westerly prop
erty on the Marquette range, and aban-
doned for thirty-fve years. 1t is stated
that recent explorations underground
show one Of good quality and in seeming
abundance, within six feet of the ends of
drifts stopped when the mine went out of
commission as an exhausted property.
The old railroad leading to L'Anse was
torn up and the ore dock destroyed some
years ago.
Restoration of old Lucy mine is pro-
crossing satisfactorily In No. shaft and
attention will soon be turned to No S,
which is deeper than g. There is a COM
plete machinery outfit on the ground and
fifty men are working.
At Moore mine, Of the Steel corpora
ton, stripping is completed and arrange
ments are made for shipments, but no
ore can be shipped until the great crush
ing plant at Escanaba is ready, and that
will not be until 1904's season. An area
500 by 1900 feet is stripped Of about $780,
900 cubic yards. The thickness of cover
ing is about twelve yards.
Duluth mine Is being. stripped more
heavily than ever. The present work is
near No. shaft. joining the Canton mine,
which has been idle since 1896. There
Is nearly half a mile of exposed workings
on this property.
At the Biwabik mine shipments will
probably be much greater than in any pre-
ceding year -Four shovels are working in
ore, loading it with exceeding rapidly,
and the large centrifugal crusher is busy
day and night. The daily output is above
$500 tons, and the season will put this
mine in the million-to ton class, for the
first time.
Much exploration is under way close to
Biwabik. T.. J. Longyear has four drills
near En- arras lake, and the East BIZ
more on it's lands in the old townsite of
Merritt
Miners have begun operating power
drills in the ledge at the Cleveland Cliffs
Mas mine, Negaunee, and are now 20
feet down into ledge, far enough to make
work perfectly easy and safe. At the
point where the ledge was cut it stood
nearly vertical, and the greatest diff
Guilty was encountered in getting the
shaft safely bottomed They have 600
feet to go to ore Gustav Anderson has
been made superintendent at this com
pany's Negaunee mine The company is
developing body of silicious ore in its
old Ogden property, lshpeming, similar
to it's old Tilden, which has been worked
out and abandoned. The ore at Ogden
rises 100 fet above the lake and is covered
with slight surface. 1t will be easily
mined.
At the old East New York. now the Ish-
perning Mining company, M. A. Hanna &
Co., are exploring with diamond drill and
will carry forward an extensive work both
from surface and underground. The
company will open a pit and uncover a
body Of silicious ore.
Gogebic shipments have been slow this
year, andEvery5 little of last winters prod
uct is going down yet. Work has been
stopped at Meteor and it has passed into
other hands. Tilden is not looking we'll
tho finds in No. 10 shaft have helped the
property out somewhat.