The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
MINNESOTA
OPENING NEW MINES
Two Very Important Ones Are About
to Be Added to the Mesaba
Group.
Open Pit Mining at the Flynn on
State Lands Going Day
and Night.

Duluth, Mimi, July 24.-lron ore ship
ments are smaller than last month from
independent shippers and from old ranges.
On the other hand. the United States Steel
Corporations Mesaba mines are very act
i've and their ships are exceedingly busy.
A new and very large shipper has been
added to this companys properties In the
open-pit Burt, which is scheduled to pro-
duce before the close of the season about
1000, 900 TONS of ore. Their other mines
are not curtailing to the extent that addl-
tional shippers increase business and the
conclusion is that the corporation is to
produce as much ore as ever.
AS a matter of fact, 1902 shipments
from the lake were just about 100000
tons more than was wanted, and the
present season this extra weight on the
market will have to be absorbed, either
hy lessened shipments to lower lakes or by
Increased consumption.
Lake records for cargoes have again
been broken by the Pittsburg Steamship
company, the lake subordinate company
of the United States Steel Its 500.
foot steamship, William Edenborn, took
q cargo from the docks of the Duluth,
Missabe & Northern road In this city.
containing 1880 gross or s,715 net. tons,
This exceeds this ships previous records
by Sc gross tons.
Two important mines are to be opened
on the Mesaba range at once. One is for
the United States Steel corporation, COM
Ing to that company thru a purchase re-
Gently concluded. The other mine is a
small property. containing, SO far as now
opened, not over 100000 tons, but Of q
magnificent grade Of ore, exceptionally
high in iron low in PHOSPHORUS and ex
ceedingly coarse in structure. This mine
has been discovered by Duluth men on
lands belonging to the Williams estate,
and lies in section 4, township 6S, range
1s. mile west of the Biwabik, There
Is about thirty-five feet Of surface and
the property will be opened as a milling
proposition. Prior to the present explotta-
lions on this land, at least 5000 had
been spent in punching holes and sinking
shafts on the same eighty acre tract.
Part of this work was in the early days
of the Mesaba and part Immediately be-
fore the present lessees took hold. -
Mesaba ore Is moving to Canadian fur
naces to some extent, several carsoes
having gone the past week to Midland for
the Canada Iron Furnace company.
What has been called the Flynn mine,
adjoining Hibbing, has been sold to the
Steel corporation, 1t is a property Of less
than 1900, 900 tons, Of rather low grade
ore, and the royalty is 35 cents a ton, but
1t Is state lease and that is an important
factor The steel corporation has COM
menced shipments from it's new Burt mine
at TIibbing. This was small under
ground property until now, but last fall
immense stripping contracts were under
taken and the open pit is now accommo-
dating two shovels day and night In min
ing The product for the season is to be
1000 600 tons Part of this will come off
a state lease adjoining and Included In the
game opera ton. Mountain Iron, Fayal and
other large shippers are moving about as
usual. ,..-
In the Hibbing district the United
States Steel corporations mines number
eleven with one more to come immedi-
ately. These include the Burt and Nor,
ris open pit mines, the Hull. Rust Day
Sellers, Pillsbury, Clark and Chisholm
underground and the St. Clair, also I'm
foreground, and until very recently TIT
property Of the Oliver Snyder interests
operated under contract by the Mime
sofa Iron company
The Penn Iron Mining company (Cam
bria Steel company will improve at Stur
geon river and Is planning to expend $500,
600 there for power. The current de
rived from this power will be used t
operate four Of the company's mines nea
Norway The Oliver Iron Mining com
pany is spending 800, 900 in improve
ments at it's water power at Guinness
falls, which is now used at the eChapi
mine. With the completion Of these i'm
provements much additional machiner
will be placed in the Chaplin. ~ +
Explorations have commenced west c
Little lake. Marquette county and hav
demonstrated the existence of ore In con
siderable quantity. This section has nc
been explored UP to this time and the dis
covery Of ore in any large quantity woul
be of the utmost Importance. w. I
Snyder & Co. are also exploring there an
others are preparing to go in shortl,
The Cleveland Cliffs company has bee
buying much land in that section an
seems to have confidence in It's value.
Helen mine shipments this year wi
probably reach 100000 tons A damon
drill has been in excellent ore for a di
lance Of 107 feet below the bottom of IL
opened mine, and lower levels wider
ing out materially. The company has d.
veloped by drills 1925, 900 tons Of high graz
pyrites running AZ to 4S per cent in IL
bottom Of Boyer lake, which they w
mine and sell, They expect to increa
their tonnage of pyrites materially Wi
additional development