The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-11
REPORTS FROM MINING CAMPS
IRON ORE MOVEMENT SLOWER
THAN EXPECTED.
Lake superior Copper District People Put
More Money Into New Arizona District
New Gold District in Nevada-Con'
promise Between Mexican Companies.

DuLr.H, Mimi, May 7.-On account OF
the immense fleet of up-bound coal ships on
the lakes the movement Of ore IL slightly
less than was expected. Ships carrying coal
take about so per cent. longer time in making
a round trip than II they went up light,
and the capacity of the ore fleet is thus d.
mnished thereby. But receipts of coal in
Lake Superior are larger than ever in the
past indeed, they are averaging Mt rate
never seen in the most busy months OF pre-
cedipg wears About eight coal boats are
arriving at Duluth daily, brin ging from 10000
to Is 900 tons each day. and receipts for the
season to date have been more than 100000
tons Much of this Is being hurried to mines
both in the iron and copper districts. for they
we're very close to the end of their coal piles
when the season began. Much Of the rest
is taken by ore carrying roads on all lake
ranges. from the western Mesabi to the east
ern Menominee.
The manufacture OF iron on the lakes is
now larger than 1t has ever been. what IS
now the largest charcoal blast furnace in the
world is just blown In at Marquette by the
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company. ana IL making
about $50 tons a day No. furnace OF the
Clerpue syndicate Mt Sault Ste. Marie. Ont,
Is being made ready to blow in in a few days
and will make about the same amount daily
of charcoal iron, and No. 2 will be ready
in couple of months. These three charcoal
furnaces will make about 500 tons day.
One of the Sault furnaces Will run on a
ferro-nckel ore. about $500 tons OF which are
now stacked at the plant ready for melting.
This contains about per cent Nickel ana the
rig will be sold to steel makers. A COM
mittee from the Armstrong Whitworth COM
nany of England is now on the way to the
works to inspect the plant and the iron with
the view of closing contract Tor the pur-
chase of large tonnage daily Tor their
European works. The second Sault furnace
will run on metal for the company's steel
rail mill, which is to start up as soon az 'l,e
question of duty on imports into Canada
Is settled.
What has been perhaps the most remark
able find of iron ore on the Mesabi range
for some time has just been made ny w. f.
Woodbridge Of Duluth. who has been explor-
ing with one drill for less than three weeks
and has shown UP in that time more thah
1000, 900 tons Of merchantable ore on iorty-
acre tract near Bull A second drill Is pene
put on the land and a large tonnage Is eI-
pected there. The find is chiefly remark
able for the short time and small amount Of
money expanded fcr the results air eaoy
obtained. This tract has been explored
several times by others, who failed to md
merchantable deposit.
There has been much discussion IN IRON
trade papers of the recent blowing In OF FUR
naces of the Clarion Steel Company with
burden composed entirely OF Mesabi ores.
and il has been regarded by many as an ex-
ceptional performance. But many furnaces
are running on q mixture OF 100 per cent
Mesab ore. and many others are running
on from 80 to 95 per cent. OF 1t. No new tur-
mace has ever been built and started. now
ever. on n full charge Of Mesab. and In this
the new practice at tho Clarion works rs
interesting. One hundred per cent. OF Mesabi
ore was used in the Edith furnace at Pitts
burg as long ago as 1885, by Il W: ohver;
when he first opened the oliver mine. ana
IT was quite largely this work that brought
Mr.. Carnegie into the Mesabi district In the
Oliver Iron Mining Company. and forced
the subsequent combination now che United
states Steel Corporation. Ores owned by
interests connected with the Clarion Steei
Company hold some Of the coarsest Mesaoi