The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-08
NEW SHAFT HOUSE
Oliver Company's Improvement at
Hartford Mine Fine Example
Of Shaft Building.
President of Cleveland Cliffs Says
His Company Is in the
Field to Stay.
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Special to The Journal.

Duluth, Mimi, Jan. Son the Mar
ouetts range a new shaft house is to be
erected at the Hartford mine by the Oil
Yer company. 1t is of steel 126 feet high
with concrete foundations and is the finest
example Of shaft building in Marquette
county. The American Bridge company
! is the constructor. The shaft is now 700
feet deep and underground development
Is rapidly under way with the plan of
making large shipments another season.
There are already some 10000 tons IN
stock of a high grade Bessemer ore.
Old Lucy mine recently bought by the
Cleveland Cliffs company. is to be re-
opened at once. It has been idle since
1898, The Breitung estate will soon take
steps to open the brickyard forty at Ne
gaunee, on which ore has been found:
Local men will explore the Corbett farm,
adjoining the new Mas mine Of the
Cleveland Cliffs company. ''a
On the Menominee range Florence mine
is preparing for a most active winter and
q large part of it's unopened lands will
be carefully explored The mine made
shipment this year of 1000 tons. No: 4
shaft has been completed and in a month
will be in commission Exploration is in
progress at the Binder. which is promis-.
ing tract. - : ,s.
The Oliver Iron Mining company is go
ing extensively into the logging business
on the Gogebtc range. and has camps at
work employing $50 to 800 men. They are
exclusively for cutting mining timber for
the Norrie group, Atlantic and Aurora
This company will probably cut It's own
timber on all ranges as soon as 1t can
get around to 1t. ... IT
- Organize Land Company. a>r&@
Cleveland Cliffs interests have organized
the Upper Peninsula Land company. cap
1tal $4,000 The company owns 1000
900 acres Of land and after the Cleveland
Cliffs takes what it wants for hardwood,
the remainder will be sold for settlement.
4 Some 100000 acres will be settled as fast
as possible. In a, recent conversation,
William G. Mather, president OF Cleveland
Cliffs; dropped the remark: 49,:
I'VE are here to stay; the development
of territory as large as an European
state is not to be undertaken by those
who expect to leave shortly" =. -. 81 ~:
This is interesting in view Of rumors
rs to the disposition of this company s
great holdings on the Marquette range.
This company has begun the making of
charcoal at its Marquette plant, for Its
4 new Pioneer furnace. which Is to go in to
blast March J. next The furnace will
consume 225 cords daily, and the carbon
1zing plant has ample capacity for this.
There are eighty 80 cord kilns, most OF
Which will be operated. "
Interesting Maps. s..a,.
The United States geological survey will
shortly issue final monograph reports on
the NIesaba and Vermillion ranges. The
Mesaba map; will extend from Birch lake
irf town 60, range II, to and beyond the
Mississippi river, in town 55, range g.
q a total distance Of about 100 miles, What
is regarded as the valuable area is from
the easterly side of town So, range IA
to the west side OF. perhaps. town Sc
range 90, though there are some explora.
tions still further west that may come ir
later. East of town SO, range H., however
the formation is largely of magnetic
rocks that have not been known to- carry
rnerchantable ores wherever found.
It is understood the new map will show
a. material change from the general uni
formity that characterized the southern
contact in the former issue This close
mapping of the slate conta ct will be Of the
r highest assistance to many explorers, anc
should have a direct bearing on the pros
4 ecution of work to the south. 49,