The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
SHIPS BEARING COAL
But for This Traffic on Up Trips the
Movement Of Ore Would
Be Heavier.
D. E. Woodbridge's Big Find in Brief
Exploratory Work on the
Mesaba Near Buhl.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi. May Son account of
the immense fleet of up bound coal ships
en- the lakes the movement Of Gre is
slightly less than was expected. Ships
CARRYING coal are about so per cent longer
In time in making round trip than if
they went up light, and the capacity of
the ore fleet is thus diminished thereby.
But receipts of coal in Lake Superior are
larger than ever in the past. indeed, they
are averaging at a rate never seen in
the most busy months of preceding years.
About eight coal boats are arriving at
Duluth daily, bringing from 10000 to
$1,000 tons each day, and receipts for the
season to date have ben more than 100000
tons. Much of this is being hurried to
mines both in the iron and copper districts
FOR they were very close to the end of
their coal piles when the season began.
Much of .'le rest is taken by ore carrying
roads on all lake ranges, from the western
Mesaba to the eastern Menon1inee. 1t is
not possible that this west-bOund move
nent of coal can continue in such volume
very long. ......s
Much Exploratory Work.
Much exploration is under way in the
Armenia part of the Crystal Falls dis
trict, where are several idle and aban :
doned mine s, among them the Hope. Lee
Peck. HOLSTER and Bird In the vicinity
of Amasa. on the same range. there Is an
increase of exploratory activity.
In Felsh Mountain. where G. A. ST.
Clair Of Duluth has just opened mines
that had been flooded for many years
there Is much interest now and tonnage
Of ore will be shipped this season from the
St. Clair mines. The indications are fo1
the development there of several good
properties among the ruined mines Of long
ago n-..-.'.
The. Consolidated Lake Superior com
pany is exploring for both iron and pyrite<
in the vicinity of the Helen mine, Mich
picoten range, and has sold a consider
able quantity of pyrites for delivery tt
sulphur makers of the United States this
year at prices better than obtained fol
iron ore.
Woodbrldge's Discoveries.
What has been perhaps the most re.
narkabe find of iron ore on the Mesaba
range for some time has just been made
by D. E. Woodbridge of Duluth, who has
been exploring with one drill for less
than three weeks and has shown up ir
that time more than 10000 900 tons of mer
charitable ore on a forty acre tract neal
Bull A second drill is being put on the
land and a large tonnage Is expected
there. The find is chiefly rema rka BILE
for the short time and small amount O.
money expended for the results already
obtained. This tract has been explored
several times by others who failed tt
find a merchantable deposit.
-.t Mesabl Ores for Furnaces.
There has been much discussion in iror
papers of the recent blowing in of fur
anaces Of the Charlton Steel company will
q burden composed entirely Of Mesabs
ores, and it has been regarded by many
as an exceptional performance. Bu
many furnaces are running on a mixture
of 100 per cent Mesaba ore. and many 9th
ers are running on from 80 to 95 per cen
of it. No new furnaces have ever beer
built and started, however. on a full
charge Of Mesaba. and in this the nev
practice at the Clarion works is inter
esting .. -. ...
One hundred per cent Of Mesaba ore wa
used in the Edith furnace at Pittsburg 8
long ago as 1895 by II. w. Oliver, whe
he first opened the Oliver mine, and
was largely this work that brought MI
Carnegie into the Mesaba district in tn
Oliver Iron Mining company. and force
the subsequent combination. now tn
United States Steel Corporation Ore
owned by interests connected with tn
Clarion Steel company hold some of tn
coarsest Mesaba ores, and 1t Is these ore
that come down best in the furnace
averting the danger of explosions an
slips due to the dusty ores from othe
parts Of the range,