The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-08

bonus. If the iron and steel company
actually receive the sums named they
will be able to. complete their rod,
structural material. and plate mills,
without raising additional funds.
The cancellation Of the lease puts an
end to the very favorable arrange
ment whereby the iron and steel COM
pany procured cheap fuel. The new
proposition is that they shall get
their supplies Of mine coal for four
years at current prices, and thereafter
shall have the option of obtaining all
the slack they want at the same price.
| The operations Of this company have
been hampered good deal by difficult
ties which are more nr less in evidence
when establishing new manufacture
ing undertaking. Constitutional diff
culties being overcome. trouble was
experienced in producing good blast
furnace coke from the coal, and in the
! provision of the most suitable ores for
mining purposes These having been
surmounted more or less satisfactorily,
the works got into running order,
though on a less elaborate scale than
at first seemed likely, and have been
furnishing regular supplies to the
home trade and for shipment. In
their earlier days the company ex-
ported large quantities of foundry
metal to the Clyde, where it found its
way to manufacturers of various kinds
of cast-iron goods. including pipes
some of which, by the way, were sent
back to Canada-but within d more
recent period the development of ac-
tivity in the United States stimulated
the demand there to such an extent
that the world was swept for metal,
with the natural result that the
Canadian exportable surplus was
wholly secured and the d. 1. S. C.
brand of iron disappeared temporarily.
at any rate, from the European
markets.
The works, as planned, are up to
date, extensive and capable of becom-
ing an important factor in Canadian
industrial development, sheltered and
fostered, too, as they are, by d system
of bonuses or bounties. Four years
ago the site now covered by the works
consisted Of half-cleared farm lands.
Today the visitor sees there four blast
furnaces, each IS feet high and IS feet
in diameter, and having capacity of
250 tons of pig iron in twenty-four
hours. There is also an installation
of AGO by-product coke ovens. all the
gas-tar and ammonia being saved and
utilized. The steel department has
ten 50-ton open-hearth fitting fur
naces charged by crane, and the works
fully equipped with boundaries,
soaking pits and the other usual APP
purtenances to large iron and steel
plant. 1t is intended to manufacture
steel rails, to roll plates, and to pro-
duce wide range of finished pro-
ducts, but much Of this lies in the
future, the energies of the officials and
wolkmen having been concentrated
so far mainly upon the output of pig
iron and steel billets. The latest
mail advices announce that work has
been commenced on the foundations
for the machinery for the new rod
mill.
Smaller works than those of the
Dominion company, but still enter
prlses which mark the steady growth
of Canada as manufacturing country,
and reveal the recognition by local
capitalists of industrial possibilities
arising from her natural riches are
those of the Nova Scotia and New
Glasgow Steel companies. The Nova
Scotia Steel company broke ground in
June, 1902, at Sydney mines about
three miles from North Sydney for a
new furnace in addition to the one al
ready owned at Ferrona. The Lon
donderry Iron and Mining company,
of Londonderry, Nova Scotia. is an
other new concern in the eastern por-
tion Of the Dominion. AT Sault Ste.
Marie large works have been put up
for the Consolidated Lake Superior
company.
So far Canada has little reason to be
discouraged with the progress made in
building up an Industry which, may.
and that before long. render a
good account of itself in the interna-
tional market. In 1900 she produced
| 81, 900 tons of pig iron, in 1901, 5,00C
tons, and in 1902, $4,000 tons. In the
last named year,ller output for steel
ingots and castings was $4,000 tons
against only $4,000 tons in 1901. an in
crease of 156, 900 tons.