The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

Duluth Mimi, Jan. 30.-There is
little talk Of ore prices for the coming
season, but mining men are up IN
arms against the suggestion that rates
be cut 81 ton. They will not COM
plain so bitterly at 50-cent cut from
last year, or for change in the differ
entails between bessemers and non
bessemer or Mesabas and old range
ores, but a change of dollar fiat Is
more than they feel they need to &C
Cept.
Steam shovel engineers and cranes
men were gathered into the national
union of dredge and steam shovel men
last year, and letters from headquar-
tiers are to the effect that none of the
union men will be permitted to work
at the scale that has been talked
among mining men, employers and
employed, here this winter. The union
also purposes to enforce some rather
drastic provisions as to work, which
cannot very we'll be acceptable to en-
plOyerS.
Most Of the steam shovel operators
In this district have been trained here,
and no great time or trouble has been
experienced in training them in, and
it really matters very little, except
to themselves, whether or not they go
to work or not. The companies, of
course would far rather have their
old men again. but they will probably
make no effort to. avert a walkout,
and can soon pick UP what few men
are required. -
Improved Equipment for the Lincoln.
Complete electrical equipment for
training, etc, is being installed at
Lincoln mine, Mesaba range, and the
mine will reopen soon with a moder-
ate force. The Republican Iron and
Steel company is hosting on the Mes
: aba at the rate of about 700 tons a day
and will reopen it's Kinney mine with
the advent of spring. A little ore is
being hoisted at the Crosby mine. the
first property on the Mesaba of the
Cleveland Cliffs company 1t will ship
the coming season over the Great
Northern road. Ore is coming out of
the Buffalo and Susquehanna mine at
Iibbing, which is the first of Rogers,
Brown & Co.'S Mesaba properties to
begin active operations.
Several -curtailments and suspen-
sions have been announced this week.
Among them are Bristol, a Crystal
Falls mine of Oglebay, Norton & Co.,
which cuts off most of it's force Of
100 men, and will do no mining this
winter. Pickands, Mather & Co. and
the LackaWanna Steel company closed
Minorca, Mesaba range, Odanah and
Mikado, Gogebic range, and Caspian
and Verona, Menoninee range This
reduces their active mines to a small
number. Rogers, Brown & CO. re-
duced forces at Beaufort and at Mich
igamme, which is owned by the Mag
ara Furnace. However, all these
mines do not make so serious a cut as
appears. for the total number of men
let out is but ATS.
Atlantic Picking Up.
Atlantic mine, Gogebic range, is
looking very we'll, and development is
progressing satisfactorily. About 100
men are employed. Not much ore is
coming out, but recently a new de-
post was cut that promises well, and
may make the mine important. No.
2 shaft is now down 500 feet and will
be sunk ESQ more before prosecuting
: to the ore.-rWork still progresses on
the subsidiary formation south of
Bessemer, where Captain Whitburh
was recently engaged.
Work at. the'*>new Amazon mine,
west of Hurley, is under way, and 1t
z is expected that a shipper will de-
velop there this year. ' = VII:
Notice from the Illinois Mining
company to the fee holders of the
Baraboo, Wis, property they are OPP
Grating, is to the effect that the mine
will resume early in the spring. This
property did not, contrary to reports
from Baraboo, ship any ore last fall
before closing down.