The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

p0A S"uO III IhS oSoiihS ~ ihoJ h"fS
on the future development Of new
tonnage on the range. It is not prob
able that all the deposits between
the east line of township SO, range %,
and the Mississippi river have found;
indeed it is reasonable to suppose that
where work is comparatively so recent
with the exception of that done in a
few scattered locations. as much or
more remains to be opened than has
been developed. It is very evident
that much attention will be paid to
this portion of the district 10 the inn
mediate future. AS to Baraboo,
which though not exactly in the Lake
Superior region. yet is Of it and must
be considered in relation to it, the be-
ginning of shipments was made in the
the summer OF 1904. So far but one
mine has been opened there, that Of
the international Harvester company,
called the Illinois, and this has for
warded to Chicago almost exactly
$4,000 tons during the past six months.
The Sank mine owned by interests as
ISOLATED with Rogers, Brown & Com
pany, has been idle and is probably to
remain so for some years. There are
other explorations owned by w.
G. LeRue and associates that are I'M
der examination by steel making con-
Germs, and may become mines in due
time. The Pittsburg steel company
has an elaborate force OF explorers,
engineers. ETC., on the ground and is
exploring with much vigor and to
great depths. What 1t has found, If
anything, is not public. The Bara-
boo district is relatively small one,
with disadvantages, though with COR
respondingly favorable conditions.
that are well worth serious considei-
ation.. Baraboo district has its dis
tinct place in the economy OF Lnel
steel trade OF the country, aud tiiax
place seems to be pretty well settled
by the operations of the past year or
SO. That 1t is any material assistance
as areserve of ore for iron makers in
the east would seem not to be hUynca
out by the facts. For them it can n06
compete with the lean Bessemers of
the Marquette, the easily mined low
grades of the Menominee or with the
Mesaba. But for the furnaces on
Lake Michigan the situation is diff
ferent. Baraboo district can reach
their furnace stock piles at about the
cost of hauling Mesaba ore to upper
lake docks. Once at furnace yards it
ready for use. Mesaba ores on upper
lake docks must pay from IS cents to
$3.50 to put them in a corresponding
position at furnaces on Lake Erie or
at Pittsburg' Baraboo ores would
have the same or greater charge to
get them to the latter points and once
there would represent a much greater
Investment per unit than Mesaba or
a far higher actual charge than that
against Marquette or Menominee lean
ores at the same points. Baraboo is
a narrow and CONSTRUCTED district.
Experience of the year has shown
that pumping costs are extreme. run
ming up at the Illinois to more than
35 cents a ton of ore hoisted. The lens
is narrow and shades off into an ore
so lean that it's use is prohibited.
But there is good deal of ore there,
doubtless. Underground operations
at the Illinois show main drift on
the first level running in ore for more
than 1000 feet, and no indications
that both breasts cannot continue to
the limits of the company's ground.
It would be hard to duplicate such a
drift on the old ranges, except at a
very few mines. The lens as ship
able ore in which this is driven Is not,
however, more than Is to 30 feet wide.
If one can figure by diamond drill
holes on this property and adjoining
land, holes that probably cut the
same deposltand add to its strike and
its pitch, the tonnage shown is I'M
portant enough TO be worth the most
careful consideration. Some work has
been done the past year west of Du
luth, along the Northern Pacific roa6
near Aitkin. Not enough has beer
shown to give any deanite informa
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