The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-18

YEAR WILL Be A
RECORD BREAKER
IRON ORE OUTPUT WILLIE HEAv.
lily INCREASED.
Even the Old Minnesota, the Original
Mine in the State, Has Been Re-
opened-Many Other Properties Idle
for Years Will Be Worked-Much
Stripping in Progress. Ill.,.
Special to The Journal.

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Special to The Journal ..-. Z. .
Duluth, Mimi, March 1s.-As the
season advances and the beginning of
navigation approaches, the preparations
TOT record-breaking ore output in
G ;dea g. NINE after mine that has been
shape Tor production, and as fast as
men are found they are set at work.
more and more stripping contracts are
let upon the Mesaba range, and more
ana more do the developments indicate
that the year will see the total ore
moved up to 3O,O0O,OOO tons.
covered in 1914 and first opened as a
mine in lS4S, has been sold to the Cleve-
l l31 CHRIS Iron company, together with
al the company's properties. Most of
the Jackson 8 production Of late years
mas been lowgrade on-bessemer,
taken from the old rock piles, for the
f nine ~ isselI aa mas not 2t been worked much
ing works, probably of little value to-
| day, and about 10000 acres of lands.
on which the Cleveland Cliffs company
hopes to find ores in quantity. Near
the east end of Teal lake, where the
company has lands, there are excellent
| indications of iron.
P1llsbury mine, an underground prop
erty of the Oliver Mining companV. n
section 2958-20, is to be operated
henceforth as an open pit, and con-
tracts Tor removing the surface have
been let. Contracts have also been
let tor large extension of the open
pit OF the Mahoning mine, by uncov-
ering about forty acres west of the
present mine.
Welsh Nina. RI Do Nvoo-o4oJ
Welsh mine, Of the Commonwealth
Iron company, Menominee range, be-
longing to Oglebay, Norton & Co., is
TO be operated this year. The shaft,
which is 300 feet deep, is bottomed in
narrow tense of ore and extensive
developments are to be carried for
ward, The output will be small. An
exploration plant that has been at this
mine will be placed about two miles
away, at the Buckeye, where a shaft
WILL be sunk. The ,company's Badger
mine IS to be abandoned as exhausted.
1t has been a shipper since 1881, and
has produced 2,466,566 tons.
Inc old Breen mine at Wauce6ah.
IDLE many years, is to be reopened, and
will produce some ore this season. It
IS owned by the Mineral Mining COM
pany, concern whose stock is held bv
otticers Of the Pewabic Iron company.
AT Tobln mine the old one-compart-
ment shaft is being cut down to three,
g lott slice coming off one end of it.
Flcckands, Mather & Co.'s Caspian has
resumed operations "''
The Biwabik Mining companv has
been stripping at the Oliver company IS
Duluth mine, all winter, but has now
! ceased, and there is ore uncovered adj
d1tlonai to what was opened before, for
about two years mining. Two new
shafts have been sunk, thru which the
2ct will be hoisted. to the
Z 49,, The Duluth will work about
as usual this season. =,
Inc Holland mine, of Swallow, Hop
klns q Holland, is putting on men and
WILL be BUSY all summer. 1t has sold
an output OF 100000 tons, which will
De De the. first ore it has ever shipped.
f mine was opened in preparation
Tor last year, but prices were such
that the owners did not care to sell
any ore then and shut down as soon as
the1r stripping was completed.
Leonard mine Of the Leonard Minino
company, has resumed work, and is put,
ing on men as fast as room can be
made for them. ...
Exploration with two or three drills
IS to pc carried on east of Mesaba sta
oIoAA oAtAo y CoI ny Iuel VINO were WORKING
mere Two years ago, but found nothing
important. There is also talk of the
exploration of the old Mailman, which
mas been pretty thoroly drilled once or
twice already. > =
Road to the Mountain Iron.
One of the few. old mines that will
not be reopened this year is Auburn.
near Virginia. The tracks to this prop,
erty are now being taken up, and moth.
ing but the ties is left. It is rumored
that the Duluth & Iron Range will build
a line to the Mountain Iron mine. in or
der to move the ore shipped from there
to Two Harbors, instead of to Duluth
as formerly. This: will be, if done, on
account Of the enormous ore business
from west of Mountain Iron for the Du-
luth, Missabe & Northern, SO great
that it will be unable to handle anv
mines nj that can possibly ship over any
The Great Northern road has con-
tracted to ship 100000 tons from the
western Mesaba this year, of which |
about half will be from the Mahoning
and Stevenson, the rest from Sellwood |
mines, those Of the International ,Har-
vester company, the Leonard, the Kin
ney, Corrlgan mines, the Forest and a !
rev Others. This road will order $50 |
ore cars and probably |
some other equipment in order to carry
out its work. - = 80
The Lake Superior & Ishpeming has
ordered $50 steel ore cars of 10000
pounds capacity. and several locomo-
tlves, most of which will be put in ser
vice on the Ishpeming- Pressure Isle line,