The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-05
AUGUST HOLDS
The ORE RECORD
SHIPMENTS THE
LARGEST ON RECORD.
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Sets a
New World Mark -Tremendou In,
crease in the Hibbing District, Where
Preparations Are Under Way for
Still More Production Next Year.
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Duluth, Mimi. Sept. Sin spite Of wet
weather in August that almost stopped opera
lions at some of the largest mines the ship
ments for the month out of Minnesota were the
largest on record. The Duluth, Missabe s.
Northern road beat Its own record of 14O9 900
gross tons, made In July, by 24O0O TONS and
set worlds mark. The Duluth & Iron
Range set new mark for itself by shipments
of 1,246,O00 tons. The Great Northern added
enough to these to make the months business
of the Duluth district mines foot up to g. 575 900
gross tons The Duluth, Missabe s. Northern
has shipped this season to date more than
$40, 900 tons above Its entire record Of last year
and will close the season with a total of about
5000, 600 tons, which exceeds any road in the
world by nearly so per cent =, -
Daily shipments Of iron ore from Hibbing and
from mines within a radius of five miles from
| that village, are averaging better than 60, 900
| tons or about 45o, 900 tons week. The bulk
the rest by the Great Northern. There were
developed at Hibbing for this years shipment,
six new mines, and several others had made but
a small trial shipment last year. At present
several more mines are under development and
preparations are under way for another great
extension Of the product the coming year. The
Oliver Iron Mining company in its open pit
mines at Hibbing alone will REQUIRE not less
| than ten more large steam shovels for the com.
ing spring including those engaged in stripping
| and mining, and other companies are increasing
| on the same scale. t. -
The tenth annual meeting of the Lake su
perior Mining Institute, the largest association
Of mining engineers and associates in thu
United States outside the great American Insti
tute, Is set for Oct. II and 10, at Menominet
range points. - The. meeting will be shor
one this year and will be chiefly for the pur
pose OF discussing papers and visiting mining
! improvements made there since the last visi
| Of the association. @s... .
| The Oliver Iron. Mining company has ordered
| generating engine for lighting one of it
| steam shoVels at the Burt mne as an expert
ment, and If successful, there is every rca
son to expect will probably be the forerunne
of similar machines on the fifty to .seventy-fv
shovels 1t will doubtless operate on the Mesab
range next year. 1t now has fifty shovels an
| expects to add about twenty-five for 1906.
| More drills are busy on the Vermilion rang
| than for some years. The Oliver company ha
one in section 5-62-15, where it did some wor
several years ago, and where there is an ex
cellent prospect for ore. On section 3-61-15 tn
Roy and La Chance lands are to be drilled b
spectators. These lie just south Of the SCUBA
mines and there has been more or less DIRT
exploration around them for twenty years. Tn
White Iron Lake company is drilling south Q
Ely. having resumed the work it stopped nearl
a year ago in the. magnetic formation there
Drills running in section 15-6214, wher
much work has been done in the past.