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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

munity. It is told about at length else.
where in this edition of The Journal.
The Duluth, Missabe & Northern Rail
way company is a Minnesota corpora
ton. W. J. Olcott, who has been iden-
titled with the development of the Me-
saba range since he first came here as
the representative of the Rockefeller
interests in 1898, is president of the
company. W. A. McGonagle is vice
president and general manager and has
done much to improve the physical con-
dition of the road and docks, having
brought to his work on this system
wide experience gained during his
many years Of service with the Duluth
& Iron Range road; Edward B. Ryan
is secretary; Edward s. Kempton,
treasurer; Charles D. Fraser, assistant
treasurer; G. E. Schiede, assistant sec
Rotary, and W. j. Olcott, W. A. Nc
Gonagle, E. s. Kempton, H. L. Dresser,
j B. Hanson, George D. Swift and A.
B. Wolvin directors.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

handling Of traffic, at the docks, tho
great shipping plant has now been
brought to state Of efficiency where it
may be fairly said to be able to cope
with the stream of ore that is poured
through it, from the cars Of the COM
pany into the ships that are to convey
it to the lower lake ports.
The first of the ore docks at the foot
of Thirty-fourth avenue west was built
in 1893 to meet a condition brought
about by the impossibility of carrying
out the original plan for shipping the
ore through the Allouez bay docks, on
account Of the failure Of the old Du-
luth~& Winnipeg road to finance it's
undertakings. The first dock was we'll
enough for the times, but it's equipment
was primitive compared to the present
plant. 1t has been improved and great
ly enlarged and where there was but
one dock there are now four. Dock
No. was enlarged two years ago and
brought into service in the season Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

sabe was built in 1898 an immense
amount Of money has been spent upon
dock construction and equipment. AL
ways the consideration in view by the
engineers and managers Of the com.
pany was the installation Of equipment
that would save time in the handling
of cars on the docks and in putting
the ore into the vessels Always there
has been the pressure Of the ore and
the need for improving the capacity
of the company for getting it to mar
ket. And upon the building and equip
ment Of the docks the energy and re-
sources Of the road were expended free
ly. It was no great matter to get
rolling stock for the road, to improve
grades and provide trackage, if the
terminals could be made to handle the
traffic. And by the concentration Of
energy, ingenuity and intelligence, and
the expenditure Of great sums Of money
in perfecting machinery for the speedy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

came to an understanding Of the fact
that their future profit lay in finding
means for using the Mesaba ores in
their furnaces. And they found those
means. Mining captains set themselves
to originating methods for taking out
ore in .vast-unheard of-quantities.
Instead Of delving into the bowels of
the earth the mine operators engaged
contractors to literally take the lid off
their mines. The earth was stripped
off in tremendous volume and the ore
laid bare. Steam shovels were set to
taking out the ores; railroad tracks
were laid down on the ore beds and the
great dredges dumped tons of ore into
cars. Masters of land transportation
set themselves to devising improve
ments in cars and methods Of handling
by machinery the ore that was deliv-
cred at the docks built for the sole pur-
pose of dumping the ore into ships with
the greatest ease and speed. There
was no profit to be had from shipping
ore on vessels Of the size and character
of those that then handled the trade.
Whole fleets Of ships Of heavy tonnage
were built. At the other end of the
water transportation this system was
reversed and dock equipment was pro.
vided that would take ore out of
ship without loss Of time and with
minimum expenditure Of labor and
transship the cargo speedily and eco.
nomically. Everywhere machinery was
made to do the work Of men, to do it
better and more speedily. There was
some trifing objection on the part of
shortsighted ones that disaster would
follow the substitution Of machinery
for human energy. The big men brushed
this objection aside, and it has been
demonstrated that the carrying out and
development Of the plans made has SO
greatly increased the labor market that
thousands are employed where work
was found for scores in the old times.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

some of the timber lands. Some Of the
big fellows were inclined to send the
price up if it came to matter Of COM
peting with other spectators. So it
happened at the sale that a young fell
low who was known as cruiser and
wholly impecunious, made bid for
certain forties. He was located across
the room from Whiteman and when he
made his first bid the future frenzied
>fnancier asked him if he was making
the bid for himself. He declared he
was and he was allowed to bid in the
land at $1.25 an acre. When the young
cruiser had bid in some twenty-six
forties the same way and on the same
terms the late Gov. John s. Pillsbury
and some Of the other big men thought
he was getting good deal Of load
For a man without money ana ne was
shut off.
The cruiser who had bid in the
twenty.six forties met with few
men who had more money than he
few hours later and there were evil
dences of an understanding. He was
%patted on the back and told that he
was good thing and one Of the others
even proposed to let him have an in
terest in the land he had bid in. He
looked the gloom he felt at this. What
he wanted was cash in hand and he was
satisfied when he was handed a twenty
dollar note instead of an interest.
Seventy-fve million tons Of ore was
located on those twenty-six forties long
years after the timber spectators had
taken off the timber and thought they
had got a pretty good thing on their
d investment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

so through impecunlosity, or want Of
foresight. Some people did not care
to engage in the mineral producing en-
terprise. There was the case of Pey-
Alworth, Hull & Boenig later and an
said for the firm and its members that
tor they-wanted in enterprise.
They, acting with Eldridge Fowler, Of
California, bought considerable tract
of land from Morris Thomas, logging
contractor, who is still logging. Pey-
ton, Kimball & Barber wanted nothing
to do with the lands beyond the tim
Der interest. The lands stripped were
taken for the share Of Fowler. On a
portion Of the tract part Of the great
Fayal mine was located and the estate
Of Fowler gets half million year in
royalties. Neither the humble logging
contractor nor the great sawmill con-
| Germ got q dollar out Of the-rn mineral Of
the land.
It would be Improbable to pursue
further the story of how fortune passed
the many by. There were many who
profted by the finds, some scores to the
extent of millions of dollars; thousands
passed from poverty to affluence and it
may be fairly said that hundreds of
thousands have attained to competency
by reason Of the Minnesota iron range
discoveries.
The discoveries in themselves, though.
so far as the Mesaba ores were con.
cerned, simply brought fatty before the
iron and steel makers Of the world a
tremendous problem. How could the
ores be proftably mined, transported
and reduced to commercial iron and
steel9 In 1892 four thousand tons of
and loaded into two Of the McDougall
and landed into two Of the McDougall
whalebacks. Four concerns took the
ore and the results sof these first ex.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

M. 81. Alworth, now one Of the rich
men and big mine owners Of Duluth,
was, not so many years ago, a timber
explorer. He was engaged in doing the
exploratory work for Hull & Boeing, of
Detroit. As was usual in those days he
had an interest in the investment made
on his discoveries. The firm became
had an interest in the investments made
immense amount Of ore was found on
the lands bought at prices Of not to
exceed $4,000 for the quarter-a fair
enough price for the timber in those
days. ,... =. ..
George H. Holland was employed by
W.. R. Burt, Of Saginaw, to look up
and buy tract Of timber land. Hol-
land refused to take an interest in the
land he bought, asking and being paid
the usual cash commission. Out Of
some of the land in which he declined
to accept an interest enormous GUAM.
titles of ore have. been taken. One
mine located on the property, the Burt,
yields million tons year and the
Burt interest is worth quarter Of q
million dollars annually.
The Wright & Davis lands were taken
for numbering and were sold, with the
Mississippi River & Northern railway
to James J. Hill and the Great North.
ern road for $4,000, OoO-what was con.
sidered to be a good price. The Great
Northern gets two millions a year in
royalties and traffic out Of the ore pro.
duced on the property.
WISE ONES DECLINED
.y MINERAL RIGHTS
It was by no means the case that
those who let 60 Of fortunes skirts did
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

Now there are ten mines in Minnesota
producing more than that amount every
year.
Twelve years ago the face Of the
earth everything the Mesaba lode was
barely scratched with the picks and
scrapers Of the miners. Since then
there has been 100000 cubic yards
Of earth stripped from the surface Of :
the earth, exposing the ore, at cost
Of nearly $7,0oo,ooo, and from the Min
nesota ranges there has been shipped
about 123,o0O,ooo tons of ore.
On the assessment made this year
the iron companies operating in st.
Louis county, of which Duluth is the
county seat, will pay in taxes the enor-
nous sum Of $2,5oo,ooo, of which
$l,2oo,ooo will go directly to the towns
and villages on the ranges, for the
maintenance of schools and the con-
struction of public improvements.
o'SSSoOu fdAudGIOu OF mining
property, real and personal, in St. Loui.
county is $61,0O0,O0O Il would be idle
to speculate upon the actual value of
these properties. It is enough to know
that lying over back Of the bluffs Of
Duluth there is, hidden by a covering
of soil and trees, a strip of iron ore
eighty-fve miles long, from one-half to
three miless wide, of greatly varying
depth and broken through here and
there by the resistless action of the
glacial drift. 1t is satisfying to be
certain that all this mass Of iron had
merchantable value, that it will be
taken out of the ground during the
next fifty or one hundred years to the
greater enrichment Of scores of towns
on the ranges and to the further In
crease in population and prosperity Of
the state and country. And Duluth,
already opulent, will take its toll for
the profit of It's workmen and it's capt..
talists on every top of the billion or
so tons OF ore still in the earth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

periments in mining, transportation and
smelling came very: near being fatal to
many a man who had built largely on
an Immediate realization Of fortune
from his mine. There was no aspect
of the experiment that was profitable.
The ore lay loose in the earth and was
taken out by hand, in barrows, even in
sacks. It was transported and put into
the vessels at cost out Of all proper
ton to it's iron and steel value. When
it was got to the furnaces it was found
that it clogged them and the iron mas
tiers saw no profit in handling it.
MASTER MINDS -
SOLVE PROBLEMS.
But, as has ever been the case, man
was confronted with condition that
meant much if it could be fairly met.
Some Of the iron masters, Carnegie and
the men who had grown up with him
whether in sympathy or in opposition
had come to an understanding that
the world was ready for rubbing with
steel. Engineers, inventors and iron
masters were all profoundly impressed
with the magnitude Of the Minnesota
ore beds, and they set about finding
means for the utilization Of all this
mineral wealth. Carnegie did not come
soon into an appreciation Of what was
possible with these ores-in fact, great
things were ready for realization be-
fore the great ironmaster-who was
but great fnancier in the steel in
dustry, after all--became convinced
that the future Of the steel industry
lay bound up in a large measure in the
mines that were glutted with ores on
the Minnesota range. But the times
grew giants. Human intelligence ex-
pressed in many individuals was
grouped into great machine before
which mountains Of difficulties were
reduced to powder. Henry w. Oliver
was tremendous force in assembling
this machine. The practical iron men
~ sp-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

The perfection Of this immense min
ing, transportation and ore reducing
machine in the course Of few years is
the most astounding achievement Of
an age that has been marked by mar
velous accomplishments. To describe
the machinery that is utilized in max
ing possible the results that are at
tanned today in the vast enterprise Of
mining and marketing the Minnesota
ores would involve technicalities that
could not be informing to a layman.
The vast and complex human intelli-
gence that has effected the systems by
which Duluth has become the richest
city Of it's size in the world, and the
adjacent mining country the most
opulent and intelligent community Of
the kind on earth, is treated Of else.
where in The Journal, where the
story Of the great corporate machine
that is responsible for the mining de-
velopment is told. Here obvious facts
are stated, not the conditions that
brought them about, It is easy enough
to state the palpable fact that Capt.
A. B. Wo1vin, for instance, saw the
necessity for devising means for un-
loading ships laden with ore with the
least possible use Of manual labor, and
that he met the necessity by building
ship with such deck structure that
SO per cent Of the cargo may be taken
out by machinery. Other men engaged
in the solution Of the many problems
involved in this mining development
and traffic in ore met big difficulties
with big measures. It has all been
matter Of dealing with big affairs in
proportion to their magnitude. There
has been no proposition big enough to
dismay the men set to meet it. If one
man or set Of men failed others took
their place, but the proposition was met.
FIGURES THAT AsTouND.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
No Of Storage
MODERN EQUIPMENT ~
OF TJE MTSSARE ROAM

NIOD61CN EQU1FMENT
OF THE MISSABE ROAD.
The Missable railroad has about three
hundred miles of track in main line
and branches, having this year COM
Junction to the model town Of Coler-
aine. It owns and operates u locomo-
tives, 400 ore Gears and a superb pas
senger equipment, being in this respect
as well furnished as most of the great
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

1905 with capacity for storage Of
$4,000 tons. Dock No. 4 is now in use
with capacity Of 1924 tons. The
Missabe docks and their capacity now
are: g.. 49,. ~ .,-. -.
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FIGURES THAT AsToUND.

Prior to 1894 nc. iron mine in the
world had produced 100000 tons Of ore.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21
II Roundup Of
Sporting Gossip
Heryeshof Yachts In German
american RGcsS---SPit
Ball OyIginGtOrS

Designer Nat Herreshofr, the wizard
OF Bristol, r. l., win have two racing
yachts in the trials to select representa-
tives of this country in the races with
Germany in September. The craft are
the skiddoo and the Chewink vi. Both
boats were completed q month ago and
were sailed around Cape Cod, the Skid
doc arriving at Marblehead two weeks
before the Chewink vi. The latter was
weather bound four days in Vineyard
Haven, Mass, and when she made the
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21

The question of raising the saloon
license Is now before tho board Of
trustees for action and tho citizens
are Watching the outcome with much
interest. The people want the H.
conse raised 10 at least 1000 and are
mot averse 70 the Chicago plan OF linn.
iting the number Of saloons. Some
of tho saloon men favor this and we
believe 1t the proper course to fol.
low. II the license Is high and the
number Of saloons limited IL will be
q beneflt to the city as we'll as to
these engaged in the liquor bust.
ness. The question Is one that de.
serves the best consideration OF the
council.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21

II Ia claimed that Occur d'Alene
stands ON a gold mine. The sCaven.
Scr takes an average Of ea6 out OF
aach vault he cleans, and many prop
erty owners are much excited as re.
suit Of the rich find. They never
knew before that their premises
would yield such quantities Of gold
and are considering how long Il will
10 before the scavenger is a million.
.aira.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21

The Cuban revolution, unless Il Is
promptly suppressed, mar result In
the United States taking charge Of the
island, FOR the purpose Of preserving
order.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21

II the Democratic medicine Is GO
ing 20 disfranehise the Mormons the
disease must be there.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21

Chicago team In a game which MIL
waukee won. 10 to 2 Arson famed
twice, Pike three times and Start
three.
In 1879 Golden returned to Rockford
to play In the Northwest league. That
season marked his retirement from the
game with strained llgament In his
shoulder. He never returned to the
professional ranks.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21

Garry Hermann Ia out on a wild hunt
for pitchers for his Cincinnati club. He
let three pretty good ones so In Druhot.
Overall aud DoFner. Probably Her.
mann doesn't know q good pitcher
when he sees one.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21
THE cHEwTNK vi.

trip around the cape she met with hard
conditions OF both sea and wind. Those
who were on her say she behaved well.
The races are to be held of Marble
head, in Massachusetts bay.
The Skiddoo has not yet started In a
race. and in friendly try outs with some
of the boats in her class she has fallen
behind her rivals. Judged by her going,
she has certainly not performed as well
as many prominent amateur yachts
men believed she would. She Is owned
by Herbert NJ. Sears, one Of the best
amateur patrons Of the sport
The Chewink vi. is owned by Frank
G. Macomber, Jr., who il regarded as
an excellent racing man. He has had
plenty of experience and Is considered
one of the best of the down east skip
pers. The Chewlnk vi. since her ar
rival at Marblehead has been tried out
against the Sumatra, the Bonidrei and
the Hayseed, and she outsailed them
She is held in high esteem by the
yachtsmen who have seen her perform,
some Of whom place her among the
three boats which win meet the Ger
mans.
Michael III. Golden, now q sergeant
Of the Rockford Qll) police department
but once big league pitcher, claims to
be the originator Of what IL now known
IS the spit ball, asserting he used the
delivery twenty-seven years ago, al
though he did not call Il that.
Golden says he threw the ball By
wetting the inside Of his third finger
o. the right hand where he gripped the
sphere. He often felt the effects Of the
ball IN his shoulder for days after.
Golden started with the famous For
sse CityH Of Rockford, the team which
dgvsloped Spalding. Barnes and Addy.
ne began hls professional career with
tie Westerns 81 HeQkuk, L., where he
played In 18f3 and 1sTA. The Esqkuk
club 1Oinsd the AmsEicAn; assOclation In
1sTU and went to pieces in July Of that
yeaS. Golden finished the season with
TIE Chicago team and the next year
went TO Indianapolis, where be played
the season Of 1879 and part Of 1877.
going from there to the Springfield Qll.l
club. It was while pitching for Spring
Geld that Golden stumbled upon the
spit bali.
The next season Golden was with the
tail end Milwaukee team OF the Ma
tiOnal league. His most noteworthy
performance with that club was the
striking out Of fourteen men Of the
Arizona silver belt., 1906-03-08
THE BlSBEE ELECTION

The miners of Bisbee by decisive vote of 22SS to 428 declared against the organization of union. Tn so doing they gave emphasis to the fact that in no mining camp in the world is labor accorded better treatment than it re- ceives in Bisbee and the Warren dis trict. There is only one other camp in the southwest were conditions are as favorable for the miner and that camp is Globe. Agitation of questions affect ing labor and capital in these camps where there is no issue and where it is admitted the laboring man has no grievance, can only be for ulterior pur- poses. It is the business of the pro- fessional agitator to cause dissatisfac- tion and discord and fortunately sensi. ble men in all walks of life recognize this and refuse to be influenced by their spacious arguments.
 What Arizona wants is industrial peace to insure continuation of the de velopment of her wonderful mineral resources. There is prosperity in store for all classes of her reputable citi- zens if the present industrial condi- tions are not disturbed, and those who seek to foment discord should be repudi- ated by every man who has the welfare of the community at heart.
Arizona silver belt., 1906-03-08
The Copper Metal Market

Geo. l.. Walker in the current issue of the Boston Commercial says: The market for copper is firm and there is nearer approach to activity. Lake and electrolytic are 1Si cents bid and 18t to lSa cents asked. Leading pro- ducing interests report that there is now good inquiry for casting copper at l8f cents, and that there is no cleo trolytic copper obtainable at less than l8s cents. The relatively high price for casting copper is the best possible evidence that the market is perfectly healthy and that there is no surplus of copper in store. When the market for the higher grades is at all artificial the price of casting is always noticeably low in comparison.
 It is excellent opinion that consumers will come into the market in body before the middle of the present month and that there will be copper enough to go around at 18a cents. The pros pect is rather more favorable at pres ent for higher prices than for lower. The consuming interests of both this country and of Europe are now bare of supplies and the prospect is that there will soon be heavy buying for foreign account
Arizona silver belt., 1906-03-08
CONTROL OF COPPER PRICES

The settlement of the Amalgamated warfare was only another step, although very important one, toward the merging of the great interests in the copper industry. And now. follow ing this important settlement comes the announcement of movement backed by no lesser lights in the copper world than Thomas F. Cole and John D. Ryan to combine producers of copper for the purpose of securing stability of the metal market. It is claimed that already the producers of seventy-fve per cent of the copper out put of the United States, Canada and Mexico have agreed to pool their issues. The efforts heretofore made to secure stable market for copper have failed because of the great number of producers, and that so many of them held aloof, that complete success was impossible. Now that the copper in dustry has become concentrated in comparatively few hands and with far greater harmony existing among the important interests, the combination of American producers seems not only possible, but to have excellent pros- poets of success.
Arizona silver belt., 1906-03-08

Highest market prices paid for young calves at the Pioneer Mardet. 2t