The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
series of test pits and perhaps a
working shaft.

have let contract to Jack Bedford
to log considerable timber from
their property. The large timber
will be made into logs for the mill
and the balance into mining timber,
sets and cordwood. The land
from which the timber is taken is
to be cleared to avoid fire danger
next season.
| The shaft on the Vermilion Iron
Development work on Pine Island
has reached depth of 100 feet.
The ore values in the shaft are
steadily improving the assays
going in the neighborhood of 90
per cent. A coal supply for the
winter has been taken to the pro-.
perty and work is being pushed.
Messrs Cardle and Lewis of the
company are keeping their eyes
open by frequent visits to the
work.
Mr.. Kennedy who is handling
the affairs of the Mesaba -Vermilion
Iron company on the Lucky Boy
property just south of this city is
feeling good over the success of the
work. The diamond drill on this
property is said to have shown up
over 90 feet of good ore, enough
to warrant a mine and a working
shaft will be sunk and actual
mining begun. Chas. Osterberg
did the drilling. Mr.. Kennedy is
also meeting with excellent success
on the McCue property on section
10, 62.14.
The Duluth Diamond Drilling
company has taken contract to
explore lands in S, 62-12 and a
drill has already been started. M.
H. Alworth of Duluth is said to be
behind the work and will thor
oughly explore the property. The
lands are a little south of the
Erickson land and located on the
same lead as the Lucky Boy and
White Iron Lake propositions.
Mr.. Alworth is recognized as a
valuable addition to those now
putting their money into the
Vermilion range. While he con-
trolls considerable lands on this
range he has heretofore almost ex-
clusively confined his efforts to the
Mesaba range.
| w. w. J. Croze in his address
before the Conservation Congress
in St. Paul among other things
said the following of the Mesaba
range.
The first ore from the Mesabi
range, was shipped from the
Mountain Iron mine, over the Du-
luth, Missabe & Northern railroad
1892. The total shipments during
that year amounted to 424S tons.
Since that time the Mountain Iron
mine has produced IL. 200, 900 tons.
At the. present time there are
1872 producing properties on the
Mesabi range from which in 1909
were extracted 28,174,OO tons.
Since the range was opened, and
up to the first of January of this
year, the shipments amounted to
the stupeudousquantity of 1o5, 7OO,-
900 tons, which added to that
from the Vermilion. range, gives a
grand total of 224,S25.OOO tons. /"
The Duluth Herald's mining
correspondent says: Some time
ago, it was reported in the daily
press that E. ]. Longyear, the
great iron mine finder in Mime
sofa and Michigan, would under
take exploration of property on
the Vermilion range. The report
stated that the land was iii section
l8, 62-14. There seems to have
been misunderstanding as to the
land. The report should have
said section 8, 62-13. The land in
question is supposed to be the
Sauntry property. Nothing fur
ther has been heard about the mat
ter, but it is known that the
abstracts were called for and terms
agreed on, although no paper had
been signed. Strength is added to
this report by the fact that Mr..
Longyear holds lease on al
Mesaba range property belonging
/ to Mr. Sanrldru and that the raiof