The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-12-07
TOTAL SHIPMENTS WILL FOOT upTo
4s.sOO.OOo TONS
IRON COUNTY PRODUCTION SMALL
Shipments Viii Exceed Production &c.
cause OF the Cleaning Up Of Old
Stocked Product.

tory rs the one in which the greatest
Lake Superior district 10 date. has
been forwarded TO furnaces in tho low
or section of the country. The total
tonnage sent forward by water mp TO
the time of the close OF navigation
few weeks ago was AZ, 426, sol and 30
this must be added the all. rail ship
ments which are estimated 10 be q mil
lion tons making the grand total OF ore
sent out of the Superior country A..
500. 600. This is 5000. 900 tons more
than the record year of 1910 and leaves
but couple million tons more TO rsacn
the fifty million mark
In reviewing the ore shipping season
the Iron Trade Review says this week
THE movement for the season up
to Dec, was A. 4i4. $50 tons. There
have been shipped from Two Harbors
this month 4. i5l tons and IL is est
mated that 5000 tons will be shipped
from Escanaba, where two boats are
still 10 he loaded Adding this ton
mage, IL, l5i for the two ports. to the
movement up TO Dec. /. the estimated
movement for the year is AZ, 42G, Sol
tons.
with the addition of the all rail
shipments. the total shipments for the
year 1912 will be abont AZ. 500, 600. or
about 5, 600. 600 more than the record
year, 1910 IL is expected that there
will be great activity on the iron
ranges this winter. limited only by the
supply OF labor Some difficulty ia al
ready being experienced in getting
miners. One superintendent. who was
directed 10 open two mines which have
not been IN operation this year. report
ed that he could not get enough miners
to operate the two properties, bot would
be able to operate one.
"A very large percentage Of the Bee
senior ores has now been sold and the
buying OF non Bessamer ores has con
tinued at a fairly active rate. Some Of
the merchant furnaces hesitate about
buying at the present time. az they
prefer To await developments. Very
few merchant furnaces have, covered for
their full requirements. Officials Of
merchant furnaces point ont that the
average time for consumption OF ore
purchased now will he i2 months anead
and that some ore purchased now will
not be- consumed for 30 months for
which reason they are disposed 20 pe
very deliberate about buying large
tonnages.
Local interest naturally turns 20 the
figure that Iron county cnt in the ore
shipments of the of the year. The dock
figures have not been gwen out yet but
the report Of the late William Carlson
shows that there were produced By the
mines of Iron cornty between Sept l.
1911 and Sept. /, 1912 total OF e.737.
CSC tons OF ore but 10 is likely that the
shipments will show an increase over
that on account OF stockpiles that were
cleaned up.
The Iron River Stambaugh district
passed the Crystal Falls district IN
point OF production this year tor the
first time. and il is probable that that
section will sustain the lead for manT
years 10 come or nc least until some Of
tue big properties now idle on the east
side open mp.
The total production Of the Crystal
Falls district was |. $50. COS tons and Of
the Iron River Stambaugh district
I. AS. Gs3 tons. The biggest producer
in the county Is ths Bristol which
totaled 500. 100 with the ToDin second
lite output being 3I6 900 tons. The
biggest producer on the west side was
the Caspian with 27I. 1914 tons. followed
by the Hiawatha with i7S.0IO. The
production figures of the Caspian for
1912 is no criterion OF what that pro
pcrty can produce as she was working
with q small force tne first two months
of the season.
There were employed In the mines 81
Iron county during the year betweon
Sept l. 0iland Sept 1, 1912, 3,0s3
men and Of tins number there were
employed in the Iron River Stamhaugh
district. i,si6 aud in the Crystal Falls
district 1916 The Caspian mine Is
the largest employer of.labor, there be-
ing $40 men employed therein The
Riverton comes next with e4g and the
robin shows up third with 2Q7 The
Bristol employs 1919 men.