The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-04
ore was used for fluxing. The
other States produced iron ore for

ore was used for fluxing. The
other States produced iron ore for
blast-furnace use only, except small
quantities for paint from Georgia
Michigan, New York, and Wis
consin, which are, however, ex-
cluded from the above figures for
iron ore.
The rank of the FIVE States pro-
ducing the largest quantity of iron
ore-Minnesota, Michigan, Ala
bama, New York, and Wisconsin,
remained unchanged in 1913, but
there were few changes in the
relative rank of certain of the
smaller producers.
The Minnesota iron ranges are
yielding at present considerably
more iron ore than is produced in
all the rest of the States together,
having furnished 62.37 per cent of
the total for the United States in
1913. The Lake Superior district,
comprising all the mines in Mime
sofa and Michigan and those in
northern Wisconsin, mined ST.
ST. 1852 tons in 1913, or S4.51 per
cent of the total.
The Lake Superior district in
cludes the Vermilion, Mesabi, Guy
una, Penokee-Gogebic, Marquette,
and Menominee ranges, in Mime
sofa, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
The Menominee range includes the
Crystal Falls, Metropolitan, Iron
River, and Florence areas; the
Marquette range includes the
Republic and Swanzy areas. The
Baraboo and Iron Ridge areas of
southern Wisconsin and the Spring
Valley area of northwestern Wis
consin are frequently included in
the Lake Superior district.
E. In addition to these ranges there
are several iron ore districts on the
Canadian side of Lake Superior,
the principal ones of which are the
Michipicoten, Animikie, Matawin,
and Atikokan.
The ranges in the United States
which produced ore in 1913 were
the Vermilion, Mesabi, Penokee-
Gogebic, Marquette, Menominee,
and Guyana, besides the Iron
Ridge area. Much development
work was done on the Guyana
range, which made its first ship
ments in 1911.
An analysis of the reported guam
tity mined in 1913 in the Lake
Superior district shows that the
Mesabi range mined Sc, 1873, OH
tons of iron ore, compared with
81, 6O4, 756 tons i'll 1912, an in
crease of 11.57 per cent; the
Menominee range 1897, 246 tons,
compared with 4,465, 400 tons in
1912, an increase of IL 81 per cent;
the Gogebic range 4,743.515 tons,
compared with 1926, 632 tons in
1912, an increase of 20. 80 per cent;
the Marquette range 1917 1903
tons, compared with 8, 545 ,O12 tons
in 1912, an increase of 1921 per
cent; the Vermilion range 1880
lis tons, compared with l ,457 ,273
tons in 1912, an increase of SAL
per cent; and the Guyana range,
which in 1913 entered upon its
third year as shipper of ore,
744,007 tons, compared with $780,
729 tons in 1912. an increase of
101.22 per cent.
The Mesabi range produced
co. per cent of the Lake Super
ior output and nearly SO per cent
of the entire production of the
United States. The Menominee,
okee-Gogebic, and Marquette
ranges are next in importance, the
Menominee producing in 1912
about 200, 900 tons less than the
State of Alabama, which is the next
State in rank as a producer after
Minnesota and Michigan. The
Vermilion range, the fifth in i'm
portance of the six producing Lake
Superior ranges, produced more
ore in 1913 than New York, which
is fourth in rank as producing