The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-11-04
hlNES WllL RAVE TROUBLE TO
CARE FOR WRITER'S OUTPUT
EXPECT INCREASE IN PRICES
Miners Of Iron Ore Hope to Get
Some of the Big Profits Arising
From Heavy Foreign Demand

much ore into the coming year. In
fact the mines OF Iron county will al
most all carry reserve supply to
protect them against a shortage next
year and a possible labor aggitation
next spring. The year 1916 did not
witness the cleanup in ore piles that
il was thought would be the case ear
ly in the spring. There was much ore
shipped but II came from the pockets
in most cases and not from the stock
docks.
In the Crystal Falls district large
piles remain at the Great Western,
Bristol, Carpenter and Tobin mines
The Great Western pile Is a legacy OF
former days and not from an accumu-
lation of re ecent years. II was thought
however, that large portion OF the
Great Western pile would be shipped
in 1916 but such was not the case and
the old pile still remains on the docks.
The Carpenter pile was accumulated
last winter Ii was thought early In
the year that this mine would ship
every pound OF IT'S output as the grade
Is an excellent one Early in the
shipping season there was rumor that
the Carpenter owners didn't inted to
sacrifice their ore aud subsequent
events seems to bear cut that state
ment for their pile remains almost as
intact as IL was last March.
The Bristol pile has bad some ore
taken from II but there IS plenty of it
left TO supply a good sired furnace
and TO limit storage space Tor the
ironsing winter g.
The 1obin mine pile isfnot 50 Erge
as that al the other properties be-
cause the property was idle most Of
last winter but there is a fair sized
pile already in stock and 1t Is being
added to rapidly The Dunn and Cd
gers mines OF the Corrigan- Mckinney
company have no stockpiles.
On the west side OF the county there
are number of large piles also and
the same conditions are said to exist
upon most OF the other ranges OF the
upper peninsula.
Expect Higher Price in 1917.
There Is a common understanding
among iron ore miners that iron ore
win command more money next year
and that fact is one of the main rea-
/ sons why the mine owners have not
been anxious to get away all of their
/ 1916 ore. II is an acknowledged fact
that the iron miner has been getting
/ the small end Of the profits i'm the
iron business While the finishing
IRA lls have been getting big prices and
accommodating enormous dividends the
I iron miners have had TO be content
with an increase that bearly repays
them for the Increased labor costs not
20 speak Of tie great increases In all
materials. especially explosives.
/ This policy Of giving the miner the
small end OF the prosperity in the
iron business is result OF the ae-
quisition OF the ore mines by finish
ing interests. BY keeping down the
price of iron orc much 4 saved In the
way OF royalties many OF the royalty
PAYING properties having their royal.
ties based upon the price OF ore
taxes and other ways while the profile
arc taken at the finishing end and are
iust az great, Y not greater than if
they had been distributed along on The
different stems in the process OF min
ing add manufacture.
Te !ndepr ldent miner Is the fellow
tiiat gsti u tie neck from this poll
cr and as q result the Independents
seek TO make alliances with maau
factifers whenever possible or 20 go'
atu tie manufacturing end and thu
reap tho profits that are denied thom
IA mining alone.
Tie injustice Of keeping ore prices
down. with every other item increas
ing has become 50 apparent that 10
save their faces the producing
sumers are willing 70 advance the
ore prices and Let their mining ends
get some Of tho prosperity that we
hear 50 much of In the iron industry.
Just what tie increase will be is
not know bot there Is rumor that
the advance VII be S1oo per ton
The older heads in the game do no;
txi 4 stcl q violent increa q buf
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