The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-11-25
AMASA-PORTER TO
WORK TO LIMIT
ENTIRELY NEW EQUIPMENT WILL BE
INSTALLED RIGHT AWAY
ADVANCE IN PRICE IS CERTAIN
The Talk is $1.00 More But 0pin-
ion is rs Gents Above
the Freight

Gen. Manager NJ. +. Richards OF the
hudson Mining company returned 10
CRYSTAL Falls last Saturday after two
weeks OF conferences with his people
4, Duluth and Chicago. MIR. Richards
announced to Diamond Dril re-
norter mat he had orders TO Equip
the Amasa- Porter with modern ma
chinery at once and to pull her wide
open." The Amasa-Porter has been
using the same dinky plant with
which Il was developed and has sue
ceeded in putting out about oo'Voo
tons OF ore this year, Next year she
viii crowd the 200 900 ton mark IT all
plans don't go wrong.
The ore produced by the Aulasa-
Porter Is Of a low phos non-Bessemer'
a grade that is greatly in demand TOT
the manufacture of certain kinds oil
hasic steel that is required for export
and "A in better demand than any Oh
the higher phos non-Bessemers that
are produced in the district.
The development OF this property
was commenced during the winter OF
1a14-15 and was continued through
out the year 1915. The machinery
was OF make-shift type, intended
only to put the mine through the de-
velonment period Operations were
continued all last summer and an out
nut of $4,000 tons was secured most
OF II from the development OF the two
levels that are opened up. During the
past summer there has been some
stopping done but in the main the op-
orators we're developing
A modern plaht will be installed a.
once. larger crew Of men employed
and every energy bent todards max
ing Just as large an output next sea
son as Is possible TO make
Ore Advance Assured.
Local mining men who have re-
turned from The iron centers say that
II Is conceded on all sides that there
win be substantial advance in the
ore prices next season. The talk in
iron circles is si.OO per ton advance
over the prices Of 1916 but the more
conservative ones say that they feel
quite certain that the advance Will be
75-cents per ton above any advance
that may be made In the ore freight
rates. Sufficient advances have been
made already ia lake freights to bring
tie price on this basis close to the
dollar advance.
There have been no out-and-out
sales made yet but the greater portion
OF the desirable tonnage has been tied
M on reservations" which means
that ore buyers have arranged with
the producers 70 cover their wants
the buyers agreeing to pay the price
that may be fixed later on. What is
true Of mine reservations Is also true
OF vessel reservations Most shippers
have made arrangements with vessel
Fowners to hanl their ore and the
price will be that which may be fixed
later.
Irst sprirg there was IN advance
Of 75-conts per ton made IN orc prices
above tho low prices that ruled IN
1915 ana ore minors went 20 work
viii soart but shortly after the
season opened !. was discovered that
one important Marquette prodt Ger. at
least was slodiny the market about
20.ceuts per ton 80 as 20 move some
accumulated ore.
With the increased cost Of produc-
ton. caused by the increase IN wages.
the utting OF the base price left very
little profit in the lower grades Of ore
and while there has been 3 big out
put on the whole many of the pro-
ducers who were i'm better position
than others. refused 70 sell
Since early IN the summer. there
has been reports Of an increase IN
the prices for next season and as the
shipping season neared its end the
report continued 10 increase In vol
ume until Il became generally con
ceded that one would be had. the only
qucsFon being "a 20 the amount
Carrying Rates Go Up.
Il in connection with the increases in
lake rates a Cleveland dispatch says
Tonnage Is not coming out very
freely and chartaIlns has been light
since tho - contract rate from the