The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-23
vERMILION HIGH
GRADE ORES
HALF MILLION TONS ON STOCK
SHIPMENTS TO BEGIN
- SOON

8 to start the 1920 shipping movement
says Skillings Review. No ore ha
e been loaded into cars as yet but j
e is expected that the coming week viii
: see ore going down to the docks.
/ The largest operator on the rang'
is the Oliver Iron Mining Co. will
, mines at Tower and Ely. The Sou
t dan at Tower is not heavy shipper
but is consistent one and will for
ward it's usual tonnage this season
At Ely the Oliver operates the Pi
oneer and Sibley mines. The first
named is rightly designated the pre-
mier underground mine of the state
It's total shipments to date are H..
318,527 ton, and it is capable of a
very large annual production for
many years to come. 1t has been
working all winter with large force
of men and has in the neighborhood
of 100000 tons in stock. All but
10000 tons was hoisted through "a"
shaft, vertical shaft. This ore was
hoisted from the 18th and 18th levels
at depths of 1860 and 1160 feet. The
"a" stockpile is all very high grade
Bessemer ore. "B" shaft Pioneer is
70 per cent incline, with steel sets
and concrete lining. Through this
shaft has been hoisted a small ton
mage of non-Bessemer ore, which will
total about 10000 tons. The Pioneer
mine is splendidly equipped as to ma
chinery and buildings, and the work
ings of the mine itself are in the best
shape they have been in years. This
This property should. be good for
production of between 100000 and
100000 tons this season.
The divers Sibley mine has not
been worked very heavily this winter
and has only about 100000 tons in
stock. One shift only has been en-
ployed for the pas four months.
The Sibley mine has a splendid steel
shaft and the very finest equipment
right through. It's ore runs very
high in iron and low in phosphorus,
and surpasses any grade in the en-
tire Lake Superior district. Charles
Trezona is general superintendent of
the divers mines on the Vermilion
range, and B. o. Strachan is super
intendent.
The Zenith mine at Ely, formerly
operated by the Oliver Iron Mining
Co., passed to the Zenith Iron Mining
Co., an Independent concern, last
summer. 1t has been worked stead
lily all winter and has about 100, 900
tons of ore in stock, all high grade
Bessemer. The Zenith ore is hoist
ed through No. 2 shaft, a vertical
shaft, from the 18th level, at a depth
of 1000 feet. The mine has extern
sive workings and will produce heav-
lily this summer. The new company
has made number of improvements
since taking hold. An Office building
has been erected, and additions made
to the mine plant. A large and mod
ern air compressor, with capacity
of $3.50 cubic feet of free air per
minute has been installed and is now
in operation. A new 1875 X. w.
Westinghouse generator is being in
stalled, and other improvements are
contemplated. The Zenith mine has
shipped a total of 5,618,787 tons
during its career, and has long life
ahead of it. Kenneth Duncan is SUI
perintendent for the Zenith Iron
Mining Company.
The North Chandler mine is op-
Grating one shift and has about 40
600 tons in stock Some shipments
were made to the Zenith Furnace co.
the past winter. This company OPP
crates the north forty of the old
Chandler mine and is making: splen
did record for itself. The grade has
been maintained remarkably well and
holds close to 60 per cent of iron,
with low phosphorus. Captain
Frank Kent is general manager for
Vic Sii1HuiCl MILLING CO.
The south forty of the old Chan |
dler mine is known as the South |
Chandler mine and is operated BY B.
M. Pattison. This mine is working
single shift and has a stockpile of
about $4,000 tons of Bessemer ore.
1t did not ship heavily last season,
and part of its stockpile has been on
hand several years. The South Chand-
Ter has been very successful op-
Grafton, and the old workings have
yielded thousands of tons of ore un-
der the skilful management of the op-
orators. Since the North Chandler
shipped its first ore under the new
regime in 1911, the two Chambers
combined have shipped out total of |
1 ,157, 306 tons. Those in a position
to know state that both properties
have many years of production ahead |
of them.
The Section 80 mine, east of Ely,
is working small force of men, but
will not be a heavy shipper in 1920.
A campaign of exploration will be
conducted this summer and it is ex-