The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-04
RESUME OF THE YER 4
MILLION IRON RANGE.
This District is Always Steady Producer
and will This Year Forward Normal
Tonnage Of Over Million Tons.

shaft, and electrifying the mine
plant, are contemplated in the near
future.
The Oliver mines on the YER
million range are in charge of gen.
eral superintendent Charles Ire
IONA, with superintendent B. o.
Strachan as his assistant.
Opening Up New Level At Zenith.
Zenith mine at Ely, operated by
the Vermillion Mining Co., a SUBJ
sidiary of Pickands, Mather & Co.,
is another large property which has
been active all winter and which
has a large stockpile. The Zenith
employs about $50 men and is pro-
ducing from 1000 to 100 tons
daily. Shipping from pocket began
last week. The Zenith shipment in
1922 was 252,733 tons and it IS ex-
pected that larger shipment will
be made this season. A night shift
was added last fall and the present
crew is the largest in two years.
Production is coming from the 18th
level and above. A new level the
18th, is being opened up at present
and drifting is in progress east and
west of the ore body. A Hoar
Loader has been in use throughout
the past year in mucking out the
development drifts and has done ex-
cellent work in speeding up the
footage. In the slicing operations
splendid results have been obtained
by the use of the double drum tug
ger hoist and slusher and it is ex-
pected that more of these will be
placed in use.
| The Zenith completed and placed
in operation last fall a new brick
machine shop, completely equipped.
Contemplated improvements at this
the moving of several dwellings to
new site, construction of several
new houses for employees, an ad-
dition to the dry house, new steel
trestle, and new track arrange
ment giving more stockpile ground.
The Zenith is one of the largest and
most prominent mines in, the Lake
Superior district and produces a
high grade ore. It first shipped ore
in 1892 and has forwarded 6.221,-
034 tons to date. Its biggest year
was in 1915 when it, shipped T14,-
852 tons Kenneth Duncanis sup
erintendent in charge of the Zenith
mine.
Ship Product to Zenith Furnace Co.
The Chandler mine at Ely is OPP
Grated by the Chandler Mining Co.,
with F. A. Kent as general manag-
er and G.. H. Moore as superintend-
ent. 1t is working about 30 men
and producing about $500 tons a
month, which for the past year has
been shipped regularly to the Zenith
Furnace Co., at Duluth. The Chand-
Ter is not large property now but
has given a good account of itself
for the past several years. Its pres
ent crew is much larger than year
ago, and it is now being worked to
capacity. 1t has a small stockpile
Last years shipment was 44,29S
tons, which will be exceeded this
year. The Chandler was the or.
iginal property of the Ely group an6
The total Chandler shipment tt
date including both the north ano
south forties is 10,872,458 tons.
The South Chandler mine at Ely
lies in the south forty of the ole
Chandler mine and is operated by B
M. Pattison, lessee, with William
Nudge as superintendent. It hal
been idle for two years but it il
generally expected that some wore
will be received soon about resum
ing operations. A stockpilel of ap
proximately $4,000 tons is avail
able.
. End Activitr for the Present,
The Section 80 mine located IL
Sec. 30-63-11 three miles east o.
Ely is ringing down the curtain OF
it's somewhat cheekered career
The operators have served notice O.
the termination of their lease, ant
are busy disposing of the machin
cry, and will, within the next few
months, move a large number o
, dwellings off the property. TIL
mine will, after the middle of July
, revert back to the fee owners
, Leonidas Merritt, the Eaton estate
and Geo. A. st. Clair. The latte
was the active head of the compan,
. operating the Section 80 mine.
shipped first in 1910 and its tota
, output to date is given as ABB 80
, tons. Last year it shipped out 81,
, 857 tons Of silicious ore. What tn
J future holds for Section 80 IS prob
lematical, but for the present a
J least its activity is ended.
J. A Probable New Shipper.
/. The Armstrong Bay mine, form
erly known as the LaRue property
lies east of Armstrong Bay on LAX
: Vermilion, in Sec. z and 8-62-14
, While still in the prospect stage
J has a very promising showing an
: now has railroad serving it. 4
, stockpile of from 10000 or II
a 600 tons is available, and sma
r tonnage of ore is blocked out, be
tween the first and second level!
v A small crew has been worked o
) surface this winter with no wor
\ underground, but it is expected ths
: activity will soon commence an
j the property probably placed on tn
Y shipping list this year. H. E. Wa
s bank is superintendent in charge G
o the Armstrong Bay property.
8 The Vermilion range is exper
s encing some shortage Of skille
:. miners which will probably becom
k more evident when the summer COZ
d struction and other outside work b.
d gins. A larger production woul
n be possible at all the mines if tn
h :;orces could be increased. and it
s difficult to estimate just what II
e years output will be. A very sa
q isfactory labor situation has existe
= so far this year, however, and