The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-04
HEAVY IRON ORE
SHIPPERS LISTED.
MINES THAT HAVE SHIPPED
100000 TONS AND OVER
IN LAKE SUPERIOR
DISTRICT.

Skillings' Mining Review of last
week listed 81 mines of the Lake
Superior District which have to date
each shipped five million or over
tons of iron ore. Among the 81
are listed the Pioneer, Chandler
Soudan and Zenith mines of the
Vermilion Range. In addition to
the list the Review commented as
follows:
sc of these mines are on the
Mesabi, 9 on the Gogebic, on the
Marquette, on the Menominee,
. and a on the Vermilion. There has
been a gain of z in the five million
ton mines in the last two years. All
of the prominent operating compan-
les are listed as operators of this
group of mines, the Oliver leading
with % mines. Pickands Mather &
Co. has 10 mines on the list, the
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. has FIVE,
The Mckinney Steel Co., The NJ. A.
Hanna Company, and Jones &
Laughlin three each, Oglebay, Nor
ton e. Company two, and the Shen-
ango Furnace Co., Rogers, Brown
Iron Co., Wisconsin Steel Co., Re-
public Iron & Steel Co., Pitt Iron
Mining Co., Chandler Mining Co.
and Pewabic Co. one each.
1870 of Mesabi Ore From Large
Mines.
1t is of interest to note that the
Mesabi range mines listed have ship
ped approximately 70 per cent of
the ranges total output, the Yer
million mines sc per cent, the Goge-
bic 70 per cent, the Menominee Al
per cent, and the Marquette So per
cent The entire list CT 81 mines
have shipped approximately 775,-
100000 tons or 65 per cent of the
entire production of the Lake
Superior district since its beginning.
The oldest mine listed is the
CLEVELAND Lake from the Marquette
range, which began operations in
1854, the youngest the Kerr on the
Mesabi range which shipped first in
1916, and the Plymouth en- the
Gogebic, with the same date of
opening.
On the Mesabi range many fam
Gus open put properties will be
recognized There are IL mines in
Hibbing, five at Virginia, five at
Chisholm, four at Eveleth, two at
Marble, and one each at Coleraine,
Mountain Iron, Biwabik, Taconite,
Gilbert, Nashwauk, Kecwatin, Kin
ney and Aurora.
Hull Rust Largest Shipper.
Foremost in the list of large mines
= Ill of
514,693 tons to its credit. 1t leads
all other properties on all ranges by
wide margin, and year after year
it has been the leading shipper. The
Mahoning mine, which sdjoins it, is
also a great mine, and an active
present day producer. The Fayal,
Adams and Spruce comprise group
at Eveleth which are still large
mines, the latter being the large
producer at the present time. The
Missabe Mountain at Virginia has
advanced from 18th to 9th place
in two years due to its recent heavy
output. 1t has been second only to
the Hull Rust in shipments in the
entire Lake Superior district for a
number of years. The Canisteo has
been the mainstay of the Coleraine
district and has been very consist
ent producer. The Morris, Burt
and Sellers are part of the great
oliver group of mines at Hibbing.
The Mountain Iron mine has been
idle since 1908, but has large re-
serve tonnage. 1t was the first
shipper on the Mesabi. The Stew
enSOn mine is now small nrop.ertv
the Sauntry Alpena, Genoa, Hill and
Norman are exhausted. The Kerr
is the youngest of the large mines