The Ely miner., 1931-07-17
MACHINERY PLACED
AT GRANITE QUARRY.
PRESIDENT ANDERSON OF THE
ARROWHEAD GRANITE COM
PANY TELLS TWO HARBORS
REPORTER OF PROGRESS AND
PROSPECTS.

Arrowhead Granite Company feels very
optimistic of the success of the find o.
| Swedish pearl gray granite at tht
quarry south of Ely on the Ely Fin.
land road, four miles south of tht
Halfway. Mr.. Anderson when inter
viewed by a Two Harbors Chronicle
reporter expressed himself as follows
L aim at a quantity production anC
| the use of this preferred and very
beautiful product for every granite
purpose Anderson declared. "Ir
every way it is far superior to any
other granite. No other granite is ir
the same class with it for wear OF
for beauty and I will put it right ir
the price field of the inferior grades
When we exhaust the deposit of black
granite up there in the reserve, if we
ever can, there is enough pink granite
up there to last through several life
times of maximum production. 1t is
as good a grade Of pink granite as we
have ever found"
Anderson was delayed in Two Har-
bors last week through fear that if he
attempted to truck in eight tons OF
Diesel engine over the forest roads
and bridges marked as having a cap
acity OF three tons, he might get into
trouble. Moving the giant Diesel en-
gine onto big truck, the great burdel.
had been moved as far as Beaver Bay
when Anderson became apprehenSlve
of what might happen in moving over
ho tn owl he
rest of the journey.
Il didn't worry about the engine but
about the safety of my men," he de-
clared after the Diesel had been
truqked back to Two Harbors.
He arranged at the D. M & N. shops
to have the engine taken apart for
two shipments and the next day it
went into the Forest.
Anderson reported that he had
heavy orders for the black granite 81
ready booked and thai the buyers
were as anxious as he was for him TO
get the quarry into production.
There seems to be no question but
that we can sell as much of the black
granite as We can get out" saIu Mr..
Anderson. The only obstacle IN the
face of very heavy production is the
truck haul of 16 miles we must make
to Ely to the railroad. If we had a
railroad reaching to the quarry we
could increase production many fold
and would be glad to do it. Maybe
We will get the railroad to build into
W. nd ct>
the railroad company that the invest
ment would repay it in freight earn
ings."
There is no question about the
quality of the granite. Samples have
been taken over a wide area, cut and
polished and Anderson says there was
never any more beautiful granite ever
found.
County Engineer Hanson reports
that all machinery needed for the
operation of the quarry has arrived
there safely and predicts production
will start by August l.
Hanson confirms Anderson's report as
to the existence of an unlimited
amount of pink or red granite near
Birch Lake to the north of the black
granite deposit. He says also there is
a vast stretch of light grey granite in
the vicinity of the black.
L am hopeful that the D. M. & N.
will see enough profits possible from
the hauling of the granite to warrant
it in building line right into the
quarry" said Hanson. Then an i'm
mense production would be possible
and Lake County would reap a hand
some return. It would only be neces-
|sary to build about u miles of road
|of about the same construction as a
logging road Two bridges would be
necessary, one over Birch River 225
feet long ard one over KahwiShiwi
river about 800 feet long, the same
length as the present vehicle bridges
The railroad bridges would be
cheaper than our bridges as planking
would not be needed PilingS~could be
had from the forest close by. Logging
companies do not regard the building
OF such a road as in any way pro-
hibitive as to the COST
mistaken notion as to the pes
centage of the government royalty in
the production arose from false infor-
nation derived from men working in
installing the machinery at the quarry
1t was stated to be 81 per cubic foot
Mr.. Anderson declares the royalty tc
be s2.7O cubic yard or ten cents a
foot. Minimum production should
yield Lake county tidy sum.
Il do not care about what the min
imum production required by the gov
ernment is although there is a mini
mum to assure its continued opera
ation." said Anderson. What I am
interested in is the possible maximum
production. I am so little interested
in the minimum requirements that ]
| have forgotten what they are.
I'VE are going to get out all the
| granite We can and if we can't gel
out enough to suit us with the mach
inery now being installed well install
more. The deposit is going to be
worked for all it is worth all the time
and the more granite we can get out
the better we will be pleased"
F, Aggressive words such as these COM
ing from some men might be dis
missed as whistling for courage but
one look at Mr.. Anderson and ths
notion is fixed that here is a man O.
high action, stern determination anc
a producer of results. He is a big fel-
low. with broad beam, capable look
ing hands that make heavy load:
shiver when he grasps them and des-
pite a merry and confident smile hs