The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-17

district are about the same as two
years ago. Active shippers are the
Morrison, Danube and Orwell.
The Keewatin district shows some
decrease in reserves Its four producers
are the Bennett, st. Paul, Sargent, and
Mississippi The Bennett reserves are
quite large.
The Biwabik ditrict, including only
the village of Biwabik, is a compare
lively quiet district. The Biwabik mine
is the only regular shipper, while the
Mary Ellen mine made a small ship
ment in 1880.
Taconite showed increased activity
as shipper last year. with the Holman
Brown and North Star added 70 the
shipping list, and the Arcturus con-
tinuing to be active. The Diamond Is
reserve property in Taconite.
A small reserve tonnage is located in
Grand Rapids township, in which Is
located the Greenway mine, recently
being developed The Mesaba district
on the extreme east end Of the range,
including both the village and the
township, has small reserve, with no
active mines.
The Vermilion range contains but
two districts, the Ely district, and the
Soudan or Tower district, where the
mineral reserve is included in Breitung
township. The Ely distict shows some
decrease from 1928 in reserves, with the
Soudan reserves a slight increase
Shipments from Ely in 1890 were the
heaviest in years, with the Pioneer,
Sibley, Zenith and Chandler mines
active. The Soudan mine is the only
shipper from the Soudan district.
The Guyana range contains one ma
jor district both as to reserves and
shipments. This is the area included
in Crosby and Ironton villages and the
township of Irondale, which contains
500 of the ranges estimated reserves
and made $3.50 of the shipments Of
the entire range in 1880. Ironton's
reserves are the largest, 1851 ,346 tons:
Crosby contains IL ,593, ga tons, and
Irondale township 7,343, 1873 tons. The
district as a whole shows a decrease
in reserves since May l, 1928 Impor-
tant mines in this area include the
Armour No. /, Armour No. 2, Hillc-est.
Croft, Mahnomen, Louise, Evergreen
and others.
An area including the city of Brain
erd, Crow Wing, Long Lake, and Oak
Lawn townships has total of 1851
$50 tons as an estimated reserve ton
mage, but includes no active mines.
rIa oraa lioS coutbuocf So,,ft a-5 .,~@
of Brainerd and includes some Of the
South Range ore. The heaviest re-
serve is in Oak Lawn township, includ-
ing the Omaha mine, Dunn reserve,
and N. w. reserve
Guyana village and Rabbit Lake
Township include a large estimated
tonnage known as the Kennedy re-
serve, lying under Rabbit Lake, where
number of diamond drills were re-
Gently employed in an exploration pro-
gram.
Mckay township lies east of Brainerd
in the vicinity of Mckay lake, and con-
tains some reserve tonnage.
North of Crosby and Ironton are
Trommald, Manganese and wolford
townhsip, in which the Maroco and
Milford mines are active.
Riverton village contains part of the
Sycamore. mine and Deerwood town.
ship, in the southeast portion of the
range, has small estimated reserve
tonnage.
The total Guyana range reserves on
May /, 1880 were 66.095, Ia tons, an
increase of nearly $1,000, 900 tons over
the 1928 reserve. The total listed re-
serve of 1907, 472, 427 tons for Mime
sofa in 1880 is a decrease Of 10000 600
tons from the 1928 figures.