The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-17
LORE RESERVES
| ON THREE RANGES
MESABA RANGE CONTAINS $780,
OF STATES TOTAL-CUYUNA
RANGE $50 AND THE VERMIL-
ION RANGE 10.
(Skilling's Mining Review


Minnesota Tax Commission, which was
recently issued, gives figures on the
reserve tonnages as of May LIST, 1880
for every property in the state, with
the assessed valuation. The various
properties are listed as to the village,
city or township in which they are
located. There are three different
ranges in Minnesota. The most i'm
portant, the Mesabi range, lies in ST.
Louis and ItaSca counties, and con-
tains a reserve tonnage of 1,127 ,957 ,1O2
tons or $3.50 of the states total re-
serve, and ships 500 of the total
shipments from Minnesota. The YER
million range is situated in st. Louis
County and contains reserve tonnage
of 13,420,181 tons or 18o of the total,
while shipping $50 of the states total.
The Guyana range has listed reserve
Of $685., IA tons, or $3.50 of the total,
and makes $50 of the states total
shipments.
In the accompanying table are listed
the iron ore reserve tonnages as of
May /, 1880 for the different ranges,
separated as to districts. with the
number of mines shipping in 1880, and
the tonnage shipped. The division into
districts in most cases is natural
separation, the division being made as
to mining centers rather than by
school districts or townships. This is
the case in most of the Mesabi and
Vermilion range districts. In the Guy
una range the separation is not as
simple, and much of the mineral
property lies part way between two
districts, or in mineral reserve stu
ated some distance from any mining
center.
On the MeSabi range we find Is nat
ural mining centers, of which ten are
in st. Louis county and six in Itasca
county. The Hibbing district, con-
tanning 366, ,064 tons, is the largest
district in the state. both in point of
reserves and in volume of output It
contains 30Tc of the reserves of the
entire state and in 1880 made 5000 of
the shipments of iron ore from the
state OF the total reserve tonnage
the village of Hibbing contains 254, 463,-
886 tons and the township Of Stuntz
112, 453, 178 tons. The reserves of this
district decreased by 25,O0O,0O0 tons
since 1928, and by 81 100000 tons since
May /, 1926. There were II active
shippers from the Hibbing district in
1880, which produced 10,378,174 tons as
compared with 1886, 618 tons in 1929
This district includes many large prop
critics, notable among them being the
Hull-Rust, Mahoning, Sellers, Morris,
Scranton and Susquehanna.
The Chisholm district, including the
village of Chisholm, the village of
Fraser and the township of Balkan,
has a reserve tonnage of 168,215,8
tons, as compared with III, 468, 939 tons
two years ago. and is the second largest
district in the state. Shipments from
this territory amounted to 1868, 756
tons in 1880, this from mines. Among
the large properties which are active
are the Hartley-Burt, and Dunwoody.
Reserve properties which are inactive
include the Monroe, Niles, Forster,
Fraser, Tener, Alworth, and Humphrey.
The Virginia district includes the
city of Virginia and the village of
Franklin, and shows a decrease of
1900, 900 tons since 1928. Virginia
contains reserve of 78,15l,0 tons,
and Franklin reserve of 51,305, oil
tons. The Missabe Mountain and
Minnewas are the big active properties
here, while the Rouchleau, Sauntry,
Shaw and Moose are the large reserve
properties. The Virginia district ranks
second to Hibbing as a shipper with an
output of 4,947,913 tons in 1880.
The Aurora district with no active
shippers is fourth in reserves, with
90,674, ITO tons. OF this 83,610,O37 tons
is found in the township of White and
1864, 1873 tons in the village of Aurora.
The large tonnage is contained in the
Stephens, Bennett. and Donore re-
serves.
The Buhl district, including the vii
lagos Of Buhl and Kinney, and the
township of Great Scott, contains g.
387,546 tons. about 100000 tons less
than in 1928 Shipments were less
than half those of 1928.
Eveleth is an active shipper each
year and shipped 3.122,102 tons last
season from its three mines, the
Adams-Spruce group, Leonidas and
Fayal. The district includes the city
of Eveleth, Leonidas village, and Fayal
township. Reserves here are 5000, 00o
tons lower than in 1923
Included in the Gilbert district are
Gilbert and Mckinley, Missabe Noun
tain and Biwabik townships. Ship
ments are small and the reserves are
practically unchanged from 1928.
The Marble district is the largest in
Itasca county and includes Greenway
township and Calumet. It's shippers
are the HILL Trumbull and Hill-Annex
the latter one of the largest of the
Lake Superior district. The Marble
districts reserves show a heavy in
crease over those Of 1923
Mountain Iron Is an importan: dis
trjct as to ore reserves but Is unim-
portant as shipper, with but one pro-
ducing mine.
The Nashwauk district, including thu
village OF Nashwauk, the village Of
Cooley and the township of Nashwauk
is a very active mineral center with II
mines shipping 2,743,249 tons in 1880
It's reserve tonnage Of 33,597 .687 ton.
Is nearly 100000 tons over the 1921
reserve Among the larger reserves arr
the Hawkins. Harrison, Mesabi Chief
Gordon. and Kelvin properties.
The reserves Of the Coleraine- Bove,