The Ely miner., 1937-07-29
CHANDLER Mine
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Mr.. Sibley, in speaking of the Chand-
Ter leases, stated that the fee owners
were making it possible for the op-
orators to reopen these properties In
asmuch as the royalty had been placed
at 80 cents per ton. The royalty was
made low and other concessions made
to assure the operation.
Since the close of the mines, the
State of Minnesota has estimated the
available ore in the properties at 1000
tons for assessment purposes, $4,000 tons
on the North Chandler and $4,000 tons
on the South Chandler The fee on the
South Chandler is held by the Pat
tison estate, the several interested in
the fee also having signed the lease
to the Evergreen people.
The history of the Chandler proper
ties is interesting. To Skillings' Mining
Review we are indebted for the at
tached account, of the picture being
from our own gallery of historical views.
The Review in speaking of the leases
said:
The two properties have shipped a
total of 11,435,875 tons, of which the
Chandler mine produced and forwarded
9,171,702 tons, and the South Chandler
2.264 ,173 tons. The last shipment from
the Chandler was 1885 tons in 1890,
and the last shipment from the South
Chandler was 28,242 tons in 1925. In
the latter active years Of the Chandler
and the South Chandler the former
was operated by the Chandler Mining
Company of which Frank A. Kent and
John CoStin were the leading spirits,
and the former was general manager,
while the South Chandler was oper-
ated under the lease by B. M. Pattison
and c.. A Northcutt was manager. In
the heyday of the Chambers prosperity
it was operated by the Oliver Iron Min
ing company. The ore was highgrade
and especially desirable as furnace
product The Vermilion range has given
justification for the theory that there
may be important undiscovered ore in
any mine in that area. The ores of the
range are elusive, but very desirable.
historic, and expert men will strive to
give it place in the sun once more.
First Ore From Ely Area
The accompanying picture is Of the
Chandler mine at Ely, Mimi, as it ap-
peared in 1888, and is a reproduction
from a highly priced photograph, the
property of the late S. S. Rumsey, a
former chief mechanical engineer of
the Oliver Iron Mining Co. 1t is not
generally known that in those far off
days, when the Chandler, which was
destined to become famous iron mine
was in the initial stages of development
that it was operated as an open pit
property. But such was the case, anc
the picture represents it at that stage
The wonderful trough of iron ore al
Ely outcropped at a point just north
of the station of the Duluth, MisSabe
Iron Range railroad, on the presen
site of the city of Ely, and it was ther,
that the open pit cut disclosed in TIT
picture was made, and from which TIT
first iron ore was produced in the El,
district of the Vermilion range.
Open Pit Incline Skipway
People familiar with the modernl
equipped open pit mines of today vii
be quick to observe that there are n
steam shovels, no locomotive cranes, n
trains of ore cars in the pit, and n
tractors. They will notice that the fac
ilities for loading the skip consist o
men with hand Shovels. After the ski
was loaded with ore, it was showed b.
hand along the track to the inclin
Skipway, and it was then hoiSted b
steam power and conveyed to the stock
pile. The power house appears in tn
picture, as does No. shafthouse. Nc
2 shaft was 600 feet east of No. / an