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VWiOE ole 12,215,645 GROSS TONS. OFFICIAL FIGURES COVERING THE ORE MOVEMENT BY LAKE DURING 1897--RAIL SHIPMENTS WILL- MAKE THE OUTPUT PRACTICALLY TWELVE AND A HALF MILLIONS--RECEIPTS AT LAKE ERIE PORTS AND STOCKS ON DOCK, Official returns from dock managers at all ore shipping ports have been received by the 'Marine Review, and the shipments by lake are found to foot up 12,215,645 gross tons. (Figures covering rail shipments will not be available until the close of the year. 'Rail shipments will aggregate probably 200,000 tons, and the total output of the Lake 'Superior mining region will therefore be practically 12,500,000 tans, or full 2,000,000 tons more than the output of 1895, which has been referred to as the 10,000,000- ton year. As compared with 1896, the shipments 'by lake this year show an increase of 2,571,609 tons. The greatest gain over 1896 is in the move- ment from Two Harbors, where mines of the. Vermilion and 'Mesabi ranges, controlled mainly by the 'Minnesota Iron Co., show an increase of 837.473. 'Increases at Ashland, Marquette and 'Duluth range from 375,000 to 500,000 tons. 'Shipments of the several ports during five years past are recorded in the following table: LAKE SHIPMENTS OF IRON ORE--GROSS TONS. 1897 1s06 =| ~Ss«1895'. | 1894 1893 Escanaba... er ee 2,302,121 2,321,931 - | - 2,860,172 1,644,776 2,048,981 Marquette. shssedin Week| ena 94D D1) 1,564,813 1,079,485 1,424,850 1,086,934 PASAT ce ceta = cisis sase-vocstosses ecets 2,067,637 1,566,236 2,351,219 1,788,590 1,117,520 Fiiw Os ban DOMS:baws ieee ee neceeenecets 2,651,465* | 1,813,992 | 2,118,156 1,373,253 903,329 Gladstone =. isc.cces oe ees 341,014 220,887 109,211 79,208 203,585 SUpenloncessc-ccasicoretce-ess Behe seas 531,825 167,245 NPB Sdesls wet ceree see 80,273 Dulutha vs eee esa eee 2,376,064 1,988,932 1,598,783 1,369,252 440,592 Motalebyalakostsccsee see coees 12,215,645 9,644,036 | 10,233,910 7,629,829 5,880,918 No ten Lesa | leerrea lesions see ee eee cee eee pe 290,792. | 195,127 118,394 178,037 Total shipments........-..:..|.sccccseovsereeace| 9,994,828 || 1054295037 6,058,955 7,748,223 * Includes 12,265 tons afloat in vessels at head of lakes. (With the close of the year shipments from all mines in the Lake Supe- rior region will be given in detail. "As yet the shipments by mines can be given only in the case of the two (Minnesota ranges--Vermilion and \Mesabi. These are as follows: 'Mine. 'Dons. ,| 'Mine. Tons. Mountain Tron.:<......... 760:000--|ec@liver..cécatwtieri actich joc 609,612 Brawler aslo any ter ROO cc aguas 642,939 || Minnesota. ..:..... bse 592,196 @handler seein fie Ge ce AS8so0" ||. IMiominges..eese tse 519,892 IBA desea het AQT AGGe | |. SGeMOA air). - eecleh «0 airs jae 309,514 Lake Superior. .../........ 959 O10: | SP iOMeer oss. chilean: sce ae 207,103 AamMS: lech RRR eceeiae alrfasilNNeee eNGl inet, 5 dao 5c08 Ggapoan ose 175,263 UNOMIMPITI Gt ois. een eles 10L070 les paittay a. ott ten enamon ic) Commodore.:..... cna hiy. BO,/79U. | ©] cs. 5 wceelth ge Soe 47,309 EGTA ayes fea scane, giisje Paso 40,817 | Cincinnati. ..... ...-+.++2> 32,720 Roberts: castes se emis 18,6145 2 sibliales Giz lectene ct Acrntpee a 13,728 Clloquets 3s cnet ee ere 12,215 | Penoscot .....---+-++-+ee- 11,933 There are in the foregoing list twenty-two mines, the three of the Lake Superior group being counted as one mine. The greatest iron a ing totals ever reached by any corporation in the world were made this year by the Minnesota Iron Co., its shipments aggregating 2,259,248 gross tons. Tonnage handled by the Minnesota railroads this year has been as follows: Duluth & Iron Range, 2,651,273; Duluth, 'Mesabi & Northern, 2,376,063; Duluth, Superior & 'Western, 531,825 tons. Janae In the following statement of water shipments by ranges it wil oe noted that the Mesabfis far in the lead. The (Miarquette range sent aoe tons by way of Escanaba; the Gogebic range, 136,927 tons, and the Me- nominee 'range 1,610,376 tons: Gross tons. Marquette Ratige 1. syace eth omens oR ph ace ecrmene coir pene Menominee Range . cry se. cs sqsrs ec ce" geet piece a een nee atee Gogebic Range ....... 1s a bide leariae tepiay: pyauered Ot Seto Hee es Vermilion Range ..... vara 5h beer ery aisle cir cade eee its apegnarn Miesabi Range... sc vate sss sae eer ee Pi eeeD eae ,280, 5645 Total water shipments......-:-+ceseeceseeteestetsetiesss 12,215, 64 ; : om Id-range The following summary of shipments from some (of Se sG) : i mines ent Seer icels TO teeet. as full returns from the different mines ml not be at hand until the close. of the year,. but the figures are 000: aie to actual amounts: Norrie, 800,000 tons; Lake Aneehne a "Tilden Superior, 375,000; 'Cleveland-Cliffs, 720,000; Republic, pee N ; at 300,000; 'Chapin, 656,825; Montreal, 190,000; Aurora, 165,000; Newpor) 150,000; Ashland, 105,000; Queen, 212.000: Penn Iron Mining Co., 40/,9UU. Receipts and Stocks of Ore at Lake Erie Rants: 'Complete returns from ore dock managers at all Lake Erie Epis also been received by the Review, and it 1s found aah ee yee i. awas docks foot up 10,120,906 tons, while the amount Qn On. 094 474 tons 5,923,755 tons. The 1897 receipts at Lake Erie ports '5 968 771 tons in in excess of 1896, and the amount on dock at present 1S ; excess of stocks on Dec. 1, 1896.°- ; i _ 'As shown by figures presented on May 1 of this y ee aay eee 'of dock at 'Lake Erie ports at the opening of paneer ah 120,906 tons, ore; add to this the receipts during the season just close, © 7+" co , at and we have a total of 13,377,403 tons: deduct 5,923,755 tons, the amout re EAs 1 now on dock, and we find that the shipments to furnaces between May ARINE CLEVELAND, O., DECEMBER 16, 1897. a a3 ae ike e REVI. No. 25. and 'Dec. 1 foot up, 7,453,648 tons, against 5,021,146 tons during the same period in 1896 and 6,339,496 tons during the same period in 1895. ; . It will be noted that there is a difference of 2,094,739 tons in the ship- ments from upper lake ports and receipts at (Lake Erie ports. This differ- ence represents the ore that was moved by. water to South Chicago and other points on Lake Michigan. In 1896 the shipments to South Chicago and other points referred to, aggregated 1,631,489 tons, and in 1895 they were 2,121,682 tons. . 'capa Pie Following are the tables showing receipts at Lake Erie ports and amounts on dock during five years past: IRON ORE RECEIPTS AT LAKE ERIE PORTS--GROSS TONS. Ports. 1897 1896 1895 1894. 1893 ° Toledo...... ; 416,438 301,794 260,730 158,384, | | 145,515} Sandusky. 79,792 58°67 12/361 | * 931043" ae uron ...... 198,231 | 296,515 146,442 172.775»). 1873700 Lorain....... 355,188 1.44? 214,219 150, ~ 165,667 Cleveland............. 2,456,704 | 2,818,170 | 2,312,370 | 1,624:573 | 1,260:716 RTPOLU A nee ee ,008,340 446 914,617 976,222 792,51 Aishtalhul alae teeni ie cae 3,001,914 | 2,272,822 | 2,474;791 | 1,987'722 | 1,845,738 Contieante es 1 eeemrenen =| "495327 | 327.693 |, 244.967 237,905 203,20 Brie... ci ink Ee SOR 6 Pieihe 1,311,526 | 847/849 811,989 | 624/438 369,299 Monawanda.. cf. 797446 | 545,101 | 719,742. | 395,389""| *: 808,238 Total ou eee ee 10,120,906 | 8,026,432 | 8,112,228 | 6,350,825 | 5,333,061 IRON ORE ON LAKE ERIE DOCKS, DEC. 1--GROSS TONS, Ports. eovaee 1896 1895 1894 1898 Toledo 194,644 115,959 113,132 96,15 | 92,011 Sandusky 84,786. | . 59,49 34,375 77,00 78439 Huron... 230,029 200.075 101,000 147,682 | -° "39,00 Lorain... 317,50 231,988 224-964 923,733 201.632 Cleveland. ....| 1,478;355 | 1,419,311 | 1,200;792 | 1,441,785 | 1,163°930 Painport,c:iaésc ie eae 825,312 773,905 605470 | _ 660,980 578.033 Ashtabulast 2 oe ee en moore 1,835,694 |° 1,441,666 | 1,301,302 | 1,439;119 | 1,2967431 Conneaut'. eee ere 360,895 -| 275,800 292/460) 199,365 91°337 Papier hk chee eee Dee ae 484,871 355,222 335.718 454,233 359,827 Buffel: ce: ee eae mens 111,660 82/267 207,199 94°239 |° 119170" Rotaltacceeenes ees 5,923,755 | 4,954,984 | 4,415,712 | 4,834,247 4,070,710". Average Rate per Ton. 'A. report to the effect that the [Bessemer 'Steamship 'Co. has. settled with the Oliver Mining Co.-(Carnegie interest) on the basis of a 65-cent ore rate for the season just closed, has caused considerable discussion and some misunderstanding regarding average ore rates.. The average of daily rates ftom the head of the lakes for the past season was only 57.2 cents, but this rate must not be taken as the average on all oré moved from the head of the lakes. Avery large part of this ore was contracted in the spring at 70 cents for the full season and 60 cents to Oct. 1, so that the average on wild and contract ore, or, in other words, on the entire ton- nage moved from the head of the lakes, would be considerably above 57.2. When the tonnage of each of the shipping concerns is secured, and Also the average freight per ton paid by each concern, it will probably be found that the average freight per ton paid on all ore moved from the head:of the lakes was quite close to 65 cents. 2p alee nnerate Fy \Ai letter from Capt. Jamieson of the steamer \Minneapolis, printed elsewhere in this issue, criticizes the action of the light-house officials in removing gas buoys, light-ships and other aids to navigation from their | stations early in the present month, while hundreds of vessels were still engaged in traffic between Lake [Michigan and 'Lake Erie ports, and now that the stranding of the steamer Iosco at Gray's reef in the Straits of Mackinaw is attributed to the removal of the light-ship from that point, it is probable that there will be still further complaint on this score. It is difficult to move gas buoys and light-ships from their stations after winter weather sets in and ice begins to form. 'With the increased number of gas buoys now on the lakes the light-house officials are also-at a disad- vantage on account of having only a few vessels to handle them, and the _ vessels are not in all cases suited to the work. Then, too, there are some owners who would keep their ships going all winter, if they coiild do so, and expect the government or someone else to provide for their safety. But with all this it would seem that the criticism of Capt. Jamieson is to a certain extent justified under the weather conditions that have prevailed this fall. There is the same trouble almost every year, and it is due in part to transfers of light-house inspectors to and from the Jakes. There can be no set time for the removal of these aids to navigation, as condi- tions of weather differ each year. This year it would seem that the inspectors acted too hastily in a number of cases. bie After a very long delay the report of the Lake Erie-Ohio river ship canal commission of Pittsburg is at hand. It is a very neat volume of some 250 pages, accompanied by several maps and engravings of lake ships, Ohio river barges, etc. Two or three of the pictures represent large numbers of barges or scows on the river at Pittsburg loaded with coal and awaiting a rise in the river to float down stream, although their draft is not more than a few feet. This spectacle is not very encouraging to a scheme for a canal in which it is proposed to float lake ships. The report is well prepared and neatly bound, and the handsome book will undoubtedly be used in an effort to secure a first installment of the appro- priation of $10,000,000, which Congressman 'Dalzell will try to obtain from the federal government. But the scheme is so utterly devoid of merit that it will probably not be heard of in Washington after. Mr, Dal- zell's bill has been introduced and referred to a committee. ©