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1903.] MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. 3! EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF MINES IN MINNESOTA. Duluth, Minn., March 11.--Henry P. Wieland of Fisher Minn., in speaking of the early development of iron mining in Minnesota, said to a representative of the Marine Review: "In the summer of 1866 the Wieland families were living at the then thriving community of Beaver Bay, on the north shore of Lake Superior and about 50 miles northeast from the "fond du lac." There was no Duluth in those days and Superior was a mere settlement of Indians and a few whites. The Wie- lands were engaged in fishing, lumbering, farming and trading for furs. At that time an excitement arose over the discovery of gold in northern Minnesota, near Vermillion lake, then the center of a large Chippewa population. Several expeditions went from the head of the lake to Vermillion, and one, under the guidance of Christian Wieland, now deceased, started from Beaver Bay. The promoter of that expedition was Dr. Eames, then, or about that time, state geologist. He went along, and others accompanying him and C. Wieland, were my father, Henry Wieland, his brother, Albert Wieland, and some others whom I do not now recall, together with some Indians. "About that same time, or a little after, another party started out from Superior under the guidance of Thos. Clark, with whom was Robt. McLean of old Superior, long a well-known figure thereabouts. When the Eames-Wieland party. got to the Mesabi heights C. Wieland found indications of iron. ore. He informed the state geologist in camp that night that he thought there were good indications of iron in that locality, to which - Eames responded: 'We are not after iron, we are after gold.' "So the party continued on in search of gold and finally "reached Lake Vermillion. They went via Beaver Bay river over the main divide to thé series of lakes at the head of Stoney river, and thence to White Iron lake and on across the country to Vermillion. It was a frightful trip, and is very different in the telling now from what it seemed when C. Wieland told it years after. At their destination also Mr. Wieland reported indica- tions of iron.' This was about a year later than the same dis- covery by the late Geo. R. Stuntz of Duluth, as given in a recent sketch of his life." "T believe,' continued Mr. Wieland, "that the Mesabi Iron Co. was the first iron company organized in this state. This company was started in 1882, though its projectors, the Wielands, Ramsey, Spalding and others, surveyed the lands it now holds in the early 70's. The company is still living and has recently given an option on its holdings, some 8,000 acrés, for the sum of $30,000." A curious fact in this connection is that while this was the original company and located lands that seemed excellent, no merchantable ore has ever been found thereon, most of the de- posits seeming to be a magnetitic schist, much of them, perhaps, under a gabbro intrusion from the south. Some years ago the Mesabi Iron Co. sold its pine land holdings for $30,000. Last year the same pine was sold for $300,000, and this winter it has again been sold, this time to the Oliver Iron Mining Co., to be used as mine timber for the sum of $500,000. Had the Mesabi Iron Co. held its pine that alone would have been a fortune at this time. There are not wanting indications to show that the present option on its lands is more for what timber may remain unsold than for what iron there may be in the inclosing rocks. NEW COIL AND PIPE BOILERS The supervising inspectors of steam vessels at their annual meeting in Washington a few weeks ago, approved coil and pipe boilers presented by the following named persons and firms, when such boilers are constructed in all their parts of wrought iron, steel, or cast steel, in the manner as provided in the general rules of the board: C. W. Krotz, New Orleans; Philip J. Miller, Annapolis, Md.; S. T. Powers, New Orleans, porcupine boiler ; Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consoli- dated, Morris Heights, N. Y., types "D improved" and "E im- proved;" Emil Santsche, Eureka, Cal., porcupine boiler; T. B. Perkins; Grand Rapids, Mich., improved porcupine; "Salaman- -. drine" boiler, manufactured by the Salamandrine Boiler Co., Newark, N. J., presented by H. L.. Ricks, Eureka, Cal.; Taunton Automobile Co., Taunton, Mass., porcupine boiler; Tabrett & oe Lewin, San Francisco, and Egbert P. Watson, Elizabeth, N. J., ' porcupine boiler. The board also approved the Tippett spring safety valve, pre- sented by Norman L. Hayden, Columbus, and the Adams spring safety valve, made by Thomas Adams & Co., Manchester, Eng- land, and presented by Luther D. Lovekin, Camden, N. J. The oil barge Shenango for the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. is to be launched from the yard of the Bath Iron Works on March 18. AROUND THE GREAT LAKES, In the matter of the libel and petition of the Gilchrist Trans- portation Co., for limitation of liability the United States district court at Cleveland has extended the time within which peti- tioners shall take depositions to April 10, 1903. The case of John D. Gilchrist et al versus the Steamer Lackawanna, has been discontinued by stipulation and costs paid by libellant. It will interest a great many to know that Capt. John Sin- clair, who was taken from his post at the St. Clair channel lights two months ago in a serious condition, has sufficiently recov- -- ered to be restored to duty. He is seventy-two years old and has been associated with the great lakes industry for the past fifty-two years. He is a brother of Cyrus 1. Sinclair, the man- ager of the Great Lakes Towing Co. Capt. A. B. Chambers of Cleveland has been appointed as- sistant marine superintendent of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., vice Capt. B. B. Inman, deceased. He will have his headquarters at. Sawlt Ste. Marie. Mr. Roy Williams of Cleveland, who has for some time past had charge in the office of the Steel Corpora- tion with certain work relating to the movement of iron ore, will be connected with the vessel department. Names have been selected for quite a number of the steamers which are building at the lake yards. The steamer building at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. for G. A. Tomlinson of Duluth is to be named Saxona. The two steamers building at Bay City for Mr. Tomlinson will be christened Sinaloa and Sonoma. The Prindeville steamer, building by the Colum- bian Iron Works, St. Clair, Mich., and which is to be launched next week, is to be named Winnebago. The steamer building at this yard for the George Hall Coal Co. will be named John C. Howard. The two steamers building for the Provident Steam- ship Co. will be named D. K. Clemson and D. G. Kerr. Funeral services for the late Capt. W. W. Brown of Cleve- land were held at his late residence, Kenilworth road, Euclid Heights, on Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. J. Alexan- der of Beckwith Memorial church, of which Mr. Brown was a member. The active pall bearers were Messrs. H. S. Wilkinson, H. H. Ward, George Warden, George Rudd, Charles L. Mosher, Frank S. Masten, M. A. Bradley and EY ©. Eenithan, [he honorary pall bearers were Messrs. Harvey D. Goulder, F. D. Herriman, Jacob Seibig, W. S, Carr, George P. McKay... 8. Cowle, H. A. Hawgood, Carl Russell and E. G. Macomber of Cleveland, and L. C..Smith, H. W. 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