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FROM VARIOUS RANGES OF LAKE SUPERIOR Vert "YEARLY [SHIPMENTS « oF 'TRON - ORE o: les the ore. oe Bs bic Vermillion Meaty e has also been maintained Vear: Maauere Menominee sia = ee he ee Gee ae os to the length of ey ic ee aoe oe S50 Fe Ror FeSO 0s, 114, in the echiddule' of pig ion prices Geert) 222: 49,909 wil be noted that the highest 1862-....-.----- bas das s were in the concluding years of 1864 ee gate 5 : 1865 : the civil war. As high as $75 was. fue 278,796 paid for pig iron in 1864, the average Be eke oe - the being $59.25... The lowest 1869.....:-0 2. -. 617,444 eS ee ee 2 § Ve70sc cee 830,940 ; Woe 779,608 : 1822) sok 900, RICES OF PIG IRON SINCE 1854. 876 1,162,458. '1B8s ny 78 fa ae 919,557 y es Os ane to. 1B9S. ee 891,257 Pe re eter ess tse eae 6 oa 992,764 : age eee Wt 1,010,494 4,59 VSB eee tee eee as "37% 187 1,033,082 : 78,028 : ret eee 1870 eee 1,130,019 245,672 (1860... 5... sees sees ees ae REO 1,384,010 524 735 ee ee Bel 1,579,834 727,171 TOG. os oes eee e ee ee ees prise WeSo2 Ue 1,829,394 1,136,018 ; 1863...... 16. se esse eee ae Ise 1,305,425 1,047,415 ae 1864.00... sess sees eens se eas 1,548,034 895,634 1,022 eit 1805. vec set es sense ees sole Ss, 1,480,422 690,435 119,860 225,48 ee oes idee, 1,627,383 880,006 747,589 304,396 Bsr pee Tet 1,851,414 1,193,343. 1,303 267 394,252 ON REE So era ao O88 eG 1,918,750 1,191,101 1,424,699 - $11,953 RS EY Ras oe 40.6214 toes 2 2,634,816 - 1,796,755 2,016,391 844,682 (1870. eee eee e eee ee 33.25 _ 1800) ee 2,993,664 2,282,237 2,847,786 880,014 TET Tee eee eee ee eee nen ao i 2,512,242 1,824,619 1,839,574 894,618 | 1872.00... sees eee eee eee 48.87 Y VEO 2 ee: 2,665,169 2,261,499 2,971,991 1,167,650 4,245 1873.0... eee eee eee ee 42.75 | ree 1 837,580. 1,466,197 1,329,385 820,621 613,620 VBA ee ones scan ee sees ier a ist, 2,059,330 1,137,949 1,809,468 948,513 1,793,052 POF cess 25.50 os 2,097,838 ~ 1,923,798 2,347,976 1,077,838 2,781,387 1876........ Mette sence es 22.25 TBV6 Gs. one 2,604,221 1,560,467 1,799,971 1,088 090 2,882,079 B77. ee eee ee eee eee 18.87% ay ee 2,715 035 1,937,013 2,258,236 1,278,481 4,275,809 1878.0... cece eee eee eee 17.62% £098 3,125,039 2,522,265 2,498,461 PL 265.142 4,613,766 1879.0... eee seen ee eee ee 21,50 P08. 3,757,010 3,301,052 2,795,856 1,771,502 6 626,384 1880.00... eee eee eee eee 28-50 100 ee - 3,457,522 3,261,221 2,875,295 1,655,820 7,809,535 oy 25.12% q90 le 3,245,346 - 3,619,053 2,938,155 1,786,063 9,004,890 PYBB2 ce tiie eee ee 21.85 P08 ee 3,868,025 4,612,509 3,654,929 2,084,263 13,342,840 1883.06... eee ees 19.04 10g 3,040 245 3,749,567 2,912,708 1,676,699 12,892,542 1884. 0... eee ee 17.16 Ot 2,843,703 3,074,848 2,398,287 21,822,839 12,156,008 1885.2... 6s ee eee ee eee 15.27 NO0S, ee 4,210,522 4,495,451 3,706,737 34,353,456 20,153,699 : TONG es 18.96 1906. 4,057,187 5,109,088 . 3,641,985 1,792,355 23,792,553 1887........ 00. e eee eee 21.37 1007 4,388 073 4,964,728 3,637,907 1,685,267 27,492,949 see Petes rete teen tees 17.38 1003 2,414,632 2,679,156 2,699,856 841,544 17,257,350 Cee ees ewer sete erence ce RAIL FREIGHTS ON IRON ORE FROM MINES TO LAKE SHIPPING POINTS See eee ee wm mee we ete te 1892 16.40 Menominee Gogebic Range. Mesabi and Vermilion Ranges. eae io 6s Marquette Range. Range. Ashland. c - ~\ Gt 9.65 (a ENG ye z > To Two Harbors from | OE ete a. Wis, Cent, .& NW. Tower € Otiee ee : Year Marquette. Escanaba. Escanaba. Railway. Railway. Duluth. Superior. Ely. Soudan. points. -- : 125500 65. $8 Oe) era, i'w, eee als 0 0 « 6 es 6 « Cee mee rte rere sec oeee Gd at si aie. 41446 24) 04) ool china eves e iia ee as! eee is ee je ees, 68 Vee seers essere rsrevee Ce saa aera arr Sip wisie@i c/a ee. 0:6. 0's 0 0:80. © See ee ee eee eee ere eres eee ee eee eee ew ee ee eee see twee eee tw eee Ce er ey weet eee eee ew eee eee ewww e ewe oh 1.10 1.80 "*P rior to 1882 prices are foe NOSE an. £7069) 2 1ETO 1.85 thracite foundry pig iron at Philadelphia. POZO ee 10 1.85 Succeeding figures are for Bessemer pig 1871........ 95 1.70 iron at Pittsburg. OT 2 ee -84 1.70 in : © ie se 00 ° . average was in 1897, following a ee te ie period of four years' depression, when 1877........ 1551.18 it fell to $8.35 a ton. -- Co ee ote -_ Since the ranges were discovered oo a) me 407,060,116 gross tons have been ship- ee vette ees 2 en ' ped from the mines, of which enormous 1884......°. 149 80 total Mesabi, which was only devel- oe ee oped in 1892, has contributed 167,527,- 1887........ "55 '0 $0.85 $0.80 $0.80 0 co . 45 70 75 70 70 143 tons; Marquette, the oldest of the 1g9... 1" "* 45 70 a 70 "70 anges, 87,647,819 tons; Menominee, j8o)-°':°-:: " ee 4 68 66,337,670 'tons; Gogebic 56,732,446 ep - o ao 65 "05. $0.80. $0.80 ~ $1.00 - $0.90 - $0.80 tons; Vermillion 28,017,170 tons; with 1g04°°."°" "39 "52 79 < mp3 o 80 1.00 90 80 | i Ss 2 nS 65 80 80 1.00 90 80 unclassified shipments of 797,868 tons. jg927°77: °° e = a 8 52 .80 .80 1.00 90 80 Z " 1s07 ce "39 re a oe oe .80 .80 1.00 .90 .80- ee a 45 80 80 1.00 90 80 ; sng ae a 45 .40 45 .80 .80 1.00 90 .80 5 : : ; : coo a _ -40 -40 .40 -80 .80 1.00 .90 -80 he Canadian Graving Dock & Ship 9911117117 33 40 as os - ad ee 00 oe a Building Co. Ltd, has been formed 1902.21... ee ease lc hlclCUlU OR at Montreal for the purpose of build- i904./))11. "as 40 a 4 30 '$0 1.00 "90 80 g gtaving docks and to establish jeg¢""7': 3 . rh is 40 80 a0 f.00 90 '80 large modern ship building plant 1907-....:.. 32 40 4p 44838910080 2 a aie Ste eeeee .40 .40 40 : ; : : : : either in Montreal or Quebec. We, oe te oe 8 90 oe i. ere : 32 40 40 40 -40 .80 .80 1.00 90 80