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LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE REPORT ON CONSUMPTION, STOCKS ON HAND, AND BLAST FURNACE OPERATIONS -GROSS TONS OF TRON ORE CONSUMED BY FURNACES (1) (2) MONTH | US: Canada Total December 1944.05, 2 6 6,899,273 190,901 7,090,174 November-1944. = 6,886,608 196,088 6,882,696 December 1943": 7,313,034 196,062 7,509,096 YEAR--Cumulative Year 1944. 2 84,734,391 2,512,609 87,246,990 Year 1948 3.202 3 8585 241 2,442,448 89,027,689 GROSS TONS OF IRON ORE ON HAND At Furnaces On Lake Erie Docks Total U.S @2) Canada Total (2) U.S. Only Stocks Jan. 1, 1945. <-- 31,597,124 _ 1,285,602 32,882,726 4,941,150 37,823,876 Month Ago...... 37,772,344 1,476,774 39,249,118 5,472,556 44,721,674 Year Ago: 2 = 35,773,787 1,445,656 37,219,443 6,209,198 43,428,641 BLAST FURNACES DEPENDING PRINCIPALLY ON LAKE SUPERIOR ORE © Number in Blast Number Idle 'Total U.S. Canada Total U.S. Canada Total Furnaces Jan. 19452... 164 6 170 ~ 23 4 26 197 Month Aco... 163 6 169 24 4 28 197 Year Ago..2. 4. =. 176 6 182 10 4 14 196 (1) Includes Open Hearth Ore, as heretofore. (2) Includes Lake Superior Ore at plants which also consume other ores, as heretofore. The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association 1170 Hanna Building, Cleveland 15, Ohio January 18, 1945 BULK TONNAGE SHIPMENTS 1944 1943 1942 Ore, 90,911,003 94,533,434 103,125,990 Bituminous'coal. = 58,747,203 51,120,475 51,623,848 Anthracite.) 1,416,127 ~ 848,984 909,949 Grains 16,228,880 11,810,116 8,501,586 Stone:< 2 16,852,171 17,339,675 18,570,048 184,155,384 175,652,684 182,731,421 VESSEL DISPATCH ae ee oe es ow ee es DULUTH-SUPERIOR COAL DOCKS--To Close Of Season 1944 Average Total Average Per 1,000 Dock Tonnage Cargoes Cargo Detention Dispatch Tons 963,455 89 10825 835:35 9:23 so2 DM G&G IRe 2 853,212 82 10405 766:40 9:21 :54 : 715,497 78 9173 1240:35 15:54 1:44 Berwind: 3.325. 6s 962,752 101 9532 1893 :05 18:45 1:58 : 572,349 63 9085 1326:25 21:03 2:19 Reiss) 2:5 558,483 56 9973 1155:40 20:38 2:04 : 746,793 108 6915 1789 :50 16:34 2:24 Aenith oe 743,012 101 7350 1606:45 > 15:55 2:10 : 874,493 87 10051 2022 :25 2315 2:19 Bittsbureh = 2 924,349 93 9939 2116:00 22:45 2AT : 495,661 57 8696 1289:15 22:37 2:36 Cleve. Cliffs: 2) 2. 479,129 SI 9395 1162:00 22:47 2:26 378,511 52 7279 1058:15 20:21 2:48 Northern) 330 395,389 53 7460 1431335 21:21 2:52 . 953,245 123 7750 2896 :55 23:38 3:02 Carnegie. 22 930,417 123 7564 2664:20 21:40 2:52 2,266,103 268 8456 6856 :25 25:35 S02 NW.-Hanna:... 2 =... 2,306,154 281 8207 7084 :45 25:13 3:04 787,103 102 Tl 2691 :45 26:23 o25 Great Pakes. 20. 704,823 86 8196 2160:50 25:08 3:04 850,984 94 9053 2797 :20 29:46 S717 Inland: 850,383 94 9047 2704:10 28:46 Scr 240,973 38 6341 1283 :40 33:47 5:20 Pom Rie 242,998 34 7147 1194:50 35:09 4:55 9,845,167 1159 8495 26088:25 22:31 2:39 PROVAT. a ee 9,951,101 1155 8616 25640:40 22:12 2:35 DM & IR ee 279,730 40 6993 531:55 13:18 1:54 'Two Harbors...) =o. 207,419 29 4152 382:05 13:11 1:50 From Pittsburgh Steamship Company DULUTH OFFICE Upper figures show comparative results for 1943. 497 q ; 4