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SHIPMENTS FROM UPPER LAKE PORTS--LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES SEASON 1947 Gross Tons--Railroad Weights CUMULATIVE FOR SEASON Port Dock Season 1947. % of Total Season 1946 % of Total Esecanaba....... C.& N. W. 4,141,643 5.32 3,052,648 5.14 Marquette...... DiS8.8. & A; 524,055 0.67 340,299 0.57 Marquette...... i S.& i, 4,220,596 5.42 2,208,669 S42 Ashiand . 3... GC. & N. W. 3,051,627 4.56 2,598,769 4.38 Ashland = 23... Soo Line 1,698,145 2.18 1,111,888 1.87 Supenior:. 2... Great Nor. 23,131,944 29.69 17,217,388 29.01 Superior. =. 2... Soo Line 1,236,967 1.59 915,431 1.54 Supenor... 6.2 Nor. Pac. 1,433,501 1.84 1,012,612 171 Duluth: 2. D.M.&I.R. 19,364,852 24.86 15,695,759* 26.45 Two Harbors.... D:M.&1.R 16,964,098 21.78 13,925,588 23.46 U:8.-Ports.. Total 76,267,428 97.91 58,079,051 97.85 Michipicoten.... Algoma Cen. 428,852 0.55 452,276 0.76 Port Arthur... . Can. Natl. 1,201,807 1.54 825,389 1.39 Canadian..... Total 1,630,659 2.09 1,277,665 2A5 Grand Total: (os. 77,898,087 100.00 59,356,716* 100.00 Increase from Year Ago........ 18,541,371 31.24 * Excludes 60,610 tons of western manganese ore which was loaded with Lake Superior iron ore during the season and was included in the monthly figures May to October, in- clusive. 1945 -- 75,714,750 1944 -- 81,170,538 1943 -- 84,404,852 1942 -- 92,076,781 1941 -- 80,116,360 1940 -- 63,712,982 1939 -- 45,073,052 1938 -- 19,263,011 DECEMBER, 1947--LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE REPORT ON CONSUMPTION, STOCKS ON HAND, AND BLAST FURNACE OPERATIONS GROSS TONS OF IRON ORE CONSUMED BY FURNACES (1) (2) Month Us; Canada Total December 1947. 4 a 6,722,548 247,787 6,970,335 Novembert947. 22. 2 ea. 6,836,817 231,467 7,068,284 December 1946... .2 3. 5 ee. 5,292,041 224,442 5,516,483 YEAR--CUMULATIVE Year 1947. a 77,977 ,812* 2,828,815 80,806 ,627* Vear 1946-73 ae 60,290,891 1,802,165 62,093,056 GROSS TONS OF IRON ORE ON HAND At Furnaces On Lake Erie Docks' Total U.S. (2) Canada Total (2) U.S. Only Stocks January 1, 1948..... 30,406,284 1,342,472 31,748,756 4,346,114 36,094,870 Month:Ago.. 3: 36,633,266 1,561,587 38,194,853 4,815,635 43,010,488 Year Avo... (232.0. 31,773,753 1,282,272 33,056,025 4,408,508 37,464,533 BLAST FURNACES DEPENDING PRINCIPALLY ON LAKE SUPERIOR ORE Number in Blast Number Idle Total U Canada Total U.S. Canada Total Furnaces January t; 19485) oo 169 9 178 14 1 15 193 Month Avo]. 2.3: 180 9 189 5 I 4 193 Year Avo: 3225-5. 168 8 176 17 2 19 195 *Adjusted to include consumption not previously reported. (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 20, 1948 486