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LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE REPORT ON CONSUMPTION, STOCKS ON HAND, AND BLAST FURNACE OPERATION BLAST FURNACES DEPENDING PRINCIPALLY "GROSS TONS OF IRON ORE j CONSUMED BY FURNACES (1) (2) January 1, 1820 GROSS TONS OF IRON ORE ON HAND ON LAKE SUPERIOR ORE January 1, 1949 YEAR--CUMULATIVE, Year 1948 At Furnaces On Lake Erie Docks Total Number ia Blast : Nuinher Idle Total Ss Canada Total U: S: @) Canada =' Fotal @) U.S. Only Stocks U.S. Canada Total U.S. Canada Total Furnaces 77,661,343 2,842,872 80,504,512 32,841,454 1,715,787 34,557,241 4,903,256 39,460,497 Ve 9 8 £ 195 (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 24, 1949 s ORE AND COAL EXCHANGE Cleveland, Ohio TONNAGE OF FREIGHT HANDLED IN BULK FREIGHT VESSELS ON THE GREAT LAKES, SEASON 1948 REDUCED TO NET TONS W. J. McGARRY January 15, 1949 Manager Year Bituminous Coal Anthracite Coal Ore Stone Grain Total Take Erie. 3. 33 ie 53,197,842 1,125,050 92,889,655 22,282,425 9,744,766 179,239,738 Lake Ontario. .... 53.22.45 3,901,209 VOT 202 a a 4,098,461 Lake Michiean.. ...°.... 2,142,177 ee 2,142,177 TAS ae a eee 59,241,228 1,322,302 92,889,655 22,282,425 9,744,766 185,480,376 488