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GX The LOG BULLHORN Qn Febe:4 the Peterson Mine on the Go- jebic Range was closed, bringing to an 2nd anera of 81 years of iron ore nining on the Gogebic. The availabili- ty of high-grade ore elsewhere and the 2volution of the benefication proces— ses have rendered Gogebic increasingly inprofitable. In 1915, 6,000 miners worked in Gegebic County. A mere 230 niners were employed at the Peterson Mine last summer. Juring the 1965 navigation season,U.S. and Canadian fleets moved a total of 195,000,000 net tons, the third high- ast in history. Grain cargoes amounted to 21,900,000 tons, with U.S. vessels carrying only 12 per cent of the total Limestone carried came to 30,820,000 tons. Iron ore, the principal commodi- ty, amounted to 88,100,000 net tons, the highest since 1957. Westbound ore through the Seaway totalled 12,800,000 net tons, up 1,000,000 tons from the preceding yeare Coal carriage was 54,400,000 tons, highest since 1957. Interlake Steamship has requested per- mission from appropriate U.S. and Can- adian agencies to transfer the steamer AUGUSTUS B. WOLVIN to its Canadian af- filiate, Labrador Steamship Co. She has laid idle at Erie the past five seasons. Davie Shipbuilding's HULL 658 a 730-foot diesel straight decker for Labrador Steamship, was laid down Oct. 5. She is scheduled to be launched in April with delivery in June. Canada Steamship Lines reportedly have arranged to charter the British-flag, ocean-going self-unloader CARL SCHME- DEMAN for the 1966 season. She was chartered by Hall Corp., for lake~Sea— way service in 1963. CHEMBARGE NO. 2 (aeLAWRENDOC i), for some time moored in the North Slip at Sarnia for use as an acid storage unit by Reid interests there, has been sunk in the slip to serve as base for Cana— dian customs dock at a marina. When the New Poe Lock opens a year from this summer, 1,000-footers will be able to traverse the Soo. It was announced in mid-January that both Am Erican Ship Building Co., and Fraser Shipyards, Ince, were studying plans for enlargement of present facilities to accommodate construction of lakers of this sizee Litton Industries of California, whick broke off merger talks with Americar Ship in December, announced in mid- January its interest in building @ $25,000,000 shipyard on the lakefront at Lorain which would have the capabi- lity of handling 1,000-foot lake car- vierse The jumboized Navy tanker U.S.S.MIS- PILLION, rebuilt at American Ship's Toledo yard, arrived at the Bostor Navy Yard during the week of Dec. 13, following a 1,916-mile, 25-day tow by three tugs of the Turecamo Coastal anc Harbor Towing Corpe Labor shortages at Toledo delayed her completion there prior to the Seaway closing. (See »g "65 Log)e SHIPYARD SHAVINGS American Ship's HULL 879, building a the Lorain yard for the U.S. Bureau o: Fisheries, will be launched March 1‘ and named MILLER FREEMAN.» Branch Lines, Ltd's tanker CEDARBRANC] badly damaged by explosion and fire a Montreal last July 31 (See Aug. '6 Log) was towed to Sorel for repair an lengthened 32 feet to 291 (OA) at Mar. ine Industries, Ltd. She resumed ser. vice late last season. Branch Line’; WILLOWBRANCH is being similarly en. larged to the same dimension at Sorel Two units of Canada Steamship Lines fleet are undergoing significant re build at Kingston Shipyards this win ter. The motorship METIS is being con. verted to a cement carrier in a uniqu project which will give her two lonai- tudinal holds rather than _ the us cargo spaces built athwartships. csiY self-unloader MIDLAND PRINCE is recei. ving new boilers at Kingstone