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LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE SHIPMENTS FROM UPPER LAKE PORTS Gross Tons—Railroad Weights CUMULATIVE FOR SEASON Port Dock Season 1950 Escanaba...........................C. & N. W. 5,007,221 Marquette..........................D. S. S. & A. 619,469 Marquette..........................L. S. & I. 3,466,101 Ashland............................C. & N. W. 3,335,298 Ashland............................Soo 1,554,639 Superior............................Great Nor. 23,640,272* Superior............................Soo 1,230,567 Superior............................Nor. Pac. 1,554,183 Duluth.............................D. M. & I. R. 18,768,161 Two Harbors.......................D. M. & I. R. 17,089,983 (Total)............................D. M. & I. R. 35,858,144 U. S. Ports.......................Total...............76,265,894* Michipicoten........................Algoma Cen. 724,539 Port Arthur.........................Can. Natl. 1,215,159 Canadian.........................Total............... 1,939,698 Grand Total........................................78,205,592* Increase from Year Ago.................................. 8,649,323* The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association 1170 Hanna Building, Cleveland 15, Ohio January 24, 1951 * Corrected by reduction of 89 tons in September shipments reported after close of Season. GRADE STATEMENT—SUMMARY SEASON 1950 Grades of Lake Superior Iron Ore Shipped by Lake In Gross Tons—Cargo Bill-of-Lading Weights* TOTALS BY RANGES (a) Gross Percent U. S. RANGES Tons of Total Mesaba.....................................57,702,948 74.53 Vermilion................................... 1,504,909 1.94 Cuyuna.................................... 2,452,465 3.17 Total Minnesota...........................61,660,322 79.64 Gogebic..................................... 5,118,674 6.61 Marquette.................................. 4,709,380 6.08 Menominee................................. 4,014,865_______5JL9 Total Michigan-Wisconsin..................13,842,919 17.88 TOTAL U. S. RANGES...................75,503,241 97.52 CANADIAN RANGES Michipicoten................................ 717,292 0.93 Steep Rock.................................. 1,203,016_______1.55 TOTAL CANADIAN RANGES............ 1,920,308_______2.48 GRAND TOTAL..............................77,423,549 100.00 TOTALS BY GRADES Gross Percent U. S. RANGES Tons of Total Non-Bessemer...............................61,985,823 80.06 Bessemer...................................10,244,215 13.23 Manganiferous, Total......................... 2,740,950 3.54 Includes: Mn. 5% or More................... 562.395(b) 0.73 Includes: MN. Less than 5%................. 2.178.555(b) 2.81 Siliceous.................................... 532,253 0.69 TOTAL U. S. RANGES...................75,503,241 97.52 CANADIAN RANGES Bessemer................................... 1,920,308_______2^48 GRAND TOTAL..............................77,423,549 100.00