Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 24, 1912, Page 19

property, consist of ore mixed with sand, which is | separate from the ore washing before ship- ment. The enormous washing plant at Coleraine- Bovey will handle 12,000 tons a day. | Open pit mines are covered by an overburden of earth and gravel which must be removed by > : — saiaiaaeenl Ms oo a ¢ stripping to a depth of thirty, fifty, as much as ; one hundred feet, before mining begins. In many places more earth is removed in the stripping than there is ore to be mined, and the operations run into millions and millions of tons every year. There is also a great deal of exploration work car- ried on continually, and drilling is done constant- ly to prove up fresh prospects. — —_ The ultimate amount of ore in the county is not even to le guessed. The known Geposits are measured by the hundred million tons. What may be still hidden in unexplored tracts, nobody can Open pit mine operated by steam shovel and employing an army of men; part of the great Can- tell. But the proved ceposits will last out this isteo mine at Coleraine-Bovey. generation at least. And as J. J. Hill says, iron oe _ . . . ; , ; , . ore will not burn up and it will never go out of As long as iron is mined in Itasca county, Parallel with the Mesaba formation in which fashion ! there will be a good market for what is raised at these mines lie, is the trend of the Vermilion, home. At present there is a population of about which has been traced through the county and in 7 P a Pp 7 en which indications have been found of iron, though 8,000 in the mining towns. For the matter of that, yo mines have been developed. the iron range does not recognize county lines and Thirteen mines were on the shipping list last a the 75,000 population of the mining towns in St. year, ranging in their product from a few thousand Louis county are part of Itasca county’s market. tons to more than one million. The compilation : ‘ shows shipments of 4,819,000 gross tons and, As long as thirty years ago the existence of shows shipments of 4.81 ross tons ae = : in tl know ean ing it was a year of reduced production in general, iron in the county was known and early workings 3 436.900 tons mined. The current year sees re- were carried on near Grand Rapids in the Dia- newed activity. mond mine. No extensive deposit was, however, Forty more pieces of mining property have —_——< — developed there. proved tonnages and many of them are under A . . vA . . a6 > avi y § re 18 YP ralties But, beginning in 1900, discoveries followed lease paying advanee royalties. one another and the drill revealed vast ore bodies : Most of the mines in Itasca county are open ; . ; 5 the e ss Pi tacancglt pits. The ore lies in great beds of loose earthy extending across the county from Keewatin on deposits, from which it may be scooped up by Washing plant at rr eagle A train -— of the eastern boundary, through Grand Rapids and steam shovel and loaded directly into cars. a ME an thé sand beraterandted tate “es beyond Pokegama lake to the southwestern border. Several of the mines, like the great Canisteo another train at the bottom. . 7 Meoriorioriectectectonionts oadoneeociecetoetoatoatondondecinceteepe eoedoedoedoeietoetoetontongondocivteeteeteetoatonionsoofocfeteey: oafoagenefesgecdeeeteeteeteesoasoajonsongoeeegeeinetesionienienioneseepesgansonsonoegesane otto et eM Seon oa Sas mooie % ee OREO NT eS SMe MS IS SSIS + a 4 & & x $¢ cans . % $ $= —— & a ag a + + - > 4 * ae te oe + + s z ee en z= a oe na & 4 $$ 7 « eae $¢ Groceries DeLaval Cream Separators 2 t & a 4 % ¢ 3 Hardware yphers Incubators and Poultry Supplies <<: z & “— a ee D d Medici Deering M d Bind ; -— — $% Tugs an eaicines eering owers an indaers + » ae ¢ Ks oy 3 Farm Machinery i Iking Machi ¢ 23 arm Machine Victor Talking Machines % oe: ” , 3 é ss ‘ & $¢ Flour and Feed Edison Phonographs it , et &¢ tt se = _— $ ay and Coal Eastman Kodaks z z 3 z < i 2 + $ i 5s $ % & 3 ’ F . . S$ $3 Weare the FARMERS’ HEADQUARTERS. We pay the highest Market Price for Butter, Eggs, Etc. We also sell 3 ¢ . 5 % at the LOWEST PRICES because we sell for CASH ONLY. In addition we give youa CASH DISCOUNT of Four per £ $ \ $ % centin merchandise of your own selection. Give us a trial as | . % z $+ <3 $¢ = g a & % $ > os $$ > ae 4 & & » a 4 $$ 23 $< > 4 es p ee a % é —— ‘ GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA $ z : °é& & ‘ ’ & ¢ $ = Be-N. B.—See “ad” of the Itasca Dry Goods Company on another page + ¢ od *< > & & - wh Renter ett tattered tte Seeteteteeceteteteeeteteteteteteteteteapeteteteteetetntneetetnteieetetntnteetetetangee se ss Ss ae se ee es Setetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetenteteteteteteteteteteteateatet peteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteateatetenttetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetecteceae —