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Mining operations are con- ducted on all three of the Michigan iron ranges, and also on the two Minnesota ranges. On the Marquette range the general office is at Ishpeming, with W. H. Johnston, general superintendent. The properties operated on this range by the Oliver company are the Lake Superior, Hartford, Bessie, Winthrop, Volunteer and Regent or Queen Mines. The Lake Superior and Regent groups include a num- ber of separate mines. The Lake Superior, located at Ishpeming, employs 355 men, of whom 241 are on contract, also 200 trammers, 38 underground laborers, 22 timbermen and 27 mine bosses, includ- ing the captains. On surface, employs 19 engineers, 15 brakemen, 18 firemen, 15 pumpmen, 56 blacksmiths and helpers, 15 carpenters, 10 machinists, also sundry skilled and unskilled labor and office workers. Cost of board per month ranges from $15 to $25; cost of medical and surgical attendance, $1; aid fund, 50 cents per month. Condition of mines as to air, temperature and safety of life are excellent, every precaution being taken for care of life and limb. Number of fatal accidents during past year was 3. Production of iron ore during 1902 was 763,816 gross tons. HARTFORD MINE. - Located at Negaunee. Employs 40 miners, of whom 33 are on contract, also 13 trammers and 6 underground labor- ers, with 2 timbermen, 3 mine bosses and 2 pumpmen, also sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Cost of board per month, $15 - $25. Medical and surgical attendance, $1; aid fund 50 cents. Underground conditions and prospects are good. Number of fatal accidents during past year was 2. Production in 1902 was 16,559 gross tons of iron ore. Is a new and apparently valuable property, which should become a large producer. BESSIE MINE. - At Humbolt, Marquette County. Now idle. During the past year employed 12 miners, all on contract, 4 trammers, 3 bosses and sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Had no fatal accidents and produced 20,961 gross tons of iron ore in 1902. WINTHROP MINE. - Near Ishpeming, Marquette County. Employs 11 miners, on company account, also 14 trammers, 2 underground la- borers and a mine boss, with sundry surface workmen. Cost of board, $15 - $25 per month. Doctors' fees, $1; aid fund, 50 cents. Underground conditions are good. Production in 1902 was 129,496 gross tons of iron ore. VOLUNTEER MINE. - At Palmer, Marquette County, six miles south of Negaunee. Employs 48 miners, of whom 31 are on contract, 27 trammers, 19 underground laborers, 2 timbermen, 3 mine bosses and 4 pumpmen, also sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Cost of board $18 per month. Doctor's fees, $1; aid fund, 50 cents. Underground conditions are good. Had one fatal accident during the past year. Production in 1902 was 89,119 gross tons of iron ore. NEGAUNEE MINE. - At Negaunee, Marquette County. Employs 154 miners, of whom 129 are on company account, also 86 trammers, 10 pumpmen and 4 mine bosses, with sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Cost of board per month, $18. Doctor's fees, $1; aid fund, 50 cents. Mine is difficult of operation, but every pre- caution is taken to insure safety of life and limb. Had no fatal accidents during past year. Production in 1902 was 180,516 gross tons of iron ore. QUEEN MINES (REGENT IRON CO.). - Located at Negaunee, Marquette County. Employed 218 miners, all but 2 on contract, also 57 tram- mers, 15 underground laborers, 6 timbermen, 10 pumpmen and 8 mine bosses, with sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Cost of board per month, $16 - $18; doctor's fees, $1; aid fund, 50 cents. Underground conditions are good. Had 2 fatal accidents during the past year. Production in 1902 was 381,879 gross tons of iron ore. CAMBRIA & LILLIE MINES. - At Negaunee, Marquette County. Employ 74 miners, all on contract, 17 trammers, 3 underground laborers, 6 timbermen, 4 pumpmen and 2 mine bosses, with sundry surfact la- bor, skilled and unskilled. Underground conditions and future prospects are good. Had no fatal accidents during the past year. Production in 1902 was 128,830 gross tons of iron ore. CHAMPION MINE. - At Champion, Marquette County. Suspended opera- tions near the close of the shipping season of 1903. During the past year employed 113 miners, all but 6 on contract, also 63 trammers and 47 underground laborers, 10 timbermen, 2 pumpmen and 8 mine bosses, with sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Underground conditions are excellent, and prospects are that the mine will resume operations on a good scale in the spring of 1904. Had 2 fatal accidents during the past year and mined 197,499 gross tons of iron ore in 1902. CHESTER MINE. - A property at Negaunee, Marquette County, which secured a production of 24,874 gross tons of iron ore in 1902. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO. - This company operates at Ishpeming and Negaunee, Marquette County, with headquarters in the former town, and is the largest independent ore producer of the United States, also the largest American producer of charcoal pig-iron, from furnaces at Gladstone and Marquette. The mines of this com- pany are the Moro, Lake, Cliff, Shaft, Salisbury, Lucy, Maas and Austin, and since September 1, 1903, this company has also oper- ated the Negaunee mine. The mines of the Cleveland-Cliff Co. em- ploy 706 miners, of whom 640 are on contract, also 178 trammers, 21 timbermen, 19 pumpmen and 31 mine bosses. Surface employes in- clude 16 engineers, 22 brakemen, 25 firemen, 21 blacksmiths, 19 blacksmith's helpers, 22 carpenters, 19 machinists, 8 machinist's helpers, 25 timber-framers, 108 surface helpers, 4 surface bosses, 27 clerks, bookkeepers and time-keepers, 9 motormen, 60 skilled surface laborers, 96 common laborers and 17 chemists and mining engineers. Underground conditions are good, and while the property is working under check at the close of 1903, it is probable that a full force will again be employed in the spring of 1904. Number of fatal accidents during the past year was 7. Production in 1902 was 1,011,543 gross tons of iron ore. FOXDALE MINE.- At Humbolt, Marquette County. Suspended opera- tions July 17, 1903, previous to which time it employed 32 miners, of whom 22 were on contract, also 12 trammers, with sundry other labor. Underground conditions are good, future prospects doubtful. Had one fatal accident during the past year, and produced 15,015 gross tons of iron ore in 1902. JACKSON MINE. - The pioneer mine of Michigan at Negaunee, Mar- quette County, opened in 1844, and a large and steady producer for more than half a century. The old mine is supposed to be about worked out, but the property has considerable bodies of low grade ore, all of which will eventually be in demand. During 1902 the Jackson shipped 15,449 gross tons of iron ore. LAKE ANGELINE MINE.- Operated by the Pittsburg & Lake Ange- line Iron Co., at Ishpeming, Marquette County. Employs 452 miners, of whom 274 are on contract, also 12 trammers, 36 timbermen, 4 pumpmen. 14 motormen, and 7 mine bosses, with a considerable surface force of skilled and unskilled workmen. Underground conditions are good ; future prospects, not all that could be desired. Had 2 fatal accidents during the past year, and in 1902 produced 340,600 gross tons of iron ore. RICHMOND MINE.- Located at Palmer, 6 miles south of Negaunee, Marquette County. It is worked open-cast during the shipping season. During working season of 1903 employed 40 miners, all on company account, also 10 trammers and one boss, with a total surface force, skilled and unskilled, of 14 men. Had one fatal accident during the past year, and produced 55,593 gross tons of iron ore in 1902. PRINCETON MINE.- At Swanzy, Marquette County. Employs 61 miners, all on contract, also 12 trammers, 2 underground laborers, 2 timbermen, 4 pumpmen and 3 mine bosses, with sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Cost of board per month, $18; doctors' fees, $1. Underground conditions are good and future prospects for operation fair. Had one fatal accident during the past year. Produced 118,170 gross tons of iron ore in 1902. REPUBLIC.- At Republic, Marquette County. Employs 176 miners, of whom 108 are on company account, also 28 trammers, 93 under- ground laborers, 10 timbermen, 2 pumpmen and 6 mine bosses, with sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Cost of board per month, |17 to $20. also $1.50 per month to the relief fund, which provides medical and surgical attendance and payments for disa- bility and death. Underground conditions and prospects are good. Had 2 fatal accidents during the past year, and mined 121,215 gross tons of iron ore in 1902. BEAUFORT MINE.- This property includes the old Beaufort mine, 2 1/2 miles west of Michigamme, and the Ohio mine, midway between Michigamme and the Beaufort. Employs 164 miners, all but 24 on contract, also 74 trammers, 21 underground laborers, 7 timbermen, 4 mine bosses and 2 pumpmen, with sundry surface labor, skilled and unskilled. Air and temperature are good and mine is carefully managed and safe. Production in 1902 was 59,781 tons, and for 1903 about twice as much. Prospects are that future production will average 100,000 tons or more yearly ========================================================================== .