This issue of Skillings' Mining and Market Letter features Tesora Mining Company's leasing out of the Kellogg Mine to Pickands, Mather & Company. Captain M.L. Fay, Tesora's president, is pictured. The history of one of Lake Vermilion's first sailing vessels, the "Andrew Reefer," is recounted. This international mining trade publication began as a weekly in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1912, changing its name to Skillings' Mining Review in July 1916 (dropping the apostrophe in 1993). Regular features include the opening of prominent mines, industry mergers, labor strikes, production benchmarks, revenue summaries, biographical sketches, and anecdotal insights into mining towns and lifestyles.