DULUTH furriers declare that more raw furs are shipped 

 from that city than from any other in the United States. 

 It is estimated that 2,000 to 3,000 men derive their prin- 

 cipal revenue from the sale of the pelts of the animals they 

 can trap in Northern Minnesota. These furs, almost without 

 exception, go to Duluth, either to be made into finished arti- 

 cles ready for household use, or to be shipped to any part 

 of the civilized world, where there is enough wintry weather 

 to make them desirable. Some Canadian furs also go to Du- 

 luth, but not many. 



The annual revenue that men obtain from trapping the fur- 

 bearing animals ranges from nothing up into the thousands. 

 Some have very poor luck, get discouraged and give up before 

 they have learned how to work the trick. Trappers who make 

 $1,800 from what they catch in one trapping season, from Oct. 

 1 to May 1, are by no means rare. Most of them, however, 

 do not fare so well. The majority think they are doing well 

 enough if they get from $300 to $500 a season. 



There are few furs in common use that the woods of North- 

 ern Minnesota do not afford. The pelts in which there is the 

 largest traffic in this part of the country are those of musk- 

 rats, minks, skunks, sables, bears, foxes, otters and ermines. 

 Muckrats bring 25 to 30 cents per pelt; minks, $1.50 to $10; 

 skunks, $1 to $4.50; sables, $6 to $30; bears, $3 to $30; red 

 foxes, $3.50 to $9; silver-gray foxes, $100 to $700; black foxes/ 

 about $1,000; otters, $3 to $20, and ermines, 35 cents to $1.50. 



Black Fox Pelt Sold Three Years Ago for $150, Now Worth 

 Nearly a Thousand. 



Black foxes are extremely rare, not only here, but in all 

 parts of the world. Three years ago a black fox pelt was 

 brought to Duluth from the Northern Minnesota woods and 

 brought $150, but if anyone should show one now to a Duluth 



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