Notwithstanding the complexity of the geologic factors involved, their net result has been to concentrate iron ores in a surprisingly uniform ratio to the mass of the formation in different parts of the region,--with the result that on an average it may be predicted for any district, in an exploration of sufficient magnitude, how much ore is likely to be cut in either vertical or horizontal dimension. Thirteen per cent of the productive area of the Mesabi iron formation is iron ore. For the remainder of the Lake Superior region five or six per cent is the factor. These figures mean that, if a person could explore a broad enough area of iron formation, any miscellaneous group of drill holes or underground openings would tend to yield these percentage results. Such percentages are amply sufficient to pay a large profit on the exploration. The question may be raised why the application of geology is required, if such average results can be secured from miscellaneous undirected work. The answer is that seldom is it possible to conduct an exploration on a sufficiently large scale to be sure of approximating this average, and that geologic study has made it possible in many cases to secure a better percentage result. If the geologist is able to raise the percentage ever so little, the expenditure is amply justified. He is not expected to have 100 per cent success; but he is expected to better the average returns, and in this on the whole he has not failed. Applying this method specifically to the Gogebic Range, it appears that up to January 1, 1918, exploration and development had covered 3,650 acres of iron formation, measured along the dip in the plane of the footwall, within the limits of the area in which the formation is in such condition as to allow concentration of the ore. The total area of the footwall to a depth of 3,000 feet is approximately 9,650 acres. The range, therefore, was 38 per cent developed to this depth. In the developed area, 160,000,000 tons of ore had been found, or approximately one ton per square foot of footwall area, or 43,800 per acre of footwall explored. The total area of ore measured on the footwall was 785 acres. The ratio of ore area to total explored area, measured in the plane of the footwall, was 21-1/2 per cent. This may be taken in a rough way to indicate the average exploring possibilities in new ground, where local conditions to the contrary do not exist. This means that over the whole range about one drill hole or cross-cut in five will strike ore on an average. Or, looked at in another way, about 200 feet of drifting in every 1,000 on the footwall will be in ore. Applying this factor to the unexplored area, amounting to 6,000 acres, the range had an expectation on January 1, 1918, to a depth of 3,000 feet, over and above ores already discovered, of approximately 262,800,000 tons. This was sufficient to extend the life of the range by about forty-four years.