Show I I Im of m H t H M K-M- t ta v eft Y a H I FAMOUS MINING STRIKES Dy Ely THOMAS E STEWARD fr ff t Great Source of American Steel B BILLIONS ILLIONS of ot dollars worth of ot gold sitter ilver er copper and other oilier metals had bad been extracted from roin rolD American mines before the mines mints which were to tobe tobe tob be more Important than thon any an on others were even eren thought of ot This reference is to the colos nl deposits of ot Iron ore oreIn oreIn or orIn In northern Minnesota which In ID less than 40 90 years have hale been be n the basis on which the American ful I Industry has risen to a n position of o almost t world supremacy And this tills Im Important deposit was wo only ered and ond proved up In 10 IS 1 l IS 1892 1692 the trite same year In 10 which the UCk lode was as round found asI I The Iron district lies In 10 the part of ot Minnesota lInn oto wid which h Is northwest I ot of I J al nl e a Superior Ch tries Hies K L Leith Leilh a celebrated geologist h Inv hit described It Itus ns as extending from from Grand Rapids on the Mississippi rh river Ater r northeastward northeast for miles to Birch lake Its width var Ing from two to ton ten miles mile mile OHI most of ot the extent of ot this range the theore theore theore ore Is In 10 a r relatively knee Iroe If ose e form and ond lies so near the surface that It Is extracted by open ope pit mining The surface Is iT fl tracks track ore are run ruo Into the pit and steam shovel sho load lood the ore Into cars Pie main hie t mature of ot the district Is the ridge or range of ot hili hills as ns the Giant or M bring b the word ord for or giant At Its west end the he range gradually stores loJ tS off ocr to the It el of ot the surrounding country about 1 feet teet above e sea level le or Soo feet teet e the thele leel le el of ot Lake LaJe Superior Tow Toward the eastern end the ange Inge becomes higher and ond higher rising nt at a o Inar maximum mum 1 feet Clet above sea ea leel lei le el and to 00 feet Ceet above aboe abo e the country bt between betseen en It and ond the Great Grent Lakes Lales This Tills Iron I 1 loge inge as call coli It It has added Interest because It Is part of ot the height of ot land lood tha that thai divides tt c waters water flowing flossing nO 10 through the Mississippi sippi Into the Gulf of ot Mexico from those tint that flow How northward urd Into son soo s bay and ond the Arctic regions In Its climate and vegetable life Ilfe lICe theIron the theIron theIron Iron range sa savors ors stron strongly y of ot the Grot Great orth It lies Indeed w well ii In Inside side the famous Minnesota north northwoods northwoods woods with their deer der moose bear trout and landlocked salmon 0 Oter Overmuch er much of ot the l actu range hO CHr the scene Is a rev desolate one I It mines old and ond new have hate thrown great grent scars of ot slat clo across the Ule land scope where they lie Ile chow reddish or blu blue green according to the lie Imme Immediate Immediate diate nature of the soil loll like warn mam mammoth moth wounds In the clear cleir green sur surface surface face of ot the surrounding forest toreL fore t Old windfalls fires Ores under underbrush underbrush brush bruch and thick swamp combine to tomake tomake make moJe the tIle near by country difficult to tro el Ira el Alaska's Wealth in Copper CopperI I I J THOUGH goh gold was the source AJ A r of ot Alaska s fame tame as os a 8 mining country cOI copper per was the first valuable metal found In that territory and lod itIs It ItIs ItIs Is to copper COPIer and coal that Alaskan miners lun hale e returned for the most I part though scattered nd Mill extract a Its from the I placer gold deposits ts olon along Alaskan rl rivers vers Today the Hie lending leading copper mine in 10 Alaska Is the Kennicott named after the famous glacier cinder post past which so many weary steary eary pros prospectors prospectors trudged In ISS 09 OCI and Dud 1000 I en on tI tie e a rush to the Interior was on 00 onby onby by way tsay of ot aides as well as ns over oer the ay pass Copper wa as first resorted rei in 1 Alaska by bv tI ll lie c a expedition In 10 Ii 17 1711 11 Before capital began blan to de- de deI de vel de-vel tel 1 p IJ Alaskan Aliskan copper deposits the oa na I tI tIe tiles e of the Copper River cr country were n to line have access lS to easily work worl I uble ulle deposits the I 1 he oath natives names es used It for tor arro he Is later Inter for bullets and look cook lookIng cookIng log Ing utensil utensil- and copper opper knives Inh es were wen slid FIld till still to be In use uce when hen the lie wilt o tan uan brat 1 visited IId the countr country the 1 he Indians obtained their COt colter I er erI erby by washing meshing the I articles out of ot sand sandI I along the rh rivers risers ers Just as ns tin till ih merl merlI I I cans ns later obtained theIr gold They did not hn have base e tie tic tI e means for working mints In tit tin rod and little of ot the I fat fn copper In rich nuggets that be bl became bei I i came so 10 well ell Jn known n In 10 Ui f er r his s been ben found In t Mask lash i t tIt I I It Ic 1 1 stated II b hi the United States geological survey urH that tl ti e a coi col per I peri values mines of ot the Indians Indian In were 1110 mostly I along ol n rh rivers ers ersIn n In ravines fin Ines that had been fried from Ice for l tidy a n few tew hun hundred bundred Bred dred years sears foil following 0 ins tl tJ tie e a retreat of ot i U II lit t glacier ibis mul males es more re- re re- re marl able ible tl tI tic e a s swift r ff f copperI copper I articles thin tI tic e a sl of t period after otter I the natives die tte tl lt- lt Diu alue I The true e extent tent of au cOI colter con I cr deposits was not ot cre t i so o 0 much by l I s ratite rhote Initiative e us liS tJ u t an un ep expedition of or the United States geological I survey e that thai was sins Into Inlo the lie e Copi-e- Ith r country In br by tI El tie e a gosi gOI gov gO ment rho fhe of ot o n ail fl a I turf turL were there too nt lit for tor Idu il tl pros pros- pros to attempt i el I a II at n a time thue when hen practically oil nil attention ens 1115 turned to the lie RI 1 held fields the the Yul on PrIOr Inor to th these e e exi ens the 1 au on six sill re ai at d pirt rt of ot tI tl e a Interior j lad I l ecu I I by a I ling n serks writ ot of I Including the famous Captin Cap tin Cook ooh ool and a 0 long 1011 list of or r i Inglish J and Russian Ilu scientists t s1 s rl I Hus and ond adventurers The first i e edition was Slot scat out firstI InI In I l I 1127 N I J I Jv v |