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Show | Second Section. he _ Futer-Mountain Republican i SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1906 Pages 1 to 10. THE IMMENSE LON ge LUNE SL De LIOW TWHIE ORE 4S LITNELDD AND .SITIPPED LEW OF ORE AT TIZME PLESEBA LEON LANGE LAID ILE because cargoes of a temporary scareity of ore they bring coal up the lakes however, they go down the with the fron ore and. hurry empty for another load. Last one of these vessels, the IX. H ore ona draft of 21 feet, the cargo ever. .carried. om the 3 achievement of iron min- when the first ore went down A INLINE a Ce OU INE STY CHANEL Fe XZ ATK Fs INST PID rr Krom steamer, > ILIV LOLDING- ~ : powers, water ae éf ent furnt developm manufacturing industry, and so' jit |/| Under American 'way, of : n/slr a@ suvstitute backbone is the ro Is the. backbone of the immense | Pe la f com! for power creator traffic of the Great Lakes, and of the Pirese Shipments .came . from five busy life of that part of. Minnesota, | arial ae SRD sa ee saba 3 nee In Michigan and Wisconsin bordening on|+ so" fa, 20,. ue, ons, Verinilion wwke Superior, i Great the greatest of Lakes. of the | a uF ; ge. InMinnesota, Goattles , ate total, ro. a ert ways Of this] vastly exceeding the} 1 i 7 31 Band Hlathaee fiven, 4 my and greatest and I vi b hich . HtLS* mest made AIG smelter ! human ] a ha tru ‘ an NS bute the: 1,200 as ince © younss interest!ng {& its first ship- sheets Pai ae eae ERI hee ic, | Deilent::iakublintaitinn into pe of ina the manufacture ‘iro: |eConk The initial stages f the proce by which ; our structural ul fro: Ts Biir I weal = road steel, our plows a Kt Ive ind nails aré made are tinged with the a mane of fa na ne vement k io cinating, Inde¢ a ' ‘ Wy f human. ingenuity eat Reve BECR' nC. vised to enabl nit ' be ik ! more quickly reap t ich ul nature's benevolen: Iron Ore iS scooped out of the « riant steam ho du a , by gian them into urs Jee D ATL ay Ll means from cars ; BA hae Mh LAC) ore dox , and final dumy > D ~ ity into the holds oF ve ee OP: DE <f ried a thousand ane 1 iste ports MBeLe Taree SEA dip into the interiors of bite out which great they Masses ot deposi The plfior Chie 1th ls. rary ng hi ) ; the ' bay h ' i fron of any this single nation on t than Spain qd oar ginning and of some iren we considerable ® sup Theworld ultimate pends istics sibility, upon "rst, and Ly. ee | 1 handy the ff to te genee ports P The year eo the Were Lake *. st - vty , dos , : c erlor' tons,- ni) hé ‘ ‘ ther the pr ‘ } response smelter poy it ‘ae « re , nae pected ito ou be T gonsumption targe & : shortly.s : i ts = an bodies Sin 1 ‘ i earth, . | he : me ! Ii ! range, penplt.1 in M a it « | daylight As sMall| same the ;jand ‘ stezm ) dot milling : sho neipal tain; : milli Se On + Unt the iwap ee te { ca eee EN proce Oth poet ise) when the openpit the! Mesaba range, mil . e Where la Let Steam ed" ed pi the) l Apa sae a ‘ 4 I c ; belne Ah che: GXI ee Urn the a ° support which long the haul themselves of vessels down most < the : > I in Pittsburg to ¢ hicago. s a nett e1 tfu I in the aS _ Sher fa atonal » thoge« } oul upon far out of the 2 §i a terrific ieee sprtine . ra oie ee ee, TIT' VIO _ co pe Shri salty ee 2 md snowatornt 2 iat Nove fe Nos accom ehied | no en Pr len partes ; Lake Bre |gop acy" pope ee ee BUDE E|tor, and .before it was ended a dozen | |} wrecks strewed the shore. and one vessel had foundered in . midlake, Ss { z » carCf lrying 19 souls into eternity. One large ore-carrying -vessel-.missed the ship canal at | Duluth and was driven on 3‘ ene wanted the journey. Occasional cargoes are ipte an +, P c ip rted o ee Mackinac the SaultInto through Athg (eae Lake Michi- ingenious | ber contrivances, At a dislike long, tall railroad indec b " hike ‘ ey ae ee xfte extend TS days. T} ling Gepth of re rerburth bod ? fet | nie ft I OFGby eliigent maching i it ‘ 1 { aS 5 b See shen : en Vet. Hereds Ne of f' Cnn lier Taree MT« ey ua Body" = In. reds The nes she ' "t. ; about 1 constant us lor Whé the eiey body the the aid: run in' httiP- | miners term "proce ~i: Of. ithe ope o sy inet er a apitt ie The }a millhole ond)the top of -it over strip + rete yards for worl machin: fh z i I the winder reenTees Fee " na body lower the n eee AE the drift, milincie millhole the | e scribed here jdocks Six at Hand principal | Minn.; three cee ora ter gat ir ‘ the ake | lon navigation, everywhere, = eee +h, giant he eae , re mining ot tO CeE H "Ther ee A tr and ‘ At i the u , tod a 100 run itions, | by the and the steam further.d in half ore cars are shovels until the cars : tevo or three hours like Is water naviga- infinitely cheaper dozen. |rather like ports. coal are|foned iwhich ears, The stcel. Mvee at Marquette, | Sunny little one at Michipi- | the They range from/{the pockets at Michipicoten the - being to}and and | their arl ; wilheinoue ce ae of eupfe| ene oot: ee old 29d fashions make cah@be money een for tn their mar-' forty own-| tonsThe Her storage capacity Is 96,000 and the twenty-five docks on| Superior will hold at one time they are |} (he holds at one of|/to/32 f red, are} {he dumps height All of ‘The old-fash- | olectricity elght-wheeled "Wwooden~ sueceeded four-wheelers, to fifty trains, disposition lovable with a few people like quiet, thoughtful girl; others like girl who is perpetually vivacious bubbling cars, hold-) of in over with spirit. 3ut the these and |tarice, their' like vows of are night, low and lightéd from musical pretty with and or not-is the sunny- |tempered girl is the outcome of her popularity... Every one. wants to talk |to her, and be in her company. Young and|cheeriness and tnto | nature and ddck docks at is }men are attracted to her Without effrom/|fort on her part, for her character from }shows itself so plainly in her actions Their| that young men are delighted at the the vesgelS are from 21 length, depending upon of voiee, by | a dis-.| ]at once |8irl with For the favorite. And smiles away sympathy are drawn every sunny the trouble what sparkling arc lights look | those brilllants, and make a of her own age. of to. -her her reason, then disposition is ple are Just as charmed Me eee 7 TaN Both the openpit and milling pro-}ing a dozen tons A Ne work @gsee" so cheap ae a Spent aii twenty t ik cat iNe+that by thelit-use ores. that aréodftoed modern vf dire c IG radeoto <b profitably" mined nireplacing the thousands ae Sa eh Messenger: The most the world are those > accommo- | thdir smile-be they ves- | always sweet and The only trouble 11.200,000 tons of ore These docks range in height 100 feet Gown to about 40 feet the water to the deck or top, fillec ore-ca¥s little eS 3g ee 384 in each of the four Du-| every one likes the girl with the cheerdocks, the greatest in the world. | fal, sunny disposition Girls\of this latest the Du- |character are never extravagantly Miss rn's No. 4] boisterous o1 dismally quiet, they at Duluth taller than any of | have a pleasant smile fo every one, rest, Ln ‘arly 100 feet up; They never seem troubled er worried : hand, cS | of these ore | Dumped into the ore cars-at the | extreme width is 66 feet 6 inches, mine, whether from steam shovels,/the spouts which conduet the ore from steam hoist or by hurried quickly to the ire | half-a ton fect into it Wis.; mile lis built parti deep, and every] dation of talten out, }ex-} sels those HIT In and one Ontarto velve ana TNE Ta peed nee rs of a 100 to 200 feet r- what~ has' been above are twenty-five on Lake Superior, as follows; | Escanaba, Mich.; three at Ash-| s {s:"five it Two Harbors,| Manti four at Duluth, Minn.; three at | girls in rior, 7 Sas mp by "de aces slice the ore off and let it drop| affairs of woodor through filled. - | eae perhaps 10 to 50 feet of oVer-] ove (eciviain cle aion lant Phe bed of {t is}tons, livon ore, too, and the ore extends, per-|Lake ly, up fare bo : : anon ais re cet meee 2 the is the cate yas Pet aaa re ee : illustrated th in a lS a se aera ee every With i hard:| attendant: "locomotive Cane | Tiatnerne Hien' colts ft) ran alone, dir th na) e DELS L I VY CLAY ee parts tte ‘ tt ¢ trippil es eee 35 cents a tor thr out the hard on b | res ye Bee jooe e a cea npit miners Rand puet we exhibit Imagine to. 7.000 tac; or nie 7 i a Be ton Pnhe;to 2,000" ay continua i rdinai erring haat honuwarscon=| hae . 1. descriptive literally. triy CUT : ta ems are used -here shovel weighs an used | one : lowe Dlasting eg at contrnet-ts : are &} With-'the: y wareus ain "Wie. : a i leoniptetad thy 1 ‘ USIY Consists) of drills CNS TO ted: and: PREOLerth t ha - CPU OQB TIAL, Me diamand - drills | average day's Fe Pie ; Fea We and: : veoh e On pTTZATLLIIG gk r he : c : ol lower from waster to handle. | from 4,000 of-these' plan K Syne dilate ryeyed d out‘one - AE: a 1 6 , WLS, « st 1 oe out ant A ore vy, eae P » vane th Gb , | Seep MON taken OR ih . es : re mriblornei reek ne 1 ro M tl es xc at LEER tl hard e F oF Spree TT, | in \ 6 body roy { me ‘ ethod pel | ar ay na : jasper-and ut) ‘ l openpit -the the etade.and ed'b n 10,- | granit There pe . ‘ taconit f no ‘ 1 etime . a Srintter! fritervént i res ou eee I i \ ; the a. MB MEPL IIPS 9: 5 ol Son t a of "S oi / ped Cxeere? ao Bee rp mart th ae 1 ‘ by O22 - ¢ s is }Bive th essel balance Nowadays | haul and 1,000 miles of water trans} they no longet stop to trim the cargo, portation The charges for the water } but take it as it falls, and no trouble} haut are not much more than half the Is expected. A vessel carrying -8:0004 cost of carrying it 100 mifles~by rail, tong will be loaded (in the manner |ir-5m mine to dock oe ‘ that un| Ovigihally much of this work was done | (5) it is in cars or on stock. pile at jby hand and in addition me a were ome Lake Erie port is less than $1.80 employed to trim the cargoes disper gross ton, and this includes three |} tributing them over the hold so as to handlings, more than 100 miles of rail irletic enise i son Wye leposits, ne : ye ted ; n in| activity ac : that Minthe gross dirt tebe i imypientents suf use, Next comes beautiful Detroit. river, Lake St. Clair and the St Clair! flats8, Punaeeea |@0@ then Lake Erie, the last stagein Thus Se Mea chose from €/than rail tratic. The entire charge car Into the pocket, and from Danes against iron ore from the time {t leaves pocket. Into the vessel. entirely by lthe t accessible tis he |gravity, and but few men are needed,|‘ Most Maccessible mines on the GLAVICY, Orit ik Be e So ae most distant Lake Superior range ‘ ae and ‘i ae Ce "The ieee ) two, and nore nine men tone who were caught ee i | fot it cok : lu a rate he | aft: where the heavest seas broke, DCE Pe yi mete aes Sens Pele it miserably, while thousands, of pabee the pocke« ts in the dock, where ft anxious watchers on shore, almost ;awalts the coming of the vessel that fs within reach, looked on in impotent | to take {ft away These pockets are | horror |deep bins, some of them holding 250 | At the Lake Erie receiving ‘port | tons of ore jagain the marvelous mechanism that | The vessels are drawn alongside the | man has invented to save himself work |docks by tugs and long chutes Or |}comes into play The vessel is placed spouts are lowered from the side of}/under a. tremendous unloading ma{the dock into the « "n hatiehe Then |chine, perfected to such an extent that | Little ite at the bottom of the|the a I ar entire £ cargo is taken out without pockets are opened and streams of |human aid. Two sueh machines will jiron ore run down until the hatches }take 6,000 tons of ore from a vessel jare full. Then the gates are closed, | in five or six hours, loading ft upon lithe spouts are drawn up again, the /}cars waiting to take it away to the |hatehes are covered and the vessel is|smelters. Other unloading machines, } ready for its long trip down the lakes, |not so up to date, simply send large }which it will make When running} buckets Into the hold of the vessel, }without a tow, in Uttle more than {which men must load by hand. t ue their. ? fact on t | Seiten et) : ) , | from ihvigatl the mine, part of which). when oF rall all n theon way. | quhme indergr< yng lakes Was oe , Li 9 consumed; by jrof which will be ¢ M ea A small ‘part os factorit s at*' Du-| tions upon the openplt | ginoite . ‘ ; ! ; from Pee "y hey Fe i j. | ry-up seagon calm the local ‘ eR Yet 4 that , t a to hur-j during y ‘ f é matt last) -ae ks LFA Peg tt p | le d oie ‘great- : t f mo \ : bed supply iron o1 regions: hare . : of the tax toward for are lthree | : riot : verte nothing . else the of * Fae on em e loaded a tow- well-defined Jtwo tracks extend the full length of {tne,.beteh within 500s fect of the ltheif déel and the cars ¢ = ate : oe lativanticngaicc . ) | sl me ; lake,|arated of - : A ) rn 1 ' ; ive the vessels ti fir history. est ousput Sent. part of this went, <« of i |. 1: tes 1 best irgn ‘ rn taenise |: ee > ; border oe le'S nt in a ‘othcead 1 ty wants from rece seaced en We = ; 1 ; Bal ore 4' ‘ |low - | une 1) = | ti be al ts i ae fos iron <r . apiece, the |jt aa MU 1 Aa the | of mining but handle pee J id) and to. lastquantity yeur's oul-) steam shovel Reet mit amount is untold, ak Rog. ionmbarely | c ad blastir pat left 1 {idea 5 from cent 1 Pi ERS q ore j like $750,000 | the tate | Theedocks a y SY, DXEARLI" REOOLEE LLL LPL TL GILLS the \ ‘ We ercentnns parcentas ot to acces: | are ee ividuals. ' t oe tk aiiaty t! wate 7 Z con or } i } oe oe Sa eatity. "set ond, wee vd "quantity A third, 4 rf fy deteriorating ‘ Cel ed in Can. a0 AA DAML AL TILLY } \ Lo ie ect the ie quality, the Lake aps best there is, Rees of fron and lowest . sibility, is But been developed Aeon "ranges" of the not tire onlyis named furnish ore found in the worl the eh 4 a TH 2 ; tj have country. aia Lake super lately-app: the ( { nO 7 C42 ) \ hy prom t , aigne Ends - : : . a , the Americal a ei of iron arin uitl ly exe north shore of ada, there has ll perl vi ible i . mn oréymingd®in Minnesota thirds of her yield { i i 1] en paid ( { the { ‘ ‘ oe ae thd Curie taal it British cousin om th: Minnesota, Michigan the order hamid, in the. : a> ! yy 2 "ore Pee ri i} doc j py] du { ; or fo j an Pop jo! { 7 v of eer and thence Pela. ass bhi i| a tons brought from year something jrales. ‘ I- Lake ) t} its I iron deposit region are, scatterce . ery aver- Lake Superior the ,perhaps, conducting j}earnings. of railroads these three roads last und interesting tance they look irantl which. Cs, ‘ t} Sey % oH ot ietéel WH 5 ry Oe. Manutacturer o usin id ‘A, o ‘ 7 tH by!pt i ot i s ‘ b 1 le | oH cor ‘ 4 tee i ? Tei I D Wh ore : Aes ‘ ae | .dl- iT . fe <4 2 "7 Pen, : ney : , ! et we "gl man intelligence upon to take the-rich fre ene fe ee ed bite of : putsid seas , rk ohe-thitat : 2,000 Some a gained 3 per i }may be nesota''s & p to Tn Ainndscote plore: a . a} | devoted rte a ane aa | frelght and Passenger business ASSe being ‘ ‘ eing | | but a minor feature on their balance & th remaininge:. EB An s far the Strongest. and. most. modern engines, |then out and upon the broad expanse || consist of thirty to fifty ears, and carry | Of Lake Huron goés the cargo of yelfrom ai SuperMent +i] S922 when it sent ou 1,245 \ up into |! ze From that po Its advance wa pig iron, and thence into the finished |. -)' NG Continuo until last "year products in the smelters and faetort . ere ted above reas | of the Eust , as Or Ce ha rony tl L. In the production and transporta-| >" ‘ , ‘td Iour os . ' on On 1 ' tl rie « ih re ion of , iron ore in Aiipadsinel some icat2 ; mMarrichinliinie W O #50 ne " I a‘ q 1] 1 ne 2 007000 mn and thousands of m ee me ty ; re: 4 vl "ei ; i 0 rons Ore ia: the Lake Sui ‘ ge ' 7 : ae i region owned Gr. Control processes attending hei-1 edi: Stat Sieel 1 shipment of iron ore 7 ; ane a no ke chix" PiLI 10 he t mechanical me to ) a is ago chartered courses diréct. to the orereceiving ports on Lake Erie, such as Cleveland, Conneaut, Lorain and Ashtabula, O Through. the canal at Sault Ste. Marie, where locking is ry for necessary the¢ only time on the , 6 voyage, Into St. Mary's river, and t 1.677/180cL0ns;| cc fe decades over GABF LLLLTTY. daar Ke Soest ak orn© Wise Ne Teen eee aae Te URES [kine cell | eg rin tepesvenre US (f. ormi Wisesconsin), nein) 1, é "fons ous airough the-enusts ac Swale Steararie, : RRS: FO ne 270.68 eter tons, ae ; pumar ies os aimgunte a Se 4a, 10,090) inctud: ing Ser imposing ~ v e QEE WILITLL TILA ALWVEL,LTEIAPA RANGE, ThOW : for «For instance, last season the trame | 290 i cargo of the lakes, of nearly 3,000 tons, and this season It is about twice that figure This will give an idea of the growth that has attended the lake traffie. The season of navigation runs from some time in April or May, when the channels connecting the lake are unlocked by the northern advance of the summer sun to early December, when the winter storms make navigation so hazardous that insurance ceases and owners must send their. vessels out at their own risk or not at all. <A little later the canals and rivers and harbors are. icelocked, and the season is over. The growth of the lake traffic has been made possible by the wisdom of the Government in appropriating waa Brie, more than 20 feet deep, This has involved the expenditure of immense sums, but in cheapened freight it has all been returned to the people many LILY LTITLE, VERTTILIQY KANCE. ToS couple of life, more, old the who is\ a peo- by her as ars : apiece, will hold from | beautiful night scene. | President Jordan of Stanford unitons of ore; while the Nearly 500 vessels In albk.are en-] Versity says that in the rebuilding of rs, which -are-vapidly | gaged almost exclusively in the. ore=! the university building destroyed in wooden ones, carry | carrying trade One concern alone|]the recent earthquake, no classic-style tons and sometimes sixty | has 125 Jarge vessels which do noth- | structures will be erected, as the moadrawn by the largest, | ng but vceasions carry when fron' for ore, their except own useupoh| or | orn style withstood of thebuilding much recent Very shakeup better = _ MO |