The Menominee Iron Range : its cities, their industries and resources, being a sketch of the discovery and development of the great iron ore beds of the North, situated within portions of the States of Michigan and Wisconsin south of Lake Superior : submitted as a hand-book for the information of those seeking a profitable field for labor and investment . fer afree site for the establishment of such an industry, and are ready in every legitimate wayto encourage business enterprises and they invite capital to consider the nature of thebusiness benefits the) feel they are justified in promising.
The Menominee Iron Range : its cities, their industries and resources, being a sketch of the discovery and development of the great iron ore beds of the North, situated within portions of the States of Michigan and Wisconsin south of Lake Superior : submitted as a hand-book for the information of those seeking a profitable field for labor and investment . fer afree site for the establishment of such an industry, and are ready in every legitimate wayto encourage business enterprises and they invite capital to consider the nature of thebusiness benefits the) feel they are justified in promising. The Aragon Aragon mine is located on N. ^ of N. E. ^, Sec. 8, leased from estate of , S. L. Smith, T. L. Chadbourne and J. A. Hubbell; also on N. y2 of N. W. %,Sec. 9, leased from Brier Hill Mining Co. It employs about 264 men. It is equippedwith two hoisting shafts, one 6x14 feet with double skip-road and one 7x15 with doublecage-road, and a timber shaft 5x10, 340 feet deep. The ore is first mined in roomsacross formation, with pillars of ore left standing. Pillars and rooms are about 20 feet wide. All openingsfilled with rock orwater from swampfrom breaking intoore was found onlevels, but the de-creased from thirdprincipal ore bodyup to 150 in width,hoisting plantsfoot drums, made& Lane of Akron,and one Norwalk30 No. 3 Rand. are timbered andsand to preventabove ore bodymine. But littlefirst and secondj posit has rapidly in-to fifth level. Theis 300 feet long andis filled with twowith five and sixby Webster, CampO., and one Rand,compressor drivingDrills. A Worth- Nelson Street—Looking pump raises 500 gallons of water per minute from (fourth level) 340 feet. Forpumping from fifth to fourth a No. 10 Cameron is used. The Aragon is a new producer, but is regarded by experts as a coming officers of the company in Milwaukee are Angus Smith, President, Chas. Himrood,Chicago, Vice President, A. W. Wilkins, Secretary, Angus Smith, Treasurer.
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