Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 443
. But as showing what is being done, thesenorthern mines furnish a startling object-lesson. Properly speaking, the Messaba and Ver-million deposits are not mines — not in the usual sense of the term. They are great masses of oreforming the outer surface of the earth only alittle distance beneath… … MESSABA COUNTRY THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE PLACE TO SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF IRON ORE. call this a mine? No miners, cramped andstooping, work here with pick and drill, but, in-stead, a great steam shovel. No sunken shaftsand narrow tunnels, but one great, wide, openout-of-doors. No smoking lamps and…
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