Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 444
pecies of openmines elsewhere, but even they are rare, andnowhere of the complete, open character ofthese. The vastness of the Michigan iron depositstempts one into seemingly immoderate language;and yet it is hard to describe in ordinary termsdeposits a couple of thousand feet in length andfive or… … Figs. 3 and 4 show the opera-tion better than words can tellit. In one the shovel is prepar-ing to dip the ore; in the otherit has just dumped it on the re-ceiving-car. As well call it mining whenthe operation is repeated andthe same ore is again scoopedfrom the hold of the vessel andput ashore, or…
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