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Eveleth Iron Ore in World War I

12/12/2016

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Mines like the Adams, Spruce, Fayal, and Leonidas contributed greatly to America's military during both world wars.
Minnesota To Furnish Iron
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Six of Every Ten Shells Used By
Allies Made From Minnesota Iron
Remarkable Record Last Season
Duluth, Dec. 12.—Six out of every ten shells hurled against the Huns on all battle fronts will be made from iron ore mined in northeastern Minnesota, the most remarkable shipping season for which closed today with the departure of the last ore boat for the lower lake ports. Held back at least two months by the ice in Lake Superior and cut short two weeks by the beginning of winter, the patriotic miners of Northeastern Minnesota have bent all their efforts to getting out iron ore and the shipping season shows that the 1917 totals will fall less than a million tons below the record breaking 1916 shipments. The totals this year are 15,360,760.

"Two thirds of the iron ore mined in the world has come out of Minnesota this year and more than two thirds of that used by the allies. The mining men of this section are particularly proud of their record this year by reason of the fact that despite the industrial unrest in every section, leading to strikes and disturbances in practically every mining region of the country. Minnesota has been singularly free from any such agitation. One attempt was made by the I.W.W. to incite a strike and the workmen returned immediately to work without shutting down the mine in which the disturbance occurred for a single hour. Thirty-six hours was the longest any such disturbance lasted on the Mesaba range.

In addition, this section of Minnesota oversubscribed both liberty loans, the last by one hundred per cent, sent almost double its quota of volunteers to the army and navy, more than double the number of Red Cross memberships allotted to it and contributed one hundred per cent over its Y.M.C.A. quota, as well as considerably over subscribing to the amount of the Red Cross quota allotted to it.Duluth, Dec. 12.—Six out of every ten shells hurled against the Huns on all battle fronts will be made from iron ore mined in northeastern Minnesota, the most remarkable shipping season for which closed today with the departure of the last ore boat for the lower lake ports. Held back at least two months by the ice in Lake Superior and cut short two weeks by the beginning of winter, the patriotic miners of Northeastern Minnesota have bent all their efforts to getting out iron ore and the shipping season shows that the 1917 totals will fall less than a million tons below the record breaking 1916 shipments. The totals this year are 15,360,760.

Two thirds of the iron ore mined in the world has come out of Minnesota this year and more than two thirds of that used by the allies. The mining men of this section are particularly proud of their record this year by reason of the fact that despite the industrial unrest in every section, leading to strikes and disturbances in practically every mining region of the country. Minnesota has been singularly free from any such agitation. One attempt was made by the I.W.W. to incite a strike and the workmen returned immediately to work without shutting down the mine in which the disturbance occurred for a single hour. Thirty-six hours was the longest any such disturbance lasted on the Mesaba range.

In addition, this section of Minnesota oversubscribed both liberty loans, the last by one hundred per cent, sent almost double its quota of volunteers to the army and navy, more than double the number of Red Cross memberships allotted to it and contributed one hundred per cent over its Y.M.C.A. quota, as well as considerably over subscribing to the amount of the Red Cross quota allotted to it.

--Eveleth Clarion, December 12, 1917

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