The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-01-26
THAT MENOMINEE
ROLLING MILL
SOME FACTS AND MUCH FANCY IN
THE STORY.
Agent oi the Aan Arbos Road Spent Sew
Hsl psys Here seskias siIsi~nssioa
tiSvtK. C. Co. Lands.

Papers In this vicinity. and-sn over
the northwest have had much 10 cay
about . rumored establishment Of .
blast furnace and rolling mill at Men
ominee. The story originated at Men
ominee. and while there is some basis
TO build upon, the foundation is 80
small tnat it's not safe 10 risk much
| upon it.
A Crystal Falls gentleman, well ac-
quanited with the scheme that has
been outlined by the promoters stated
TO reporter for The Diamond Drill
that the agent of the concern. when he
visited these parts talked too mucn to
give anyone much confidence in the
scheme which he unfolded ever materi-
alizing.
Yes know of the proposed rolling
mill and blast furnace at Menominee
and Of the railroad that is 10 be built
TO Iron River etc, etc " said our i'm
formant.
my knowledge of the matter arises
from business relations which had
with Mr. Jerry Morrow, who visited
this section about the middle of De.
cember seeking information about the
mining country and the possibility Of
acquiring iron mines here. He spent
some time in the Crystal Falls district
and sent him TO Iron River to see
Mr.. McKinnon abont the option which
the latter holds on the J. s. Kinney
farm.
81 think that am quite right in the
statement that the nearest the promot-
ers have come TO a blast furnace and
rolling mill Is an option which they
have acquired on what were formerly
the Kirby Carpenter company lands,
now owned by Carpenter Cook 81 Co. "
"Mr Morrow's purpose here was to
get line upon the mineral possibilities
OF these lands and 10 arrange tor the
exploration of them. In this connec-
tion he visited the property across the
river now owned in surface by Alex
Dalpra This property has indications
Of iron about it.
"He told me much about the affairs
Of the company that he represents. He
stated that he was in the employ OF the
Zimmerman interests of the Ann Arbor
railroad. These interests are largely
interested in iron manufacture as with
their ID I. 81 L. road traversing the
coal belt and the Ann Arbor poking off
towards the iron ore fields the natural
traffic Of the road would be- the hauling
of the raw materials used in the smelt-
ing Of iron. He stated that these people
have furnace building at Detroit now
the ore supply for which has not been
secnred. These interests have, during
the year just passed. used great deal
Of ore from the Hemlock. Great Wea-
tern. Bristol Crystal Falls and other
mines Of the district. This ore was
forwarded via Menominee and the Ann
Arbor car ferries and railroad.
'These ores proved very satisfactory
and the attempts of the Zimmerman
interests to secure mines In this county
Is the result
"All he had 10 say about railroad
extension was that II the Zimmerman
interests could secure some mines In
this section road would probably fol-
low. IL Is safe TO say that should any
tbsos, raa,,lf fwo,,a tha ra,,o~f. crrra,,t
the road will touch Crystal Falls. but
doubt very much that any such a
result will come about
"Tho X c. lands are now under
option and exploratory work will soon
be started on them. II plans.made are
carried out. Even II mines should be
discovered 10 will take a number OF
years to prove their worth and it seems
to me quite ont Of the probable that
these interests viii invest ID a big roll
ling mill etc az Menomince much IS
would like to sac them do so. without
having first obtained 9 supply 81 raw
material to feed &C.
"What Mr. Morrow did with Mr.
McKilnon 40 IrVn River about acquir-
ing the option on the Kinney farm
don { know However, ore is yet to
be shown up on that piece Of property.
To my knowledge. the unexplored X
g. lands and the MoKinnon options
constitute all the mines that this con-
cern now own. / hope that they dis
cover many mines on these lands.
"I am altogether Of the opinion that
there has been too much talk about
this affair. People who have plans OF
the kind don't unbosom themselves 10
everyone