Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-07
FORD OPENS UP
HIS IRON MINES
(By Associated Press)

ment program by Henry Ford,
the first shipment of iron ore
from Mr.. Ford's mine here has
been sent to River Rouge, near
Detroit, for conversion into iron
and steel that next will be seen in
automobiles and tractors.
About 500 tons of ore is being
sent daily to Escanaba by rail and
there dumped on an ore boat for
the Detroit district. At River
Rouge the ore will be put through
the Ford blast furnaces. The
only break in the procession from
I the Ford owned mine to the
Ford produced automobiles, is in
the railroad and boat lines neces-
sary to carry the ore. Mr.. Ford
has not yet attained control Of
these transportation facilities.
I The mine, known as the Imper-
ial, will supply but a small per-
; centage of the iron needed in the
Ford industries but it is believed
heer other similar developments
will follow, the manufacturers
owning 100000 acres of land in
the upper Michigan peninsula and
rich deposits of ore are believed
by experts to underlie at least a
part of the vast tract.
! Operation. of the Ford mine
near here is as similar to the 9TH
er industries carried on by the
+ manufacturer as is permissible.
Working conditions for the men
are revolutionary, mining men
say. When the, workers come
out of the mine they remove their
! working clothes, stand under
warm shower baths, don street
clothes and then go to their
homes. The wage is SO day for
older employees and SIS a day for
those mre recently added to the
those more recently added to the
payroll. The eight hour day pre-
walls.
The rooms in which the miners
change their clothing is as care
fully maintained as is the locker
room of a club or university gym
nasium.
Mr.. Ford also has changed the
style of buildings at the mouth
of the mine. Most mine struc-
lures are corrugated iron over
wooden frames. The Ford build
ings are of metal lath and plaster.
The manufacturer is also laying
plans to build stucco homes for
his workers. Twelve Of these
structures are to go up this year.
! The Ford plan so far has had
little effect ON working conditions
in mines throughout the PENN
sula, as his mine employees but
100 men of the total of $4,000 on
the Michigan ranges.
The Imperial is all old mine &C
quired by Mr.. Ford in a property
deal. Several months were re-
quired to put it in shape for oper-
alton. Mining operations were
started last December and a pie
of ore amounting to 100000 tons
had been accumulated up to the
time that orders from Detroit
sent steam shovel biting into
| the mass.
| The mining railroad is con-
structed of old rails taken from
the roadbed of Mr.. Ford's rail
road, the Detroit, Toledo and
! Ironton. The owner has announc-
| ed he soon will begin construc-
| ton of a steam electric plant at
the west end of Lake Michigan
!; me and develop power for the
mine and the village of Michi-
CANINE, asowell for other enter
Ijprises he may develop.
YpcD WACO GU s s.
Rev. and Mrs. lM.IF. Wyatt
and son, Marvin, of Odville, Wis
I tied friends here the first of The
week. -
Mrs. Susie Willoughby, Mrs
Il John Chambers, and son Harold
of Richmond, spent Tuesday ii
Our town.
i Miss Bessie Cochran spent the
| week end with her sister, Mrs
Il 0. c. Rucker.
James Curtis and Colby Brown
Mckinney are visiting theil
aunts, Mesdames T. c. Lowry
and E. E.Nod, of Huntington
w. Va.
Mr.. Ray Witt, of Irvine, visit
ed friends here Wednesday night
II Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. B. Duncan
and daughter, Miss Clay, Mr.
/ and Mrs. Bernard Jones and lit
tie son, Mr.. and Mrs: Jane
| Cobb, Mr.. R. L. and w. D. Gov
ington attended Berea Fai
| Thursday.
II Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Baumstarl
of Irvine, spent several day
II with relatives this week.