Evening star., 1928-08-02
VAST IRON MINING
SEEN BY PRESIDENT.
Coolidge Party on Tour of
Range Country, Greatest in
Ore Production.
BY 7. RUSSELL YOUNG.
stan Correspondent ot The Star.


HIBBING. Mimi. August 2.-PreSi-
dent Coolidge is today visiting the
famous iron range section OF Minnesota,
from which more than hslf Of the iron
ore Of the United States is mined. and
which is recognized as the heart and
life Of Duluth. and Superior, cities
linked closeiy with the iron industry.
With him on this interesting trip 2re
Mrs. Coolidge and their son John. Col.
Osu1un Latrobe, his military aide. DR..
JsmeS Coupal. his physician, Everett
sanders. his secretary: the customary
number of correSaondentS and news
-sssotograpllerS and Secret Service men,
as we'll as number of officials OF the
Duluth. MisSabe & Northern Railroad,
over whose road the journey is being
made, and officials Of several Of the
larger mines in the range country.
The presidential party boarded the
special train Of seven cars at 1taSca.
Wis. small station about IS miles
west of Cedar Island Lodge, shortly
after 10 o'clock in the morning. ana
Tshbne. the largest and principal city
in the range region and commonly
known as the iron ore capital, was
reached Al l o'clock.
Citizens Turn Out.
This thriving. busting city, in the
Verv heart of the iron region, turned
ont in full force 10 welcome the PreSl-
dent Afavor II. r Weirick headed
committee that greeted the Chlet
Executive and his party upon tneN
arrival and then acted as an escort
through the town and to the mines.
During the stay at Hibolng the party
visiting the renowned Huli-Rust nlnle
Albany mines. The greatest interest,"
ratTrsIlv was in the Hull-Rust, which
Is the largest open-pit mine III the
world.
There are more than IS miles OF
railroad tracks circling the various
levels OF the pit. Most of the mines
in this range are open pits and the
mining is done by steam Shovels, al
though there are several shaft MINES
notably the Soudan. in the Lake Ver-
million section. which shaft is nearly
2 600 feet beneath the surface OF the
earth. On the outskirts Of Hibbing the
PARTY visited also the gigantic ore
crushing plant.
Besides acquiring fame as 'the iron
ore capital" the town OF Hibnlng was
made nationally prominent few years
ago when virtually moved ooclly 10
make room for mining excavations. Inc
new Hibbing has none OF the appear
ance Of what one would expect OF a
mining town in wilderness section OF
the Northwest. It Is new and neat
and modern in every particular The
town made the mines pay handsomely
for the inconvenience of being moved,
and its houses. streets and public build
ings. especially the schools, give evi-
dence of this The Hihbing High School
Is one of the show places in this Sec
tson Of the country. 1t Is said TO De
one of the largest and handSomeSt. and
everything else that could be expected
from an outlay of more than 5000 600.
In educational and municipal circles
this is recognized as a very stable
amount for a Schol building in town
of not more than $4,000 people, located
n the backwoods, so to speak.
Virginia Next Stop.
From Hibbing the Presidents spe-
cial viii move on 10 Virginia, the next
largest town in the range country, and
Il viii be there that the President and
moth Missabe Iron Range. with its
rich mines, including Higgins. Lincoln,
Lone Jack and Moose. The visit to
Virginia also win give them an oppOr-
tEnity TO see the Rairley Lake Lumber
hin, conceded to be the largest white
pine mill in the world. The journey
back to the Summer White House will
be started at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
II Is expected that the President viii be
at the lodge shortly after 8.
The ore from the iron range is brought
by train to Duluth and Two HarborS,
MINI, and TO Superior. at which points
It is dumped into lake steamers and
carried principally TO Cleveland, Astu-
buIa. or Lorraine, Ohio, from which
points it s carried by rail to the vari-
Gus iron nd sseei manufacturing CEN
ters. Th. output Of the Minnesota
iron ranre is more than $4,000. 900 tons
annually.
President Coolidge has visited coal
mines. and while IN the Blackhills last
Summer saw gold and silver mines, but
to5ay's expedition gave him his first
view Of n, mining Of iron ore.
Tn.s was the second journey the Pres
tdens has made since coming to the
north woods OF Wisconsin. and it was
the first anniversary Of his I do not
choose 10 run" pronouncement, and the
eve Of his fifth anniversary as Presi-
dent