Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847-2006

Index

Ackerman, A. C., 176 Acme Metals, Inc., 1, 234, 247, 260, 260 Adair, W. A., 16, 17 Adams mine (Canada), 201, 209, 233 Agglomerating disc, 182 Agnew mine (Minn.), 162 AK Steel Co., 247 Alanson Woodenware Co., 121 Alexandria mine (Minn.), 296n120 Algoma Steel Co., 1, 231, 232; and bankruptcy, 241, 247, 252, 255; and magnetite pellets, 233; Tilden partnership interest, 208–9, 239 Alleghany Corp., 184 Allen, (Pete) C. W., 162, 169, 174 Allis-Chalmers Co., 183–84, 185, 194, 197, 208, 216 Amapa project (Brazil), 264 American Cyanamid Co., 143 American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME), 175 American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), 227–28, 237, 246 American Iron Mining Co., 143 American Mining Congress, 198 American Rolling Mill Co. (Armco), 164, 173, 189, 240 American Ship Building Co., 171, 176, 190 American Steamship Co., 219 Anderson, Hjalmer, 182 Ansberry, Clare, 243 Antrim Iron Co., 123 ArcelorMittal, 262 Arctic Iron Co., 104 Armco. See American Rolling Mill Co. Arnold, Fortas and Porter, 186 Arthur G. McKee Co., 183, 197 Ashland, Kentucky, 173 Ashland mine (Mich.), 106 Athens mine (Mich.), 105, 115, 130, 171, 187 Athens system, 130 Austin mine (Mich.), 97, 106, 126 Australian iron ore, 161, 257. See also ClevelandCli ffs Iron Co., Australian ore interests of Australian Sonoma Project, 264 Autogenous grinding, 192–93, 216 Bacon, Don, 46, 69, 72, 74, 80 (photo), 81 Bailey Meter Co., 190 Bancroft, Linda, 202 Bancroft Iron Co., 71 Bankruptcies: response by CCI, 229–35, 249–52; steel company, 1–2, 224, 228; Barker, James R., 230 Barnes-Hecker mine (Mich.), 128–29, 132 INDEX 340 INDEX Barnum, William H., 78–79, 81 Barnum mine (Mich.), 31, 59 Basic oxygen furnace (BOF), 198, 226, 234 Battelle Memorial Institute, 167 Beaver Bay, Minn. See Silver Bay, Minn. Bechtel Corp., 193, 201 Belfont Steel and Wire Co., 124, 135 Bellefonte blast furnace, 189 Beneficiation of iron ore, 163–65, 167, 175, 176, 177–78, 195, 268. See also Pelletization Bentonite, 166, 193, 208 Berry, Abram V., 16, 17 Bessemer, Henry, 63 Bessemer-grade ores/pig iron, 61, 63, 64, 65, 79, 80, 92, 93, 106, 116, 266 Bessemer steel/process, 61, 63, 64, 116, 118, 266 Bethlehem Steel Co., 1, 107, 108, 125, 135, 150, 161, 166, 211, 234, 268; bankruptcy of, 252, 261; and Erie Mine 165; and Hibtac, 221, 252, 256; and imported steel, 247; and Mather mine, 173, 195, 221–22; purchase by ISG, 253, 260; trust fund and antitrust issue, 186–87 BHP Billiton, 262 Bjorne, Calvin, 177 Blast furnaces, early Upper Peninsula, 25, 37, 59, 63, 71, 76–77, 79, 105, 110, 128, 286n88 Blast furnaces, early use of Lake Superior ores in, 25, 44, 55, 57, 63 Blast furnaces, reduction in number of U.S., 249, 250–51, 261 Block, P. D., Jr., 181 Bloomery forges, 18–21, 23, 24–25, 26, 28, 37, 117 Blueberry mine (Mich.), 202 Boeing mine (Minn.), 108 (photo) Bolger, David, 236, 238 Bonior, David, U.S. Rep. 251 (photo) Book mine (Mich.), 202 Boston mine (Mich.), 71 Bourne-Fuller Co., 136 Boyum, Burt, 162, 208 Brazilian iron ore, 161, 189, 242, 249, 257 Brewer, Carl, 167 (photo) Brinzo, John, 1–2, 226, 231, 237, 244 (photo), 246, 265 (photo); and 2004 strike threat, 260–61; acquisition strategy, 237–38, 242– 45, 248–52, 255–57, 266–67; and China, 258–59 (photo); and steel co. bankruptcies 226, 231 Brinzo, Marlene, 265 (photo) Broken Hill mine (Australia), 179 Brook Pit Co., 45 Brooks, Thomas B., 62, 77, 78 Brown, Alexander C., 151, 156, 169, 170, 176, 180, 267 Brown, Rich, 251 (photo) Brush, Charles, 67 Buffalo Furnace and Machine Shop, 54 Bunker Hill mine (Mich.), 187, 195 Bureau of Mines, U. S., 101, 130, 206–7 Burnell, Lorenzo Dow, 16, 17, 20 Burt, John, 24, 28, 274n4 Burt, William Austin, 15–16, 24 Bush, George H.W., 237 Bush, George W., 249, 253 Bush, John, 142 Bussone, Paul, 224 (photo) Butler mine (Minn.), 238 Byrne, Dana, 249, 256, 257 (photo), 265 (photo) Byrne, Rita, 265 (photo) Calfee, William, 224–9, 231, 240, 244, 258, 263 Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., 67, 103 Cambria-Hartford mine (Mich.), 152 Cambria Iron Co., 45, 94 Cambria-Jackson mine (Mich.), 150 (photo), 171 Canda, Charles, 77, 78 Canisteo mine (Minn.) 107, 152 (photo), 162, 177, 225 Canisteo Mining Co., 152 Cappo, Louis, 249 Carlson, Rep. Mike, 250 (photo) Carnegie, Andrew, 63, 92, 93, 104, 115 Carnegie Steel Co., 93, 94 Carp furnace, 120 Carrabba, Ashley...