Pioneering With Taconite [SIGNED]

Davis, Edward W.

ISBN 10: 0873510232 / ISBN 13: 9780873510233

Published by Minnesota Historical Society Pr, St. Paul, MN, 1964

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in gray cloth w/silver titles. About Fine w/blacked-out owner info 1/2 title page, else Fine and unmarked; Near Fine unclipped DJ edgeworn w/short tears, now in clear protective cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on 1/2 title page. 246pp inc. Index; illustrated in photos, map endpapers. Uncommon signed. 246 p.

Seller Inventory # 043375

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pioneering With Taconite [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr, St. Paul, MN
• Publication Date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873510232
• ISBN 13: 9780873510233
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: About Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Books
  • Non-Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

With humor and insight, E. W. Davis tells the story that begins with the discovery of then-valueless taconite on Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range in 1870 and several decades of attempts to process taconite commercially. Davis details the ups and downs of the exciting, decades-long research effort that resulted in a workable extraction method, followed by frustrating attempts to form the concentrate into small pellets. Finally, Davis describes building the first successful commercial processing plant at Silver Bay in the 1950s and the contributions by various companies to the birth of the industry. Along the way insider Davis recounts the founding of the three new northern Minnesota taconite towns, Babbitt, Silver Bay, and Hoyt Lakes.

About the Author

Dr. E. W. Davis, considered the “father of taconite,” led the successful search for a process to extract high-grade iron ore from extremely hard taconite rock. He served as superintendent and director of the University of Minnesota Mines Experiment Station.