Captains BLOG
06/24/2007
Iron Mountain – Cornish Pump – Escanaba MI
Odometer: 8506.5
Finally ran into to someone who knew what bit us. They are called no-see-um, no really that is true. We looked it up on line and they are so small and nasty that you don’t even know they have bitten you until you develop the pain, itching and bumps. In rare cases too many bites can result in kidney failure. Treatment is generally prednisone. All we have is topical cortisone so if we are not cleared up by the time we get home we may need a prednisone taper. Anyway it was off to Iron Mountain for a tour of an Iron Mine.
We thought that mining iron may have been done differently then mining for copper but it was not. The only real difference was that the stopes were bigger. 
Next it was on to the Cornish Pump which is the largest steam powered water pump ever built and was used in the mines to keep the mine shafts dry. That concluded that day. We will be heading to an abandoned mining town “ghost town” for a tour.
06/24/2007
Iron Mountain – Cornish Pump – Escanaba MI
Odometer: 8506.5
Finally ran into to someone who knew what bit us. They are called no-see-um, no really that is true. We looked it up on line and they are so small and nasty that you don’t even know they have bitten you until you develop the pain, itching and bumps. In rare cases too many bites can result in kidney failure. Treatment is generally prednisone. All we have is topical cortisone so if we are not cleared up by the time we get home we may need a prednisone taper. Anyway it was off to Iron Mountain for a tour of an Iron Mine.
We thought that mining iron may have been done differently then mining for copper but it was not. The only real difference was that the stopes were bigger. 
Next it was on to the Cornish Pump which is the largest steam powered water pump ever built and was used in the mines to keep the mine shafts dry. That concluded that day. We will be heading to an abandoned mining town “ghost town” for a tour.
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Interesting to know.
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