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Iron Mine.

130. Iron.

What objects can you now see that are made of
iron? What iron articles are used in your homes ? +
Name ten iron tools ; five iron weapons; three iron
machines. What iron goods have you seen in stores ?
In what parts of your

coal, but we do not know exactly how the
iron rocks were formed.

Coal is used in melting iron ore, and it
often happens that coal and iron are found
near the same places. Many large cities owe
their growth to this fact. Can you tell what
articles are often made in such cities?

The richest iron mines in this country are
near Lake Superior. In the production of
iron ore, Michigan leads all other _ states.
Pennsylvania, New York and Alabama also
have very rich mines of iron ore.

The great centers of steel and iron manu-
facture are Chicago and Pittsburg. Here are
made most of the steel rails used in this
country ; also, armor plates for warships, steel
plates for other steamships, and nearly every
kind of tool and machine used by the people
of this great nation.

It is the nearness of coal and iron mines
that places these cities in the lead.

Before men could read or write, and while

 

school building is iron
used ?

Can you name some
of the uses of iron on
railroads? Do you
know what steamships
are made of?

Which do you think ‘]/\
more useful, wood or!
iron ?

When some kinds
of rock are heated
very hot, they melt
and iron comes
from them. The
rocks which con- {®
tain iron are called
iron ores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the ore

is dug from the ground. It is in layers, like they were yet savages, they melted iron from

1 Steel is one form of iron..

the ore and shaped it into weapons.