HUNDRED MILLIONTH TON OF TACONITE POURS INTO CARRIER HOLD AT TACONITE HARBOR Watching the 100 millionth ton of taconite pellets to be shipped from Erie Mining Company’s harbor facilities being loaded at Taconite Harbor aboard the vessel Arthur B. Homer are, from left: Captain Edward P. Fitch, skipper of the Homer from Sandunsky, Ohio; Robert Frey, superintendent at Taconite Harbor; Fred Schmidt, yard and dock foreman; Glenn Boostrom, towerman; and Del Ferguson, assistant general foreman. The Home took on 23,000 tons of pellets, including the 100th millionth ton. Reprinted from the Nov. 26, 1970 Cook County News-Herald
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