Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...giant shovel dipped and took a three-ton bite of rich, iron-bearing earth. Steep Rock Mine was open at last. The men who saw this happen in the wilderness near Atikokan, Ont. knew they were seeing economic history in the making...
...Steep Rock is a range of superhard hematite ore, the best on the continent. Its proved and probable iron deposits total at least 25 million tons. Engineers estimate unproved reserves up to ten times this figure. Expected annual production by 1946: 2,000,000 tons. This is small change compared to the 65,000,000 tons produced last year by Minnesota's famed Mesabi range, but the comparison does not show the real importance of Steep Rock to the Canadian and U.S. steel industries...
...What Steep Rock will ultimately mean to Canada, no one yet can say. Some Canadians have already talked optimistically of "a great metropolis in the bush of Atikokan, where great smelters will belch smoke. . . ." This much is sure: the Dominion, hitherto dependent on the U.S., now has a large iron ore supply of its own. This does not mean Canada will now supply fully the furnaces of its own young but lusty and growing steel industry. But it does mean that Canada will become, for the first time, an iron-ore exporter. And no longer will Canada have to import...
...steelmaking, varied grades of ore are used. Steep Rock's high-grade ore (it has a low silica and high iron content) is ideal for mixing with lower-grade U.S. ores. It would be impractical to use Steep Rock ore exclusively in steelmaking. Consequently Canada will ship much of Steep Rock's production to the U.S. and continue to import lower-grade U.S. ores...
Jake, Puss, Shorty. Sometimes exhausted mules slipped or fell from steep mountain paths. The muleskinners rescued them at the risk of their own necks. The 'skinners formally named their charges Jake, Puss, Shorty. They called them, "You bastard, you sonofabitch." They defended them passionately from any outside criticism...