Flour
What natural resources were used to help increase the success of this industry?
What natural resources were used to increase the success of the industry?
Lumber-cut down white pine
Water-transportation
What is iron ore?
rock or mineral that is removed and used
Why was iron ore so important?
It was in high demand to make steel to build skyscrapers, railroads, automobiles.
What are the 4 natural resources the state of MN used to make a profit?
Soil
Minerals
Water
Timber
What type of upgraded machines were used in this industry?
(2 answers)
Middling purifier- helped removed the germ and brown flecks
Steel rollers- helped create finer flour
What type of upgraded machines were used in this industry?
(3 answers)
Hot water pumps
Steam Powered Saws
Circular blades
What type of upgraded machines were used in this industry?
Electric shovels
Trains with diesel powered engines
What are the two iron ranges called?
Vermillion and Cuyuna
Why were investments so important to a successful industry?
helped keep money circulating
Describe the ranges of jobs.
Highest paid- most skilled and often had the most dangerous jobs
Lowest paid- unskilled and repetitive work
Describe the 2 main jobs in this industry.
Sawmill workers
Lumberjacks
Describe the people needed to make this industry successful.
Immigrants working in the mines
Investors- Rockefeller and Carnegie to provide the money
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
Very rich business man that helped invest money into Henry Oliver's Mining Company.
What are the 3 key things needed for industries to be successful?
Machines
People
Natural Resources
What did Charles Pillsbury invest in to help his business?
Failing flour mill in hopes of turning it around.
Why was lumber production beginning to decline?
They were cutting down the white pines and were not planting new ones.
Who did Henry Oliver do business with that was very successful?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Type of tree Fredrick Weyerhauser sought out for his lumber industry
White Pine
MN reached a new era in the Late 1800's. What was the era called?
Era of Industrialization
By the late 1870's Pillsbury increased his production of flour from 300 barrels to ___________ barrels a day.
How many barrels did he increase to?
3000
Where did Fredrick Weyerhauser move his business to?
Washington State
What are was the MN Iron Range located?
North MN near Duluth and Superior.
Following the railroad
How many acres of land did Weyerhauser and his partners purchase in MN?
200,000 acres
Tell me the difference between:
Industry
Industrialist
Industrialization
Industry-small part of a business
Industrialist- owner/manager of the large business
Industrialization- process of creating the large business