Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The L'Anse Sentinel December 3, 1892 A Lake Pumped Dry What seemed an impossibility and an absurd undertaking last spring is now an accomplished fact. The last drop of water has been pumped from Lake Angeline, at Ishpeming, and a monster hole marks the site of that once beautiful lake. When the work of draining began last May, the lake was three-quarters of a mile long by about one-third of a mile wide, and its greatest depth forty five feet. The property adjacent to the lake is owned by the Pittsburgh & Lake Angeline Iron Company, the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, and the Lake Superior Iron company. They jointly agreed to bear the expenses of draining it in order to obtain the vast supply of high grade ore which was under the water. Mining operations are being pursued under the lake, but there is constant danger of a cave in. A shaft will im- mediately be sunk in the center of the lake. Millions of tons of rich ore underlie the sur- face of what was once the bottom of the lake. ==========================================================================