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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29. 19112 DETOUREQNEAR VULCANiron ore ha- born extracted* Twolonsritudinal faults have been to exist. and the zone ofPenn Mineakam i§ through rounding the voids* mining neers ham reported.si r-A section m„ i.i quarter of aSubsidence i (1 i!vrs-aone-bed onHazard to AutoTrafficIncreasingly rapid subs id on re of Hie surface nf a 300-foot long section of Highway US-2 over workings of the Penn Mine at Vulcan in Dickinson county will make ittecessarv to detour traffic therein the interests of safety, the *ta?e highway department has announced. The maximum subsidence is now- eight feet seveninches, although the depressionhas heen partly filled. The concrete pavement is now buried to amaximum depth of three feet un-lor the fill. JThe subsidence became appar-i Wt in 1937 and year by year has become more rapid. So far thisrear the depression has increased iy more than four feet, as great as the total for the previous rears. In the interests of traafety it was held advisable toestablish detour around thevrea.Mining engineers have reported to the state highway department that the subsidence may continue gradually, but there is the possibility of a cave-in. Although thin may never occur the highway department decided to take stepsbefore the danger become! imminent.The surface sinking occurs as ;he earth settles into voids-—sec-s of the mine from which thelong w w i, US-2 through Vulcan a the potential danger zone. The detour is now being signed and improved to he in readiness for the traffic rerouting. The temporary route win too only slightly longer than the existing route, which was built in 1181*Preliminary surveys have been mad# by the highway department for a relocation of UK-2 through the mine area in Vulcan and Norway, These surveys are being studied and a permanent solution to the problem of routing thehighway through the mining areais being worked out I I Mi—Roll Call PlansWill Ba Made ByRed Cross TonightertitfifTdQTFfiVhrt1Plena for the 1941 Roll Cali ofthe Delta county chapter of the American Red Cross will be discussed at meeting of officers, director* and committee chairmanat the office of Supt. John A. Lemraer at the junior high school this emitting,The meeting, which has beencalled by 0. V Thatcher,Call chairman* will open at o‘Ngtlt;wVt!wUVnbhdvFor Rent Ads will rent for yon
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Escanaba Daily Press
Escanaba, Michigan, US
Wed, Oct 29, 1941
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