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Great Western Iron and Steel Company

  • Directory of the Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada, vol. 12, American Iron and Steel Institute, 1894, p. 66
    • Great Western Iron and Steel Company, Room 8, Rangstafi' Building, Seattle, King county. Contemplates erecting at Kirkland one coke stack, 75 x 17, to be equipped with three Ford & Moncur stoves. Peter Kirk, President; Jacob Furth, Treasurer; W. \V. Williams, Secretary
  • Directory of the Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada, American Iron and Steel Institute, 1892, p. 67
    • PROJECTED. Great Western Iron and Steel Company, Seattle, King county. Works at Kirkland, in the same county. Small foundry, machine, and pattern shops and ore bunkers built, and material and machinery on ground for one coke stack, 75 x 17, to be equipped with three Ford & Moncur stoves. Contemplates making Bessemer pig iron, from local magnetic and hematite ores, for a projected steel plant. L. S. J. Hunt, PremagneticPeter Kirk, Vice-President; W. W. Williams, Secretary; Jacob Furth, Treasurer; H. A. Noble and Peter Kirk, Managing Director
  • Peyton Whitely (August 6, 1998), "A Hidden Past -- Founder's Vision Unravels", The Seattle Times
  • Stein, Alan (1998), The Rise and Fall of Peter Kirk, Bellevue College
  • Denny Mountain iron mine: Shedd, Solon; Jenkins, Olaf Pitt; Cooper, Herschel H. (1922), "King County — The Summit Mining District: Denny Property", Iron ores, fuels and fluxes of Washington, Issues 27-31, Frank M. Lamborn, pp. 86–88
  • History of Alpental, alpental.com, February 2002
  • Iron Ore Deposits of Washington (PDF), State of Washington Department of Conservation and Development, November 1940
  • THURBER, HK; MILLER, MICHAEL S; MCMAHAN, AREL B; FEDERSPIEL, FRANK E (1989), "Economic Appraisal of the Alpine Lakes Study Area and Additions Washington", Geological Survey Bulletin, Issue 1542, Washington, D.C.: United States Geological Survey, p. 86
    • Iron deposits in the Snoqualmie Pass area were discovered in 1869 Denny Mountain No significant work was done until 1883 when adits were driven Hodges 1897 p 40 41 The Guye deposits approximately 2 mi 3.2 km northeast of Denny Mountain were discovered in 1881 Shedd 1902 p 7 The only production the iron deposits in the Snoqualmie Pass area has been small for metallurgical testing The limestone deposits in the same were first noted during the late 1880's Hodges 1897 p 40