Hermon W. Cable

Hermon W. Cable possessed a highly rigorous, deeply practical background navigating early American resource investment and complex regional commerce. Working intensely to capitalize a massive, highly speculative mining operation in Two Harbors, Minnesota, this intense background in early-stage venture formulation provided the exact foundational support required to launch the historic 3M corporation.

Hermon W. Cable was a deeply ambitious American entrepreneur and a highly critical foundational partner in the original establishment of the massive 3M corporate empire. In 1902, Cable joined forces with four other local Minnesota businessmen to aggressively launch the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Sharing the incredibly ambitious vision of harvesting massive local deposits of corundum for the booming abrasive manufacturing market, Cable committed critical early resources to the venture. Although the initial mining operation was a massive, highly catastrophic failure due to geological miscalculations, Cable's incredibly resilient early partnership was absolutely essential in laying the historic corporate groundwork. His initial foundational backing allowed the struggling company to eventually attract new investment and successfully pivot into an absolute global manufacturing monopoly.