The Menominee Iron Range : its cities, their industries and resources, being a sketch of the discovery and development of the great iron ore beds of the North, situated within portions of the States of Michigan and Wisconsin south of Lake Superior : submitted as a hand-book for the information of those seeking a profitable field for labor and investment . the Breen, and camps constructed, but thework was discontinued and the camps were burned the following summer. In 1872, Dr. N. P. Hulst and Dr. Credner—the latter of whom originally visitedthe district in 1867—had camped on section 10, townsh
The Menominee Iron Range : its cities, their industries and resources, being a sketch of the discovery and development of the great iron ore beds of the North, situated within portions of the States of Michigan and Wisconsin south of Lake Superior : submitted as a hand-book for the information of those seeking a profitable field for labor and investment . the Breen, and camps constructed, but thework was discontinued and the camps were burned the following summer. In 1872, Dr. N. P. Hulst and Dr. Credner—the latter of whom originally visitedthe district in 1867—had camped on section 10, township 39, range 29, and had donesome test pitting, which resulted in one of the pits between sections 9 and 10, showingblue hematite. On October 15th, I marked a tree near the present Vulcan depot, andbegan the erection of camps for forty men. At the same time a supply road was cut tothe Breen mine, over which the men were brought to Breitung, as the camp was then called. A road was alsoSturgeon river, the Newto my surprise I foundto the Menominee Riverwho was in charge, had hisAcross the river in Wis-had commenced a clearing,woman, and was engagednow brought direct fromand an extensive explora-along the range. Portionstownship 39, range 29, weredrifts. In mining, the oldwith black powder, wasshores of Green Bay. Gly-was little used at that time,.
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