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 . ne, of which he became manager, and at about the same timethe Traders, the Canadian, Curry, Garfield, Hecla, Hancock, Illinois, Indianna,Keelridge, Stephenson, Sturgeon River and others were developed with varying degreesof success, the succe
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 . ne, of which he became manager, and at about the same timethe Traders, the Canadian, Curry, Garfield, Hecla, Hancock, Illinois, Indianna,Keelridge, Stephenson, Sturgeon River and others were developed with varying degreesof success, the success of the enterprises depending almost entirely on the amount ofcapital available for purposes of complete exploration. Iron Mountain, Florence, andlater on Iron River and Crystal Falls, became in turn the scene of more extensiveoperations, and from isolated mining camps, arose the prosperous towns and thrivingvillages which now compete in friendly rivalry for the supremacy of the Menominee. In 1877, the range with one mine in operation shipped 4,563 tons of ore. In 1890,with thirty-two mines in operation, it shipped 2,282,237 rons OI ore- You have been shown what it has done, you have been told what it is doing. Againbear with me still further, whilst I reveal its actual condition of to-day, and cast withyour permission a horoscope of its
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