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 . e Iron Range. located a similar deposit. As this mineral is worth $15 a ton, the value of these discov-eries is of incalculable importance to Crystal Falls. Eighteen miles from Crystal Falls by highway beyond the beautiful Fortune Lakes,and b
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 . e Iron Range. located a similar deposit. As this mineral is worth $15 a ton, the value of these discov-eries is of incalculable importance to Crystal Falls. Eighteen miles from Crystal Falls by highway beyond the beautiful Fortune Lakes,and by rail twenty miles from the junction at Stager is located Iron River, an erstwhilecandidate for the county seat and second only in importance to Crystal Falls. It has athinking population of 1,200, Stambaugh which abuts it having 300 additional was platted in 1881 by D. C. McKinnon who owns the town site, which with Sipchensaddition now covers 100 acres. The real estate and personal property this year—asassessed—of village and township, amounts to $1,027,962. Gennesee street, theprincipal thoroughfare and lined with numerous stores, is graded for half a mile, Adamstreet for three-quarters of a mile, and Cuiyaoga street for the same distance, and allequipped with well planked sidewalks. The drinking water is conducted from a spring. The Mansfield Mine. through ordinary pipes. The fire tanks are supplied from a reservoir fed by the IronRiver. The fire department, in charge of Chief Minkler, consists of 30 men, who controlseven hydrants and two hose carts, with 1,000 feet of hose, the pressure beingmaintained by a Cameron pump. The interests of the village are well conserved by aBoard of Trustees, composed as follows: Alex. Quirt, President; W. W. Hunter, AndyJ. Boyington, C. A. Ecklund, P. Andreson, Gus. Freidrich and John Carson, Trustees;Mr. Wright, Assessor, with Mr. Frank Ducker, Clerk. The Township Board iscomposed of Mr. St. Peter, Supervisor; Thos. H. Flan
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