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 . Mr. Lew Whitehead. cut to the mouth of theYork farm of to-day wherea logging camp belongingLumber Co. Mr. Rice,wife and family with , Mr. Pat MullinsHe had married an Indianin trading. Supplies wereMenominee to Breitung,tion for ore
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 . Mr. Lew Whitehead. cut to the mouth of theYork farm of to-day wherea logging camp belongingLumber Co. Mr. Rice,wife and family with , Mr. Pat MullinsHe had married an Indianin trading. Supplies wereMenominee to Breitung,tion for ore could be begunof sections 6, 9, 10 and 11,explored by pits, shafts andJ clay bar used for wet holes,hauled by team from thecerine in its liquid state and Giant powder was notwell known. The pits and trenches near the line of sections 9 and 10, soon showed ablue ore 57 feet deep, 70 feet wide and 155 feet in length, which was estimated at aboutone-third rock, or 41,230 tons of ore in sight. This deposit was afterwards called theVulcan. Our supplies at this time, together with the mail and the doctor, came fromthe mouth of the Menominee River. Seven days were allowed the teams to make theround trip. On January ist, 1873, our buildings consisted of a dining camp, sleepingshanty, smith shop, supply shed, and a ten by twelve foot office, built of logs
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