Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
December 4, 1886

Another Party Gone

Wednesday another DSS&A surveying party left Marquette to
begin work on the line weat of Three Iakes. ‘The party number~
ed 23 men, including six axemen and six packers and was under
the charge of Mr, J, H, Gercken, It will start west of the
first party sent out from here, that under the charge of George
Marsh and will pick up the line about 20 miles from Nestoria.

Wednesday Mr. David McCormick and Mr. Bush, two of the en-
gineers who have been awaiting orders here, started out. Mr.
McCormick going to Ashland, while Mr, Bush will probably go
elear through to Duluth. Three parties are now at work in the
Gogebic region, two, including that starting today near Three
Lakes and two on the Sault branch, making seven in all, while
one or more will be started out from this place in a few weeks.

BH&Co., are certainly pushers on work which they undertake.
With departure of this party all engineers who have been here
waiting to be sent out, will have gone.