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Marquette Iron Mines

Peter White's Scrap Book No. 3, 1889
Peter White Public Library» Marquette, NI

 

MARQUETTE IRON MINES.
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(The Inexhaustible Marquette Range
Shows a Larger Output Than Any
Other Iron Field.
we
iDions of Tons Already Taken Out,
and Still There Is an Abundance
Remaining.

 

/The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
Railway and What It Has Done
for Marquette.

 

Many First-Class Educattonal Institutes
—A Model House of Correction—
| Ore Statistics.

 

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Marquette betng thenatural shipping point
for the ores of tho ang, that in
dustry is ove of the main resources for tals
“point However, from the published tubles
you will sea that Escanaba takes a consider
able portion of this ore, sIthong ch at a euch

bhippiug, pot
greater distance as a shipping point, The
srailway fscllities were not what they
ghould have been by tho old Merquette,
Houghton & Outonazon railroad, andjas 9 re-
galt, the Chiago & Norchwestern road exine
in and, by liberal and prompt management, |

_ontried the ores to the point most aidyanta-

 

 

| with row and sail boats, and if

geons for that road. But now the Duluth, |
South Shore & Atlantic road, having soured
the ofd road, is 1m the field to get all they
possibly ean’ of the ore of the home range for
shipment via Maraaette or Si Ignace, and
the Chicago & Northwestern will find this an
opponent that will try their best metal. Their
insgyressiva, and having. plenty +of
money-are-in the market for business ‘This
means increased wealth and trade for Mar-
quetia. The Datath, Gouth Shore & Atlantle
‘oail opened up a section of country valuable

 

 

will supply the r roased
freigat, although it through traifie wills be
is road will

ako in ace an the shortest one from the
tor Westto the Esst, and, 8 timois of im.
port rstuw teas, the Duluth,
Routh Shor, & AUantla reed tll be seve’
hours in advance o 5 Trom 8
Boul gud ‘BMluneapolis, via the Chicago, se
|, Minneapolis & Omaha road, making @
‘ein af aason, 1018 only seventeen miles
further to Sault Ste, Marie thaa the short
Beo dines pas rom mach olnts as Fargo and
the West, it is seme one bundred and sever
(een tales shocien, Wil good track aad
first-olasa rolling staek, itis along way
acyanee of any of its compeiitors And
even to Detroit. and all points southeasi by
its line across the straits of Macinaciv, it cau
successfully compete with any other line,
while by lines from the Tast contering at
Sault Ste, Marie the distonce to Boston and
New York ia auill further reduced. No new
Tond cun have a better roadbed than bas this
rond, and the high water of last epring camo
nowhere within six feet of the level ofthe
tracks, being a enaruntee that
Wier alse me
1m Nestoria west the road is perfectly
new, the first puweager train only paveln g
over it en Sept, 13, the road. being then fin
ishea to Trou River Junction, wirenes trang
to Duinth non tha Ashland branch of the
Novem Pesilo. rou. ‘he new portion
passes through a diversified country—tie
first portion bong pine lands, valuable on
Account of the great abundance of that
wood, and with a rich soil underneath,
Kumerons steanss are crossee, with plenty of
water pow nt locationa for
aw mails, whfoh no Goubt wil be loeated at
there are only a
wnd logs are not
2 raa down the |
Dut they are also be- |
for ahipment. oy rail, aud the |
a profitable business fn |
log hauling to mills in the older sections. Al-
thoughsome very difiieuls road building was
done in the Gogetie ditrict, the grades were
kept low, and as a consequence heavy trains
will be the result, You are in a different
country from this tolron River Junction,
rd Wood, in addition
rout streams where
the angler cai have the very best sport. You
wind among a suecession of laizea, with scen-
ery of the most lovely description, and in
thls ako region will during the ‘summer
prefer these
quiet ralvents ta tho noize and bustia of the
bette: known watering places. Already they
have come, and ther
house, with sho requisite boats and fishing |
tackle 'tor enjoyment, At Gozebic luke, a|
beautiful chest of water, there will bea large
stimmier hotel, as the Milwaukee, Lake Shore
& Wostern roud has one at the southera end
well patronizad, while the scenery is preferu-
ble at the northern end. Here you may have
TEE FISHING DESLZED,

‘you nre fond
of venison you mzy have Itof your own
Killing in season, You may also have plenty
Of beat's mont foutnered fowl end other
game, of tae -sportsman is so
fond,” The Spanien geek tor weelciecae

laces Bh tas tic Sie? eis ek ceoka,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  

 

 

 

   

      

eral ronda west converse, and from|
Fargo via the Northern Pacitic road to West
Superior the distanee is 210 uniles, and from
West Superior co Sault Se. Nate, by the
1 Shore Allastio zoad tho
Glctane® is 106 m.les ora total of G59 miles
From Fargo to St Paul by the St. Daol, Mia
neapciis & Mauitota road, the shortest be~
tween these ‘points, the distance is 242
iu St. aut to Sault, Ste. Marie
ty tne “Soo! line, the mark dimect rout 2, te
distance is 494 + les, or a tov of 736 mi
muking the distonce from Baxgo 10 sant
Ste via the Duluth, Suu: Sbore & At
Jantie road eighty-one ries shorter than bY
Hino rough St Paul, Tho distance
to Sault Ste, Nar
(eran teed to Huson, then by the Dalat,
South Shore «& Atlantic railroad, 13 some
twenty miles longer than by the direct “Soo”
Tine, Lucas goon as the Duluh, South Shure

 

 

 

 

   

havmg unlimited backing, whatever will be
found for its interests will be done, as what
ithas done in tho past isa guarantee for the
future, With a good road bed, close ‘con-
neesion with tne Omaha road at Mason, with
te

BEST OF ROLLING STOCK,
wlth powerful engines. Fasiongerscon easily
ult Ste, Marie in from sixteen
outs afver_ stepping oa the
. Pant or Mianexpolis. This
road will ue aformidab:e competitor for te
trade st,and during tha winter
my ti ives D uth and the country di-
rectly to th another outlet to the
coast, and the immense traiic centering
there will be readily brought to its desting
tion at any of the ports on the Atlantic aca-
board, ‘This road makes connection at Du-
Juth and West Superior with all the roads
centering at that point; at Mason, G1 miles
cast, with the Chicago, St, Pan', Minneapolis
& Omaba; at Marengo, 74 miles, with the
Wiseonsin Central; at Saxon, 94 miles, with
the Milwaukee, Like Sore & Westera for
the Gogebie range; at Nestoria, with the
Houghton braneb, 49 miles nortia; ab Cham-
pion, 220 miles, with the Miwankea és
Norchern; ut Neguunes 259 silen, with the
Cniergo & western; st Sco Junction,
Sov road, and 47 miles
farther, ab Bault Ste. Maria; with, the Gano,
diaa Pacific for New England pointe, Boston
and New York Marquette being the head-

 

 

   

   

 

   

 

 

 

tho road, it t
and tha present whole-
here will be greatly

 

enlarged, and tiusthe city will be benefited
to the greatest possible extent, ‘The shops at
this point are extensive, bub the grounds are
too small even for the presenttrattic, and the
yards will Bave to be extended long the
shore of thelsketowards the Carp river,
This may gtve the cesired rum, as the lake
recrfe_ lla up for some Gistanee and the
‘The city would do

 

requisite plant pat
wrell to treat the road liberally, as elsa great
support to the city. ‘Think af the millions of
tors of ore that, have heen shipped over eae

 

road art the ore docks, and oe Bie naira
vessele brought here to cary that ore, pated
the amount of moacy for supplies to ‘those
vessels, and you havo some faint idea of the
income of she city from this resource. You
have a harbor that hasfew equalson the
Jakes, and the improvements oa the govern.
ment breaswater will add ta the security ef
worseis loading and unlonding. Let your
shipping interests, both of tandand water,
work hand in hand and you will see a boom,
ahealthy boom, of all kinds of material in
crease as this city has never had in its pre-
vious history.

| THE IRON OUTPUT.

 

‘The following are the total shipments
from the several ports at which iron ore hos
been abtpped for the pusy three yeurs, show-
ing that 1888 has the lorgest ovtput, al-
though the season ot its commencement was
exceedingly dull, with large stocks at man-
‘facturing pyigts The oxy ywatis given. ja

tons:

 

 

1886, es7 1888.
farquettens., 803,411 | 841,095
eaten 2. “OR 2.202 965 |

  

 
 

   

summer hotel, as the Milwaukee, 1
4 Western sod has one at she southera end
al ed, while the seeuery in prefera-
bie abthe northern end. Here yeu may have
1) HE FISHING DESIR
with row ard salt boats, and if ‘you are fond
of venison eroik of your. oid
Aulliug tu geavon. Youway also have plenty
af heat'e meat, feathered fow! and other
came, of which the sportsman is so
fond.’ The country is good for settlement,

 

 

that civilizer of ull eountries—the stezm

iron mines give you a pome market.
for years they will be unable to supply
|the home demand,and the zailway, being
| within your reaoh, will bring your products
| to whatever poino you may desire,

‘As a throaga carrying road the Dulath,
South Shore & Atlantio stands in the first
| Tank. Fargo 1 a point to which the sev-

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e Sliore
following are the total shipments
from the eeverai ports at which iron ore hus
been shipped for the past three years, show-
ing that 1888 has the largest output, al-
the soncon ot ite commencement waa
| exceedingly dull, with large stocks at man-
jafaaeaaias ppigth, The ary ynnt js. given. ja,

 

  
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

   

3 are
aces ot nore, and i this the “ara atte
range is the leader, At is the oldest field and

any one of the other ranges The output
tor the las; two years, aud also she totals
sineo tho ranges were opened aro given,
showing what « wonderful amount of wealsh
hag flown from the iron regions of ‘the
| North:

Ranga | «1887, Potala
| Maranette... 18eidag 1 ae toe 27,038,200

8)285,953
426/73

    

33%
ap3eab! 450,478 11486)781
seollansouis. 400,000 "402,320

 

 

 

 

4,798,908 5,021,948 40,509,090
The Jnekson mine; Negeunee, shows a
production o£ 29,000 tons prior to 1804,
| when she Glevsland mine at Ishpeming wat
ned. Sinee that time many cthers were
opetied in that range, while many tha have
boen opened at diferent periods have been
abandoned, ‘The Menomines range was
next begun in 1877, whon the Yelean
| showed au output of 4.598 tons. The Goge-
bio and Vermillion ranges wera both cpened
| Pio same year, 1884, the Colhy, ns only
| mlae showing an output of 1,022 fons, and
| tho Minnesota In
sullion slowed an output the same Year of
124. "he Colby is now tho largest ro
opened. Bolow you
fre provonted with tue namen of tha ‘mayoral
mines ab work during che past year, and also
their oucptt, with the points trom which
the ores have heen shippad, Howover,in thene
tabive no aveous of tie amtouns shipped by
rail Is taken, whieh, from all the mines in
the several ranges, is estimated ta be over
400,000 tons, ‘The demand tor iron ore is
so nrext that railway shipment will be con
Huiaued all winter, thus increasing the ous

 

 

 

  

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SELODS.sevonane uianeses.

 

 

2 Peter White's Scrap Book No. 3 = 1889

 

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270,608)Paint River .... 29,638

 

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0,927 |

 

a+ 199,648
Poona: 32,692

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1,119,128

 

8.088
cose 08,998
208,365

falhy, Soh’ 2.” 11 0)Penee
ia enn tie selodi

 

Minnesota Tron company, eto.

 

   
 

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