MINES OF THE PEWABIC COUNTRY OF MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN,
VOLUME 3, WISCONSIN IRON
By Bruce K. Cox
The third volume in the mine series covers
iron mines and explorations of Iron, Ashland, Vilas, and
Bayfield counties, Wisconsin, with 410 listings. Who ran the
mines, how were the mines named, who was in charge, et cetera.
This book will surprise people with details of iron explorations
as far west as Bayfield county and as far south as the Butternut
and Glidden areas in southern Ashland county. The book presents
a sort of "Who Was Who" of the old-time iron men of northern
Wisconsin. The earliest location dates back to the 1840s. Gives
detailed histories of the La Pointe Iron Company, who sank the
first shaft on the Gogebic-Penokee Range in 1872, and the
productive iron mines in and around Hurley, Wisconsin. The
mineral rights for most of the producers were held by the
Northern Chief Iron Company, an account of which is given in the
book. A detailed list of iron ore shipments arranged
alphabetically by mine can be found at the end of the book.
Hundreds of mines and explorations, and thousands of people are
included in this history. Completely footnoted, indexed, 97
illustrations, and locations pinpointed.
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