, 1873-08-24
THE UPPER PENINSULA,
] Busy 1.-Two Of Iron .Iyorkors-..The Mar.
quette, lloughton & ontonagon
Railroad.
Shipment and Manufacture Of Iron.-.
Prospective Revolution In lilo
Trade,
stflto to Secure tho Transportation. BUSINESS. :.
Lake Superior as Sumn,er.acsort.

> sptetat Correspondence Of The Chicago 7rfbune,
MARQUETTE, L. g., Aug. II, 1873.
Tho frat impulse Of yisitor to Tho 11nnc
Peninsula is to
BUY AN IRON MINE.
a1 the price Ia too high, his alternative is to In
tess IN mineral land md explore for orc,
iundfoda OF cagor fortuno-aeolors have done sc
ttia eoason. Tho " rush II commenced at the
@arquotto Land-Ofllco before the snow moltea
MAPS woro scanned, lots spotted, aud
parchases made without furthor investigation.
EVcry section Of land known to posHoss salablo
orc has boon disposed Of The oxotemout was
alnparalloled. Popular opinion underlaid tho
whole poninsular district with valuable dopos.
ATS and tho constant demand for oro with the
irrespective increased use Of iron throughout
the country. Huggoa.cd the bolef that the owner
OF rich'y-yaoldlng mine was tho certain DOS
BeBsor Of d handsome Income. A hasty trim
through tho iron-rogion would confirm this b.
Lief.
nus1En HIVE
can scarcely be found But the product Ia not
all honoy, nor is tho return unquoationably sure.
Despite The broath1oBs, industrious olatsor iuoi-
dont to tho daily arrival and shipment, at this
portland Eacanaba Of 600 to IA 600 tons Of IRON
ore 1t Ia depressing fact that soft orc ia at o
dlscount, and thoprico asked is higher than tho
manufacturers propose to pay. A reduction is
inevitable. Several furnaces in Ohio md penr-
eylvann have been compelled to 60 out OF blast,
land others must 1lnless the decreased vnlue of
plg-iron Ia moro equally shared by the mines.
1NoN 1H THE LIFE
OF this region. Upon itH nlarket-yaluo the pros-
perity and development Of the entire PeninBuln
depend. Villages and cities arc sprineing IN
with astonishing rapidity. Two months ago, q
Thriving town bordering on Luke Michigan1mt
MaH literally stamped out by llro. To-day, o
hundred houses havo beou rebuilt, and scores
nre going up. Settlers arc crowding into tho
mineral range 80 rapidly that the 62 miles Of new
railroad be1weon Marquette and L'Anse arc reap-
Ing summer paBHeuger-traff}c that ta1os tic
utmost capacity OF the Company.
THIS MARQUET1EE, nououToN oEToNAooN
..... RAILROAD
ia remarkably good property. It's construction
waa no light undertaking. Sono of the grades
arc astonishing, but til oy arc mainly Utilized.
At tho Western end a rise OF 1,100 foot above
Tho bay at Z Anse ig overcome within 10 milos.-
portion Of tho grade bolng 2o7 foot to tho n,lc
auotte end; but, as tho Gust and wost termini
Are tho shipping g-points, the down grades arc
.utilizod In the easy transportation Of trains
OF ior1y or fifty loaded cars on to the vast
oro-docka; aud, us comparatively light trains
only ascend tho grades. tie whole limo can be
very economically worked.
\ few years ngo, this railroad, with its clnrtor
and tho twenty Or thirty miles colnpletod could
hayo been bought dirt-chenp.
roUn MILLIONS
would not pocket it now. III addition to itH
splendid traffic, the Company has q valunblo
land-grant, portions OF which have appreciated
contained regulates itB value. Explorers find It
q tempting field, For each discovery of No.
hard or rock ore. either specular or magnetic,
Oh railroad laud, the Company offers $4,000 re-
rOr1 kso x41at+u k. f,u.r r., IL.
natural EHoats extends to tho individuals
Mone OF tho officers poor mon, neither aro
tboy dependent upon t1oir salaries. T4oy are
ZOO deeply Interested IN the largest mines to
4ubblc ahont compensation.
Iho 1nhu4 OF 20 large population as tho Up
por Peninsula contains necessarily creasoHa a
coon MAAKEr ron FAnM-pl!opucTs.
This fact has become apparent to the struggling
prairie-fRrmers, aud some Of them, migrating
alther, hive realized more money from five
acres of potatoes than they were wont to cat
, from LOO aeres %a of Iowa wheat Tho difference
;nmssa RGtwsem 70 & eGts per bashe for potatoes in
proportion, moro than counterbalancos the agri-
cultural obstacles hore encountered.
There ia refreshing ncwness about this |
region,--for, despite its magnificent achieye- !
ments it il yet in its Bwaddling- clothes. But.
If its vigorous infancy may bo taken aa fairr |
promise Of its possible maturity, it will orc |
long
suRrAss TIE MoBT FAVORED SECTIONS
'~AN
nonce. 1tB rcsollIcoB are weIl-nigh boundloss.
and arc only Just beginning to be realized aud !
utilized.
Last year, 952. .055 tons Of iron-oro and ~. sos
tons Of pig-iron were produced in the Lake
superior district, valued at 39,108, ,055. Biuce |
1856, at the close OF last year, 5545 5413 tons Of
ore and 35l, 700 tona of pig-iron have boon pro-
duced, at q valuation OF al, ,875, 053.
THE PRESENT sEAHoN
has already realized expectations yet tho total
shipments from the Marquette district for tho |
current year, up to July l, were:
fron-ore. pip-trou |
DID 4n74
1ta1Iaetfo.. .20a,l47 GG44
- Auae.. s.s..s...........,--.. ~ HI ,,,,.
4o'"A-s. .41H, ,lQj 1920
Compared With the corresponding period of
1872. it shows An increase in tho aggregate Of
ll0,580 tons this year. Shipments Of pig-tron,
however, have fallen OF about 6,000 tons. For
Tho week ending Aug. 7, the shipments from
aaequetto amounted to 50, ,702 tons of iron-ore,
over 5000 tons daily; And, from Encanaba.
q, ,493 tons.
It was expected TINT tho total shipments for
the current year would approximate 20D0,00U
hall