The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12
EARLY HISTORY OF the
KEWEENkW PENINSULA
Continued From Fourth Page.

was the ash bed underlying that prop
crty. he was shrewd observer.
The Plttsbuig a Boston company
had the oxide vein at Copper Harbor'
ucar the fort. on which they had four
shafts, one so feet deep and they also
owned the cir and Manhattan.
At Agate HarDor there were several
dwellings,, "a population of thirty.
The Isle Royalc, then evidently at
Horse Shoe Harbor, had Il force of ten
men, three buildings and shaft "
feet deep.
The taglC IIarbor mine had three
shafts and they thought they had taxi
on out Sufficient copper TO pay eNpea-
SEES and were to lay out Il townsite
| IN the spring.
At Copper Fails, Nh ChilGs agent
| had charged the course of stream
aud driftcd into the hill on vein
} found in it's bed
The Boston company, two miles east
of Agate Harbor, had five dwellings
and twelve men vt Bohemian, hair
q mile south of MOSQUITO Lake, theE
nad force of men and good buildings
"copper" ran at l2is per cent.
At the Northwestern at Grand Mar
ais. and the superior next west oil
Copper Harbor. they had good equip
mcnt of buildings ana fine showing
Of large amount OF copper.
Up to the year 1916 all government
ltIt
3 lie country and came back In the
! ,pring In that year ID, -. BrUckWdy
arrived i'm an indian canoe which was
~ charge of two Indians oi the mis-
}. sion from L'Anse. This canoe con
. tanned Mr. Brockway, his wife, three
$ ,hildren ana all his worldly goods. It,
,, immediately built house, which hl
son tells me, was located Just east
Miss Corgan's present residence, an'
ononcd II as "A hotel. This wjs tn
ii Nrst building in Copper Harbor prop
% cr. During this year work WAS doil
Il On the mine at the fort. work wa
- ,Iso begun at the quincy mine at For
e tnro Lake. and ut the Whcaikai
p, uropcrty. a mile south Of the presch
- \tlantic.
,r During the winter of 'i6 and IA yer
!. ,ittIo dcvclopmcnt work was done oN
ing TO the low price of copper
In the winters of ~ and 1S u
rroduct of the Cliff mine was cohsi'
u ,r.blv increased, but work at MAJ
g of the other properties was suspehue
y The Minnesota mine was d'scoNcr'
"a that year
=. In the year rs the Cliff mine PR
i, lducod 500 tons of copper ana pa
A. sea. 900 i'm dividends carly in ~. -
- velopments ceased about this TN
owing to the market condition OF
metal. the Clln. Copper Fails ~
Minnesota mines being the prihch
or producers. The Cliff attained p'
duction of LOO tons per annum' Il
Tho Ninncsato about l,SOO tons.
I'm 1852 the Portage Lake dcNelo
-. mont was quiokcned. The Isle ko
-. ,Ic was opened, then the for'a'
a., pcvabic and Huron in 1893. In
'" tho Quincy which had done some q
sultory work Cor two years prev ~
discovered the Pewabic lode on
nroperty. and began to made satisia
,Id iory progress.
=, The Franklin mine was opeh'u
an 1857. The Sheldon n Coiuiho"
..u, 1860. In this year smelling "o'
~ were established at thc lake
80, I'm the wear 1863 the present ''
To- tcunial mine was developed a'so
:, - Mary's. In the year 1850 the ="
mo, was discovered; the Oscco'a
ls,3 and the TamaracE in lSS-'
I believe the title of my paper y
.., ,nndes the development "l 'hc COZ
N country further.
Tho old DAYS were much IKE
49,, rrcycnt Gays in many respe''s'
man nature has been very hluch
came always We had the pron''
In the old days, although we oiu
know him by that name. Inc -
ncc who has been previously III
ti,,cd. WAS a gentleman oil tha' SUI
Whining companies were organized
n,,. noated with all the cargo VI s
-, ties they could float. Tie Aetna ~
,,,, crty was sold for SlOOoo' Tue S''
- tho various companies were
,iod all over Europe and sold To co
,rchasers The spirit of specu'a
vos rife | have often hearu oo'
svinton tell of being perN'''cu'
49,, kindly gentleman. to purchase '''
s,c La Belle for $l.oOO each'
The Military road seems 10
,oon one of the successful spc0
'''' lions I, being represented mat III
" vor II would he Impossible 10
NOV ,isop Fort wilkins by way ot tue
u.,,g ia the British garrison u
,ill granting so many scc'iohs
,.rd for each mile OF roau pui''
a,,rod The innocent rider see
., no known in the old days 700
~ !, yos placed upon this bill ana
u ,,,itd.rs we're permitted To III
~ ,aaduavs then in existence ana u
IN them and incidentally to OF
IT,. usual sections of land per
on. M, road began somewhere on
wisconsin border, ran 'hrous"
,,,orc and ended at nowhere, gu
ro.oenaw Point. The fact that
,o,, had been abandoned twenty
voars before and was AT 'n's
Sc OF wholly useless. seemed not 10
, Sc heen taken into account
.,ice A. carly DAYS dependence