Michigamme Mine Analyses, 1878-1888.

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Michigamme Mine Analyses, 1878-1888.

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Mine analysis, 1878-1888, of the Michigamme iron mine in Michigamme, Michigan. Includes written analyses of mine samples taken at the Michigamme Mine. The samples were taken by some of the noted engineers and geologists of the time, including State Geologist Charles E. Wright and Major T. B. Brooks, author of the Michigan Geological Survey of 1873.

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Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Michigamme Company

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The Michigamme Mine was discovered in 1872 by Jacob Houghton. The Michigamme Company was organized in the fall of 1870 with corporate offices in Chicago, IL. The officers of the company were William Barnum, president; James Rood, secretary and treasurer; and Jacob Houghton, as superintendent. Mine operations were started in seven open pits numbered 1 through 7 following the strike of the ore body and in 1874 the mine started underground mining. The Michigamme Mine operated from 1872 to 1901 when...

Brooks, T. B. 1836-1900

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Wright, C. R. Alder (Charles Romley Alder), 1844-

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...