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| Lake Superior in Michigans Iron country 1800's
The ore ship-
ments of 1858, the year after the completion of the railroad from Marquette
to the three mines which have just been mentioned, were only 25,067 tons.
The Jackson mine was situated at what is now Negarunee, and the Cleveland
and Lake Superior mines are within the present city limits of Ishpeming.
Negaunee was founded in 1857 and Ishpeming in 1858. Some one might
be interested to know how these places acquire their names. The pioneer
furnace for making pig iron from charcoal with the Jackson ore, was build
ing in 1857 near the Jackson mine. A town was growing up around the
mine and furnace, and it was decided to give it an Indian name which
should be as nearly as possible a translation of the word "pioneer," inas-
much as the town included the first mine opened and the first furnace built.
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