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Lake Superior
He went back to the woods and there, solitary and alone, like Old Mortality in a grave-yard, hunted for and found what afterward proved to be some of the richest copper deposits in the world. This man was Ransom Shelden, late of Houghton. He was justly called the father of the Portage Lake district. He was a true pioneer. He suffered incalculable hardships, was successful, became wealthy and lived long enough to see all his fond hopes and predictions realized in the growth and eminent position attained by his district as a copper producing region, with a reputation co-extensive with the civilized world.
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