THE MINING GAZETTE (under various names) of Houghton County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by Dick and June Ross. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ pg. 1 PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN Thursday 18 Mar 1869 On Monday last, a miner named Fred KREAMER was blown up and very severely injured besides narrowly escaping death - at Quincy mine. Official change - those made public are the retiring of Mr. G. D. GIFFORD from the clerkship of the C & H, and the resignation of Mr. T. W. BUZZO as agent of the Huron mine. Democratic Judicial Convention - On Monday the 15th, Benjamin T. ROGERS, Exq. of Ontonagon County was selected as President of the Convention. Judge HENRICK of Webster was appointed to cast the vote of Calumet. BIRTH: In Morris Ill., on the 6th inst., Mrs. John P.M. BUTLER, of a fine daughter. ESTATE SALE: Of Richard EDWARDS, late of Houghton, Michigan, 17 village lots, with buildings, saw mill & dock, 3000 acres of Pine and Wood lands in Houghton Co., 2000 acres of valuable mineral lands on either side of Portage Lake. The affairs of the Ridge Copper Co. are detailed by Capt. Thomas HEATSON, an experienced and practical miner--- PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN Mar 25, 1869 Capt. Henry HOAR has purchased the L'Anse Brick yard and has been working it as it should be. Parties wishing neat whitewashing done should call on Uncle David WILLIAMS, back of the Smelting Works. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN Thursday 8 Apr 1869 Belmont, Ca: I had the pleasure of visiting here our esteemed former Keweenaw fellow-citizen, Mr. WATSON. The family is living very nicely in a large stone house. Ontonagon County, Greenland Township Constables: Sampson DOWER, Wm. HARRIS, Ferdinand PETERRAN, Geo. W. SMITH; Algonquin Township: Clerk Thomas BUZZO, Treasurer, Henry BUZZO, Justices - Henry BUZZO, four years, Thomas BUZZO, two years Highway Commissioner - Andrew ANGWIN School Inspector - Henry NICHOLS, 1 year; Constable - Thomas JENKINS; Rockland Township: Supervisor - Wm. HARRIS, Treasurer - A. WALTER; Houghton County, Portage Township Supervisor - T. W. EDWARDS, Justices - Edward F. DOUGLASS, Thos. A TREVETHAN; Keweenaw Co, Eagle Harbor Township Supervisor - John UREN School Inspector - Wm. EDWARDS AD - Save all Your Slime Copper by using UREN'S New Patent Slime Washer. The subscriber is now prepared to furnish at short notice, complete note of those washers by which a class of copper is saved that has heretofore been lost. Send in your orders to RICHARD UREN, Houghton, Michigan. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN Thursday April 15, 1869 Pewabic Mining Co Annual Report In July last Richard UREN Esq., who for two years had held the agency of the mine resigned to enter into other business in California. On his resignation, Thomas HOSKING formerly chief mining captain was appointed to the agency. Mr. HOSKING, as well as Mr. WATSON, the clerk, James WALLS the mining captain, and Wm. EVANS superintendent of the stamp mill, are all young men who have been for years in the service of the company..... they have proved themselves competent and faithful. MARRIED In Rockland on the 11th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. Mr. FRAZER, Mr. Thomas D. MEARS of Hancock, and Miss Elizabeth H ANTHONY. No cards. Although it has certainly been a great misfortune for the newly joined couple to find their intended home a mass of charred ruins, we hope the happiness of their future life will prove a most ample compensation for any temporary loss and deprivation that may at present afflict them. From Negaunee A terrible explosion occurred about noon on Saturday, at the Superior mine. Four men named respectively, Charles, Frank, and Raynold ECKLAND and August JOHNSON were killed. The Ecklands were brothers, two of whom were killed instantly, and the others only living but a short time. Charles was the only man of family, leaving a wife and three children. Johnson still lives, but is horribly mangled and but little hope of his recovery. They were all Swedes, and have all Insurance policy of $1,000 a piece. Ads in the newspaper: John HOAR and Brother, Dealers in merchandise, Portage Lake, Michigan. John E. HOCKING, Dealer in Millinery and Fancy Goods, Flowers, Ribbons, Feathers, Velvets, etc. Hancock St., Hancock, Michigan. Negaunee April 22: At the Cleveland Mine, last Thursday, a miner named Richard IVEY, fell fifty feet down a shaft the bottom of which was filled with water and large blocks of ore, and received such injuries that he died early next morning. He was a native of CORNWALL, England and had been in the country about three years. He had no family. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN Thursday, April 29, 1869 The Iron district: Negaunee - The Edwards mine, four miles south of Champion is the only iron mine in this region that works entirely underground---Capt. MITCHELL, formerly of the copper range, superintends the mine. The Washington mine is also in good shape, .... E. BREITANG superintends, assisted by Capt. RICHARDSON. J.W.V. RAWLINS, the well known master mechanic, has gone into partnership with Mr. STEVENS, and has made several improvements in his already valuable slime washing machine. The "Lord Mayor" of Red Jacket has been ousted from his high position, and again becomes a "high private" in the ranks of citizen life. Mr Wm. G SMITH has been appointed instead of W. A. NORTHRUP end will in future attend to all the business of the Red Jacket properties. John E. HOCKING, Hancock, will reopen his millinery store built on the site of the one destroyed by fire. Last week, in moving a triangle on his dock, John T. MARTIN, of ferry boat renown had his foot pinned to the plank by the spike in of the legs. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN Thursday, May 6, 1869 Home news is the last heard. Not until Saturday did we hear that Mr. John SENTER of Eagle River sent the day after the Hancock fire, his check for $5D to HOAR Bros., of this place, who have now sent it back to him. Last fall, Capt. Ben. WILKINS declared positively he should give up steamboating and become a farmer, at Erie, this summer. But it seemed he has "failed" ... , as we find him advertised to sail the Ironsides from Chicago to Buffalo this season. Among the new buildings going up (in Hancock) there are some eight or ten stores, the most forward of which are those of Jas. A. CLOSE and HOCKING & TRUSCOTT..... Jas. OLDS has bought twenty feet on the east side of his lot, and has commenced rebuilding his dwelling again. Nicholas VIVIAN C.E. favored us with another call this week. He has been visiting several of the mines in this district, and has many words of commendation, especially for the South Pewabic ... From Negaunee Yesterday two Cornishmen named Richard EDDY and Wm. MERHERNET, started off to hunt in the woods, and not returning last night it is feared they are lost. Parties of men have gone out to search for them, and the whistle of the engine shop is being sounded every half hour. 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