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Wisconsin (Iron County), Hurley — Flambeau Trail - Little Finland — Iron County Heritage Area
		Jobs in the iron mines of the Penokee Range! Ample land to homestead! News of the good life on the Penokee Iron Range brought Finnish immigrants here as early as 1887. By 1900, native born Finns were the largest ethnic group seeking a new life on the Range. The Finns did not settle around the mining “locations” or in populated communities. They preferred rural areas reminiscent of their old country homeland. Here they could own land, maintain their language and . . . — Map (db m46684) HM
Wisconsin (Iron County), Hurley — 113 — Gogebic Iron Range
		The Gogebic Iron Range, which may be seen to the south of here, extends 80 miles from Lake Namekagon, Wisconsin to Lake Gogebic (Chippewa for “place of diving”) in Michigan. Prior to the discovery of iron ore the area was relatively uninhabited as the land was ill-suited to agriculture. Nathaniel D. Moore uncovered ore deposited in the Penokee Gap near Bessemer in 1872, but it was not until 1884 that the first mine shipment was made. The news spread rapidly, attracting speculators, . . . — Map (db m45103) HM
Wisconsin (Iron County), Hurley — 314 — Iron Mining in Wisconsin
		Although iron mining in Wisconsin had its beginnings in Sauk, Dodge and Jackson counties in the southern part of the state in the 1850’s, discoveries of vast new deposits shifted the focus to northern Wisconsin in 1880. The major iron mining area from the mid-1880’s to the mid-1960’s was the Gogebic Iron Range, which extends for 80 miles from Lake Gogebic in Michigan to Lake Namekagon in Wisconsin. Forty-five to 70.7 million tons of ore produced from the Gogebic Iron Range in Wisconsin came . . . — Map (db m30849) HM
Wisconsin (Iron County), Hurley — Penokee Iron Range Trail – Historic Iron County Courthouse — Iron County Heritage Area
		Ashland County was not willing to have its eastern most township, the Town of Vaughn, “secede” to form a new county in 1887. The Town incorporated Hurley’s rich iron ore mines. The community’s wealth and population were booming. Iron ore from the Penokee Range streamed through Ashland’s port bound for eastern steel mills, providing tax income to replace Ashland County’s rapidly dwindling timber revenues. After years of political gridlock, Iron County was proclaimed . . . — Map (db m45526) HM
Wisconsin (Iron County), Hurley — This 5 1/2 Foot Diameter Drill Core
		This 5 1/2 foot diameter drill core came from the Cary Mine shaft from a depth of 2400 feet below the surface. The shaft was drilled during the period 1942-44 from surface to the 31st level and was later enlarged to its full size of 13X21 feet. Through the shaft, men, supplies and iron ore are transported between surface and the underground levels. — Map (db m36838) HM

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