Gogebic Iron Range

Gogebic Iron Range (HMUBU)

Location: Saxon, WI 54559 Iron County
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Country: United States of America
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N 46° 29.676', W 90° 22.673'

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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, investors and settlers. By 1886 there were 54 mines on the range and the area was boomed as having "inexhaustible deposits of uniformly high-grade Bessemer ores." For a brief period stocks rose 1200 percent. The crash of 1887 ended the extravagant prosperity.
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HM NumberHMUBU
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number113
Year Placed1962
Placed ByState Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Date Added Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 at 6:18am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 701216 N 5152344
Decimal Degrees46.49460000, -90.37788333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 29.676', W 90° 22.673'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 29' 40.56" N, 90° 22' 40.38" W
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Area Code(s)715
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1015 Gibowski Corner, Saxon WI 54559, US
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