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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVFL_penokee-iron-range-trail-gile-falls_Montreal-WI.html
Mining Upside DownThe large tailing piles across the river from Gile Falls are waste rock left from its mining at the Montreal Mine #5 Shaft.The Montreal Mine's vertical shaft extended to the depth of nearly one mile underground. Like rungs on a l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJN_penokee-iron-range-trail-plummer-mine_Montreal-WI.html
Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive ParkDedicated to the iron miners and their families who helped build the Penokee Iron Range
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJM_penokee-iron-range-trail-plummer-location_Montreal-WI.html
Along this trail are the "ruins" of the buildings that made up the Plummer Mine Location. Each structure had a special function.Steam power, created at the boiler House, turned the Hoisting Engine. In the early 1920's, electricity from the Electri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJJ_penokee-iron-range-trail-plummer-mine-geologic-layer-cake_Montreal-WI.html
Between 1 to 1 1/2 million years ago sediments of slate and cherty iron carbonates were laid down on top of the granite and greenstone bedrock covering this area. Molten lava flowed over the land, seeping into the great cracks on the surface creat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJH_penokee-iron-range-trail-montreal-location_Montreal-WI.html
You are standing in the architectural complex that supported iron mining at the Montreal Mine #5 Shaft - the heart of the mining community known as "Montreal Location."The huge native field stone building served as the company's machine shop. Here…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJE_penokee-iron-range-trail-a-company-town_Montreal-WI.html
Neat white frame houses, gently curving streets, and gracious landscaping mark the City of Montreal - the only planned mining company town in Wisconsin. In 1921 the Oglebay-Norton Mining Company designed a community that would provide an environme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUD9_montreal-trails-the-montreal-mine_Montreal-WI.html
1884 . . . The rush was on to discover "red gold" on the Penokee Range! Speculators, miners and immigrants flocked to this area seeking their fortune in iron ore. Established as a small open pit mine in 1885 by the Oglebay-Norton Mining Company, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUBN_flambeau-trail-flambeau-trail-crossing_Montreal-WI.html
You are standing on the ancient Flambeau Trail, an important route for commerce for Native Americans, voyagers, and explorers travelling between settlements at LaPointe on Madeline Island and Lac du Flambeau 90 miles to the south.Until railroads c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMREV_george-w-sullivan_Montreal-WI.html
The son of Irish immigrant parents was born in New York July 5, 1882. After graduating from the U. of New York he ventured to Montreal in 1906 when the town and iron ore mining were in their infancies. He served as a teacher and Principal at the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMREU_the-city-of-montreal_Montreal-WI.html
The City of Montreal, incorporated in 1924, known for a short time as the Village of Hamilton, is a combination of the communities of Montreal and Gile.
Gile, on the river, was the center of the area's timber industries. The largest, the Montre…