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0.25 mi (0.40 km). W of jct. of Plummer Mine Rd. and WI 77: Pence: Headframe from which miners were lowered into a 2367 foot iron mine that operated from 1904 to 1924. Now the last headframe standing in Wisconsin. [11] 5: Springstead: Springstead: April 17, 1997
Gogebic Taconite is an iron-ore mining company in development stage, based in Florida, [1] with a presence in Hurley, Wisconsin. [2] [3] The company, owned by the larger mining organizations, Cline Resource and Development Group, is at the center of a dispute among politicians, community groups, environmental organizations, Native American tribal councils and various stakeholders because of a ...
Hurley is a city in and the county seat of Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,558 at the 2020 census . It is located directly across the Montreal River from Ironwood, Michigan .
The Burton House was a celebrated hotel located in Hurley, Wisconsin during the city's heyday as a mining and logging community. The building was erected by mining speculator, John E. Burton and opened its doors in September 1886. The hotel was an immaculate structure, with a four-story frame, containing 100 elaborately decorated rooms, dining ...
Iron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census , the population was 6,137, [ 1 ] making it the third-least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is Hurley . [ 2 ]
Montreal was originally incorporated as the Village of Hamilton, [7] on or about 1917, and was the first village formed in Iron County. [8] Montreal, as it was named upon its incorporation as a city on April 1, 1924, [7] was named for the Montreal Mining Company, which had several iron ore mines in the area during the late 1800s. During the ...
[2] [3] He later moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and in 1885 he moved to Hurley, Wisconsin, where he established the newspaper the Montreal River Miner. [2] He moved to Mineral Wells, Texas, in 1893. [2] He died in San Antonio in 1908 [2] [4] and was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in the city. [5]
Gogebic County and neighboring Iron County, across the state line in Wisconsin, are heavily promoted during the ski season as "Big Snow Country". Heavy lake-effect snow from cold northerly winds blowing across the relatively warm waters of nearby Lake Superior result in large annual accumulations of up to 200 inches (5.1 m) of snow in northern ...