THE MINING GAZETTE (under various names) of Houghton County, Michigan Copyright © 1999-2001 by Dick and June Ross. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ____________________________________________________________________ 1872 May - July Issues - Some issues may be missing. ........denotes there was more to the article and the article with in is a shortened version. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 2, 1872 Central mine: Last Monday night about 10 o'clock, thirteen miners employed in the Central mine were descending from the surface to their labor in the 'skip car' in No 2 shaft, when the rope broke just after starting, and the car went crashing through the shaft to the 50 fathom level, killing and mutilating in a shocking manner Thomas BONE, Wm. BARRETT, Thomas BERRYMAN, John BERRYMAN, John IVEY, Jacob GARRY, Philip ROBERTS, Thomas CAMPON, and Edward THOMAS. Joel EADE was terribly mangled, and at our latest advices from the mine, was not expected to live. John ROE, J. D. PEARCE, and Edmund TREVISE were not thrown from the car in its descent, and miraculously escaped with a few bruises. Five of the men killed leave families either at the mine or in England......................... Married: At the Franklin mine, Mar28, by the Rev C L Church, Samuel BICE, to Martha HOOPER. Married: At the Franklin mine, Apr 20, by Rev CL Church, Richard LEAN to Mary A. BENNETT. Obituary: Mara B. BUZZO, the wife of Mr Thomas W. BUZZO for a number of years connected with the mining interest of Lake Superior - died at Santa Clara, Cal, on the 13th of last April, in her thirty-second year. Mr Buzzo left the lake last summer with his invalid wife for the Pacific coast, hoping that a residence there would restore her health.............. L'Anse: Last Thursday evening a Frenchman named Frank KING.........ran out on the ice in the bay.......Fr Frank RABISKAW, at the risk of his life, attempted to reach the man, who at once commenced traveling.......when the ice gave way beneath him and he sank to rise no more. Early the following morning Mr W.H. HENDRICK and Mr RABISKAW visited the point where King went down, to see if they could recover the body but were unsuccessful. King had no relatives in the U.S., all his family in Canada. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE. May 16, 1872 Messrs. FAULL and GOTTSTEIN, of this place, have taken the old North American mine, adjoining the Cliff, to work on tribute, and are now pumping out the concern and getting it in shape for operations; and making noise, tumult and disturbance to the terror of the good inhabitants of the state of Michigan.......... On Monday eveing last a bright lad, son of Mr J. SEIFERT of this village, left the house apparently well........returned in a short time........fell down and expired: about 6 yrs. Died, on Wed morning, 22d inst, at the residence of his son, Judge O'Grady, in this village, John O'GRADY, in his 70th year. The deceased was one of the pioneers in that great exodus of Irish emigrants to the United States which began soon after the close of the late war with Great Britain. He landed here in 1819, settled in Vermont and resided there until 1861 when he removed to Michigan. Josiah DAVEY, William PHILLIPS, and Thomas STEVENS were arrested at Calumet on Saturday last......on a charge of rescuing prisoners from the Sheriff............ PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 30,1872 Knowlton Mine: This mine (in Ontonagon Counw) has been leased to Captain Thos. T. DUNN, who will work it on tribute................... Found drowned: Last Tuesday the body of a man named Daniel CARSON, who was known to be a person of unsound mind, was found floating in Portage River near the Entry. The inquest held over the remains yesterday threw no light on the cause or the manner in which he met his death. As Thos. N. LEE, of Hancock post office, Mich, advertises himself as agent for the Allan line of Ocean steamers, this is to inform the public that said LEE never had nor has he any authority whatsoever to act as such agent; and also that the rates of passage by said line, as advertised by him, are false and erroneous. The ony authorized agents for the line in the county are Peter Johnson NAPPA, at Hancock, and Isaac WINTORI at Calumet. Signed: Fred S. WINSLOW, General Agent Allan Line of Ocean Steamers, Chicago, Ill, May 8, 1872. Died: At Quincy mine, on Friday, Mary 24th, Timothy, son of Capt James QUINN, in his 10th year. Additional arrests: Carney MCAVOY, James EATHORN, and Richard POLKINHORN were arrested last Friday on the serious charge of being engaged in the rescue of two prisoners VIVIAN and GROSS from the sheriff's...., on the CaIumet & Hecla mine.... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE June 6, 1872 A man named E. B. SACKRIDER, a passenger on the last down, trip of the propeller Winslow, jumped overboard on Lake Huron and was lost. It is claimed that he was a Lake Superior man. Mr E.F. DOUGLASS has been appointed postmaster of this village, vice Wm. H. STREETER, resigned. The Butterfield House, in this village, has passed into the hands of Mrs. FOX, late of the Willard House, Rockland, Mich., who will hereafter preside over the hotel. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 13, 1872 Last Thursday evening a well-planned attempt was made to burn down the house of James MANLEY, in Hancock..............Fortunately this bold attempt was discovered........... Mr E. J. HULBERT, an old Lake Superior explorer and mining engineer, is now in the district, after an absence of three years therefrom..........Mr Hulbert has the distinguished honor of being the discoverer of the Calumet conglomerate............. Among the arrivals at the Douglass House during the past week were Mr J.H. FORSTER, Mr S.L. SMITH, Mr Jacob HOUGHTON, and Mr A.B. WOOD, all Lake Superior pioneers. Married: In Trinity Chapel, Twenty-fifth Street, city of New York, on June 11, 1872, Mr William H. STREETER, of Houghton, Mich, and Miss Bessie J. WATERBURY, of New York (daughter of Hon. Nelson J. Waterbury, of this city). A Cornish miner named DAVEY was killed in the Emma mine, U.T., on the 22d of May. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 20, 1872 Central Mine, Mich, June 7,1872: I desire to express my sincere thanks to the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co, of Milwaukee, for the prompt payment of one thousand dollars, the amount of insurance held by my late husband, Philip ROBERTS, in said company. Signed: Elizabeth ROBERTS PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 27, 1872 South Pewabic Mine: Some weeks ago a paragraph appeared in the Gazette, on information received... was premature........Not Mr R.H. RICKARD, but Mr J.M. MILLS and Mr John STANTON of New York.......are the gentlemen who represent the owners. We understand it is the intention to commence mining at once, with Mr C.B. PETRIE, for a number of years agent of the Central, as superintendent in charge of the mine. Calumet Lodge No 134, IOOF, June 11, 1872: We bow in humble submission to an all- wise Providence........to remove from this earthly tabernacle our well-beloved brother, Stephen NICHOLLS, Jr, to a building above not made with hands but eternal... Two hundred Swedes were landed at this port on Friday last. These hardy people were employed by the Calumet & Hecla mine, and immediately left for the scene of labor. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 4, 1872 Mr A.C. BISHOP is now at Lac Ia Belle, Keweenaw county, with a view to commence mining operations on the Mendota mine, as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made for labor, etc. Last Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock, John WIGGAN, of this place, stabbed Charles RUAL in the right side with a knife, inflicting an ugly wound which at this time - Wed A.M. threatens the life of the injured man. WIGGAN has been arrested and is now in jail. Mr John MABBS has been trying to put a stop to the depredations committed by a lawless set of young scamps..................... Mr J.T. WHITING, of Detroit, the pioneer Lake Superior steamboat manager, was in town this week. Mr Henry MCKENZIE, formerly publisher of this paper, and now connected with the press of Saginaw, is visiting here. Mr Jay A. HUBBELL and family, of this place, returned home on Monday last, after an absence abroad of several months. Mrs EARLE's market boat, loaded with farm products, together with the owner and her son, capsized on Portage Lake, Tuesday last, near the ferry dock. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 11, 1872 The Fourth at Schoolcraft:.....A number of days previous to the Fourth, the agent and mining captain (Mr Johnson VIVIAN and Captain T. WILCOX) decided that the day should be honored in a becoming manner. Early on Thursday morning the employees of the mine were torn from the arms of Morpheus..........by the Schoolcraft brass band, under the leadership of Mr James LETCHER............. Died: At Houghton, on the 8th inst, of consumption, John R. LIVERMORE, aged 28 years, second son of the late Dr John S. LIVERMORE. Note**** The following entries may be the end of transcriptions to July 11, 1872. They were found on the page after the Livermore death, but before the July 1873 entries, so I am including them at the end of this page and the beginning of the next page, to be safe. PLHamp Frank Anthony drove his team to MORALEE and OLDS' saw mill and left it standing unhitched. The horses ran into the lake, and striking quick sand, were both drowned before they could be reached. Peter PARROTT and consort, some weeks ago, opened a questionable "wayside inn" on the road leading from Portage Lake to the Atlantic mine,...................... Henry BROSS, employed on the ferry boat Niagara, on Sunday morning, started toward Pilgrim river carrying with him a revolver belonging to John MARTIN. As he was crossing Pilgrim river..........he accidentally discharged it................... The steady growth of business in town as old mines are being opened and new ones projected has caused an increased firmness in, and demand for, real estate, houses and stores. The house and lot on Shelden street, recently occupied by J. TREMBIRTH, has been sold to James WILLIAMS, of Hurontown, for $2,500.............. End of Year 1872 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dick and June Ross.