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Summer 1877

A rich iron ore deposit was laid open in the Menomonee region, showing over 150 feet of first-class specular ore.

Meanwhile, closer to home

CountySummer 1877Season

The Union Flouring-Mill was erected in Milton at a cost of $7,000.

BeloitJuly 12, 1877

Births and a marriage: Spencer (July 13), Jacob Elsworth (July 15), Minnie K. (July 17), and the marriage of Prof. A. Smith to Martha Jane McCall (July 12).

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The evidence

The regionSummer 1877

A rich iron ore deposit was laid open in the Menomonee region, showing over 150 feet of first-class specular ore.

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The existence in quantity of these very rich ores in the Menomonee region has been definitely proven. One deposit, laid open during the Summer of 1877, shows a width of over 150 feet of first class specular ore ; and exceeding in size the greatest of the famous deposits of Michigan. In the Penokee region, however, though the indications are favorable, the existence of the richer ores is as yet an inference only.

Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.PDF p. 163

1877 / Summer

The regionA

Summer 1877

A rich iron ore deposit was laid open in the Menomonee region, showing over 150 feet of first-class specular ore.

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The evidence

The regionSummer 1877

A rich iron ore deposit was laid open in the Menomonee region, showing over 150 feet of first-class specular ore.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The existence in quantity of these very rich ores in the Menomonee region has been definitely proven. One deposit, laid open during the Summer of 1877, shows a width of over 150 feet of first class specular ore ; and exceeding in size the greatest of the famous deposits of Michigan. In the Penokee region, however, though the indications are favorable, the existence of the richer ores is as yet an inference only.