The sun is shining; the weather is warm and we here in Negaunee are proud to celebrate the birth of our great nation on the Fourth of July. But for those of us in Iron Town, this time of year also marks Pioneer Days - the time of year when we celebrate our community's history and ...

“The action of the city dads at the special meeting Monday evening last, as outlined in Wednesday’s Mining Journal, has been the means of creating more or less discussion among the taxpayers of the city. Some favor the establishment of the meter system, while many are strongly opposed to ...

NEGAUNEE — One hundred and sixty years ago there was no such place as Negaunee. It wasn't until the discovery of iron ore and mining began at the Jackson Mine, that plans for a settlement began. The first residents started arriving in 1846. The settlement consisted of only about six ...

“If anything more was needed to show it is high time that something was done for the improvement of our water supply, the fire at Cliffs shafts, Wednesday supplied the evidence. At this time the city mains failed to give a fire pressure or anything approaching it, and but for the fact that ...

NEGAUNEE — There has been a recent interest in the West End of Iron Street. And along with the history of the businesses that flourished up there, there was also tragedy. Abandoned mine shafts pose a danger. At one time, many of these shafts were not fenced off and these shafts had water in ...

ISHPEMING — In 1879 the Iron Cliffs Mining Company began to sink two shafts for a new mine, which was called the New Barnum mine. Previous diamond drilling (a diamond drill produced a core sample) had shown there was a sizable ore body under parts of the city of Ishpeming and the ore itself ...