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The Mining Gazette was founded in Ontonagon, Michigan in July 1858 by George Emerson. In 1860, the paper was purchased by James R. Devereau and moved to Houghton, where it was published weekly as The Portage Lake Mining Gazette. The paper began daily publication on 14 September 1899. [3]
Michigan Journal (1854-1868) Detroit "the first German newspaper in Detroit, that was founded in 1854 by two brothers: August and Conrad Marxhausen." [ 261 ] The Michigan Tradesman , Petoskey [ citation needed ]
There are five daily newspapers published in the Upper Peninsula, The Mining Journal in Marquette, The Daily Mining Gazette in Houghton, The Daily News in Iron Mountain, the Daily Press in Escanaba, and The Evening News in Sault Ste. Marine. All but The Evening News are owned by Ogden Newspapers, with the former being owned by Gannett.
Early edition [1] covers from the Mining Journal archives. The Mining Journal was founded in 1835 in London by Henry English, [2] a London stockbroker [3] under the name of Mining Journal and Commercial Gazette. In 1860, it was renamed to The Mining Journal, Railway and Commercial Gazette. Its name was changed to The Mining Journal in 1910.
Mining companies required all strikers seeking a return to work to turn in or destroy their WFM membership cards. The strike was mostly unsuccessful in achieving its major goals. The mining companies continued introducing the one-man drill, which eventually became a standard in all Copper Country mines.
Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States, founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [4] [5]
The Michigan Smelter was a copper smelter located at Cole's Creek on the Keweenaw Waterway north-west of Houghton, Michigan near the old Atlantic mill. The smelter was created in 1903-4 as a joint effort between the Copper Range Company and Stanton group of mines. An Atlantic dam on the site was reused by the smelter as a water source. [1]
The Mining Journal was the proprietor of Marquette's first television and radio stations. First known as WBEO, AM 1320 began broadcasting in 1931, later changing its call sign to WDMJ on November 15, 1939; [3] DMJ standing for Daily Mining Journal. The newspaper would later add an FM station in 1966, known as WDMJ-FM, and would later become ...