372 Route 53. MARQUETTE. From Duluth
to (22 M.) Ashland {Knight Hotel, $ 2l/2-3V2; Chequamegon, $2-3;
13,074 inhab. in 1900), the shipping-port for the rich hematite
Bessemer ore of the Gogebic Range (3,000,000 tons yearly). Beyond
(104 M.) Saxon we pass from Wisconsin to Michigan (p. 333). 128 M.
Thomaston (Rail. Restaurant). Lake Gogebic (1330 ft.) lies to the
right, 15 M. farther on. 192 M. Sidnaw. —215 M. 2Vestona.(1650 ft.)
is the junction of a line to (49M.) Houghton (p. 373), giving access
to the valuable copper mines in the peninsula of Keweenaw.
The largest of these is the famous Calumet and Hecla, one of the most
remunerative mining properties in the world. It has already paid about
$60,000,000 (12,000,0002.) in dividends, and its annual profit is now about
$ 4,000,000. The number of miners is 4000. Its No. 4 shaft, 8100 ft. deep,
is the deepest inclined shaft in the world, and its Red Jacket Shaft
(4920 ft.) is the deepest verticil shaft next to one (18 ft. deeper) at the
Tamarack Mine. The total product of copper in this district (which includes
the towns of Hancock, Calumet, etc.) in 1901 was nearly 150 million pounds.
223 M. Michigamme (1585ft.), with the lake of that name to the
right. The numerous mineral trains we meet bear witness to the
richness of the iron-yielding land we are traversing. Our line now
begins to descend rapidly. — 246 M. Ishpeming (13,255 inhab. in
1900) and (249 M.) Negaunee (1440 ft.; 6935 inhab. in 1900) are
the two chief places of the important mining district of the
Marquette Range, which in 1903 produced 3,040,000 tons of iron,
besides gold, silver, and marble.
About 30 M. to the S. is the Menominee Range, another important iron
district (output in 1903, 1,741,000 tons).
261 M. Marquette (600 ft.; Marquette, $ 2l/2-3; Clifton, $2-3;
Rail. Restaurant), named from Pere Marquette, the French mission¬
ary and explorer (of whom a statue has been erected), is a city of
(1900) 10,058 inhab., situated on Iron Bay, on the S. shore of Lake
Superior, and forming the chief outlet for the great iron district of
Michigan. The huge iron docks and wharves are seen to the left.
"Presque Isle Park has beautiful walks and drives. — The train now
commands glimpses of Lake Superior from time to time, but beyond
(291 M.) Au Train runs more inland, through a heavily timbered
region affording no views. — 299 M. Munising Junction, for the
short branch-line to Munising, a small lake-port with an iron-furnace
(comp. p. 373). — 369 M. Soo Junction, for a line to (43M.) St. Ignace
(p. 338). As we approach Sault-Ste-Marie we skirt the St. Mary's
River (left), connecting Lake Superior with Lake Huron.
416 M. Sault-Ste-Marie, see p. 374.
b. By Steamer.
436 M. Steamers of the Northern S. S. Co. twice weekly in one day
(fare $ 8.50; berth, $ lV2-2'/2, and meals extra); of the Lake Michigan & Lake
Superior Transportation Co. weekly in two days (fare $ 13, including berth
and meals); of the Anchor Line in 2'/2 days (inclnsive fare $ 12; extra
charge on the 'Tionesta'). Regulations similar to those mentioned at p. 340.
Lake Superior (600 ft. above the sea) is the largest body of fresh
water on the globe, being 380 M. long, and 160 M. wide at its widest
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