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History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Western Historical Company, Chicago - 1883

Page 343

   CAPT. SAMUEL BENNETTS, First Mining Captain of the
 Central Mine; was born in Cornwall, Eng., September, 1830.  He was
 brought up a miner, and came to America in 1854, and direct to
 the Cliff Mine on Keweekaw Point, Lake Superior.  He worked as
 a miner and was made Mining Captain in 1861.  He continued with
 that company till 1872, when he went to the iron district, and served
 as Captain at the Pittsburgh & Lake Superior Mine one and a half
 years.  He next engaged at the Allouez Copper Mine, on Kewee-
 naw Point, and served as Captain of that mine six and a half years.
 In February, 1879, he accepted his present position with the Central
 Mine, one of the most prosperous and successful mines in this
 region.
 
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