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

Page 342-343

   GEORGE FISHER, Superintendent of the Copper Falls Stamp
 Mills, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 13, 1847; came with
 his parents to the Sault Ste. Marie in 1849, and from there to the
 North American Mine, Lake Superior.  In 1867, he began work at
 the Calumet & Hecla Mine machine shops, and continued with that
 company till 1880, when he changed to the Copper Falls Mine, where
 he was employed one year; he then made a trip to Leadville, Colo.;
 spent a few months in that region, and returned to Lake Superior;
 he accepted his present position in October, 1881.

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