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

Page 342

   CAPT. JAMES HOATSON, first mining captain at the Con-
 glomerate Mine, was born in Scotland, August, 1846; he came to
 America with his parents, in 1853; his father, Capt. THOMAS HOAT-
 SON, being agent in charge of the Bruce Mine, on the north shore of
 Lake Huron; the family remained there until 1865, when they
 moved to the Quincy Mine near Portage Lake.  Young HOATSON
 was an employe of the Quincy Mining Company one year; he was
 next employed at the Ridge Mine in Ontonagon County for four
 years as a miner; he next served two years at Calumet as assistant
 captain, and two years at the Hecla in the same capacity; he was
 next in charge of the underground work at the Isle Royale one and
 a half years.  In 1876, he was appointed first captain at the Con-
 glomerate Mine, and, with the exception of the year 1879, he has
 been in charge to this date, August, 1882.  Capt. HOATSON is a fair
 representative of the popular mining captain, and, were it not for
 fear of giving offense, the writer could speak in very flattering terms
 of his reputation in his business, and his courtesy to the casual vis-
 itor who desires to make the tour of the underground over which
 he rules.

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