Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Rachel Fuller for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Western Historical Company, Chicago - 1883 A. T. Andreas, Proprietor [341] DELAWARE -------- Delaware is strictly a mining town. It is the post office for the Conglomerate Mine, Amygdaloid, and for Wyoming. It is kept at the office of the Conglomerate Company. In 1847, the Northwest Copper Mining Association was formed, with 4,320 acres of land on which to operate under a special charter, obtained March 9, 1849. The Northwest Mining Company was organized on the 15th of May thereafter, which in 1861 was merged into the Pennsylvania Mining Company. The estate at this time had swollen to 8,880 acres of mineral and timber land. In 1863, the Delaware Mining Company was organized, and 720 acres from the west side of the estate were set off to it, for which the Delaware paid $100,000 in stock; in other words, 4,000 share of Dela- ware stock were divided among the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Company. At one time, HORACE GREELEY was president of the company, and spent two or three weeks on the ground, occupying an old log house, now standing near the barns of the Conglomerate Company. He was instumen- tal in getting a post office established there, then called the Penn Post Office - now Delaware. In 1876, the Pennsylvania and Delaware were organized as one com- pany, under the title of the Delaware Copper Mining Company, and were operated as such up to January, 1881, at which time the Conglomerate Mining Company took possesion under a sale to them of the entire pro- perty for 50,000 shares in the new organization, it being one-half of the stock of the new company. They now own 20,000 acres of land, in- cluding the lands around Lac La Belle formerly owned by the Mendota Company. It is now the largest estate held by any companyin the copper region. The Catholic Church in Delaware was built by REV. PATRICK FANAGAN. The Methodists also hold regular services at this place. Delaware Lodge I. O. of G. T., was instituted January 11, 1882, by REV. JOHN RUSSELL; M. BENTON, first Worthy Chief; has a membership at present of fifty; WILLIAM H. CLARK, present W. C.; MRS. A. H. TAYLOR, V. W. C.; HENRY MASTERS, Secretary. The other mining towns in Keweenaw County are Copper Falls, Central, Phoenix, Clifton and Allouez, although there are mining set- tlements at all the mines not wholly abandoned. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================