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Centennial History of Menominee County
by Hon. E. S. Ingalls,
Menominee: Herald Power Presses; 1876

[page 69]

CHAPTER X
MENOMINEE IRON RANGE

    The Breen mine was discovered in 1866 by Bartley and Thom-
 as Breen.  In 1872 the Breen mining company was incorporated
 with a capital stock of $500,000.  The company owns the Breen
 mine containing 120 acres of land.  The original stockholders
 were Eleazer S. Ingalls, Salmon P. Saxton, Bartley Breen, Thomas
 Breen, and afterwards Seth C. Perry.  The first officers were E.
 S. Ingalls, Prest.; Thomas B. Rice, Sec'y; Salmon P.
 Saxton, Treas.  The officers at present are E. S. Ingalls, Prest.;
 Thomas Breen, Treas.; Salmon P. Saxton, Sec'y.; Directors
 E. S. Ingalls, Bartley Breen, Thomas Breen, S. P. Saxton and
 Oscar M. Saxton.
    In 1873 the Ingalls mining company was incorporated.  The
    
    
[page 70]

 company owns the Ingalls mine including 240 acres of land.  The
 capital stock was made $500,000.  The first officers were E. S.
 Ingalls, Prest.; Andrew J. Easton, Vice-Prest.; Franklin S. Mill-
 bury, Treas.; Charles L. Ingalls, Sec'y.  The directors were E. S.
 Ingalls, Andrew J. Easton and F. S. Millbury.  The present officers
 are E. S. Ingalls, Prest.; Franklin S. Millbury Sec'y.; A. J.
 Easton, Treas., and the same directors.  The mine owned by
 this company is believed to be fully as valuable as any mine in the
 Menominee Iron Ranges.  No other company is known to be in-
 corporated owning mines in these ranges.
    The Quinesec mine was discovered by John L. Buell, in Aug-
 ust, 1873.  The Quinesec mine, under the superintendence of
 Mr. Buell, has been well tested and the richness of the ore and
 value of the mine determined past a doubt.  There are many
 other mines in the Menominee district not yet named.  When
 the Menominee ranges shall be opened by railroad they bid fair
 to become the most valuable iron districts in the United States.