Beyond the lower peninsula, there are some very heavy manufactories, particularly around Green Bay, (Michigan) generally estimated at $1,000,000, but which it would be safe to put at—$750,000.
Total capital, including Detroit,— $5,360,000
| western slope—ottawa county. |
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| Name. | Capital. | | Name. | Capital. |
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| Ferry & Co. | 50,000 | | Plugger & Nyn | 24,000 |
| W. M. Ferry, Jr. | 50,000 | | Howard & Co. | 14,000 |
| Joseph Weld & Co. | 30,000 | | Ryerson & Morris, 2 mills | 65,000 |
| T. W. White & Co. | 50,000 | | Chapin, Marsh & Foss | 50,000 |
| Becker & Spoons | 40,000 | | Smith, Forbes & Co. | 35,000 |
| Richard Roberts | 24,000 | | Trowbridge, Way & Son | 65,000 |
| Jno. Haire | 24,000 | | E. Jewitt | 15,000 |
| J. B. Bailey | 14,000 | | L. G. Mason & Co. | 35,000 |
| Porter & Slyfield | 14,000 | | Beidler & Co. | 40,000 |
| C. Davies & Co. | 50,000 | | Mears & Co. | 24,000 |
| Durkee, Truesdell & Co. | 40,000 | | Hill & Co. | 24,000 |
| George Ruddmain | 40,000 | | Colgrove & Co. | 18,000 |
| Lewis & Davis | 24,000 | | Wm. Thompson | 14,000 |
| Eldridge & Co. | 24,000 | | Harris & Co. | 8,000 |
| Carleton & Co. | 24,000 | | Jno. Ford | 8,000 |
| Ferry & Son | 40,000 | | Denton & Co. | 14,000 |
| Lind & Slater | 50,000 | | Carleton & Co. | 10,000 |
| Young, Savedge & Co. | 30,000 | | Jos. Dalton & Bro. | 10,000 |
| Amos Norton | 40,000 | | S. Lawrence | 12,000 |
| Benj. Smith | 30,000 | | Edward Dalton | 8,000 |
| Rhodes, Cloyn & Co. | 24,000 | | E. W. Merrill & Co. | 14,000 |
| Hatch & Merritt | 15,000 | | Reed & Co. | 10,000 |
| C. Hart | 10,000 | | Brown & Grist | 8,000 |
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| kent county. |
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| Jennison & Bro. | 14,000 | | Reed & Plum | 5,000 |
| W. T. Powers | 2,000 | | N. H. Withey | 5,000 |
| Seymour | 24,000 | | Knickerbuck | 4,000 |
| Gooch & Webber | 5,000 | | Robert Konkle | 10,000 |
| A. McFarland | 4,000 | | A. Roberts & Son | 25,000 |
| Thos. Myers | 21,000 | | White, Worden & Co. | 25,000 |
| George Funck | 8,000 | | C. C. Comstock | 9,500 |
| S. Lapham | 5,000 | | D. Porter | 5,000 |
| A. House | 5,000 | | Chase, Harris & Co. | 8,000 |
| Farrell & Sons | 10,000 | | C. W. Taylor | 6,000 |
| J. C. Clements | 15,000 | | D. Caswell | 12,000 |
| T. Spencer | 8,000 | | Hubbard, Hitchcock & Co. | 16,000 |
| Dewey & Co. | 14,000 | |
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| newaygo county. |
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| Newaygo Company | 80,000 | | J. M. Wood, 2 mills | 25,000 |
| Name unknown | 24,000 | | James Botchford | 10,000 |
| R. P. Mitchell | 5,000 | | Amos Bigelow, | 4,000 |
| Weaver | 3,000 | |
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| stony creek, oceana county. |
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| Campbell, Wheeler & Co. | 25,000 | |
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| pere marquette, black creek and big sauble. |
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| C. Mears & Co., 3 mills | 95,000 | |
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| spring creek. |
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| Hopkins & Co. | 24,000 | |
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| manistee. |
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| Coles | 80,000 | | John C. Haines | 55,000 |
| McVicker &Ingleman | 24,000 | | John Stranch | 40,000 |
| One near Manistee | 24,000 | |
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| grand traverse. |
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| Hanna, Lay & Co. | 32,000 | | A. S. Wadsworth | 15,000 |
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| white river. |
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| Amos Rathbone | 24,000 | |
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| mecosta. |
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| Leonard, Ives, & Co. | 20,000 | |
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| montcalm county. |
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| Bruce | 10,000 | | E. Gregory & Co. | 20,000 |
| Slaght | 14,000 | |
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| lelanaw county. |
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| Averill & Son | 2,000 | |
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| bec scie's river. |
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| R. Gardner | 15,000 | | Name unknown | 2,000 |
| Chamberlin & Co. | 20,000 | | Harris & Co. | 10,000 |
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| ionia county. |
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| Estimated Aggregate | 100,000 |
| All others, on West Slope, estimated | 350,000 |
| Capital Western Slope | 2,669,500 |
| Total Capital of State | $8,029,500 |
An intelligent gentleman who, at our instance, visited all the establishments around Saginaw, and procured statistics, reports the amount of lumber manufactured as follows:
| Place. | No. of Mills. | Feet. |
| Bay City | 11 | 20,000,000 |
| Portsmouth | 4 | 5,000,000 |
| Zilwaukee | 1 | 3,000,000 |
| Carrollton | 1 | 2,800,000 |
| East Saginaw | 8 | 19,750,000 |
| Saginaw City | 4 | 14,000,000 |
| Bad River | 2 | 4,500,000 |
| Rafted Lumber | | 4,000,000 |
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| Total | | 73,050,000 |
Valuation, at $8.50 per M. $620,925
Of the above lumber, 63,000,000 has been shipped; the rest is now on the docks.
| Shingles manufactured | 25,000,000 | at $2.50 | $62,500 |
| Lath" | 5,000,000 | at 1.00 | 5,000 |
| Oak Staves and shipped | 2,000,000 | at 30.00 | 60,000 |
| Add Lumber | | | 620,925 |
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| Total | | | $748,425 |
The supply of pine in some few localities is becoming exhausted, and some few mills have ceased operating. This is the case at Lexington, but the machinery and capital have been taken elsewhere. At the present ratio of consumption, the supply of pine must rapidly become diminished, but profitable employment will then be found in the manufacture of hemlock and hard-wood. Some little has already been done in the way of turning out hemlock. The manufacture of hard-wood lumber is increasing very rapidly.
The copper interest of Michigan was first brought into public notice by the enormous speculations and the mad fever of 1845. The large spur of country which projects far out into the lake, having its base resting on a line drawn across from L'Anse Bay to Ontonagon, and the Porcupine Mountains for its spine, became the El Dorado of all copperdom of that day. In this year the first active operations were commenced at the Cliff Mine, just back of Eagle River harbor. Three years later, in 1848, work was undertaken at the Minnesota, some fifteen miles back from the lake at Ontonagon.