Name: The Beaver Beacon reprints a 1907 report of iron-ore prospecting on Beaver Island
Start: 1907-11
End: 1907-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1907-11
Kind: Publication
Eras: Lumbering era
Concepts: geologycommercehistorypublication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2007 Beaver Beacon reprinted a 1907 report describing an iron-ore vein found a few feet below the surface on Beaver Island. An earlier shallow boring reportedly tested at 40 percent iron, and a mining expert was expected to investigate the deposit further.

Evidence limits

This is a historical newspaper reprint; it does not establish that commercial mining occurred or independently verify the reported assay.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2007, "Iron on Beaver Island."
Reprints a report of a shallow iron-ore discovery, an earlier 40-percent iron test, and a proposed mining expert investigation. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.
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Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reprints a 1907 report of iron-ore prospecting on Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-iron-ore-prospecting-1907/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2007, "Iron on Beaver Island." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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