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Michigan Crystal Falls
Not sooner, however,- was the town fairly started when the first blow came upon it. The company saw fit to shut down the saw-mill, which was under the supervision of Mr. J. E. Elmore. They discharged about sixty men. Soon, the railroad being completed, the crews of men were discharged. Soon after the Youngstown Iron Company bought a controlling interest in the Crystal Falls Mine, and that mine was, for reasons unknown to us, nor many others, shut down. Great Western was explored with the best of success by Messrs. Runkel and Hollister, with Capt. Frank Raher in charge, who also took charge after the organization of the Great Western Mining Company. Capt. Morrison was in charge of the. Fairbanks, 'which was the next one to close down.Then came the crash at the Union, and the hard times' had begun. The foolish strike at the Great Western, which, occurred last summer, surely did not better things. It helped Capt. Raher from his position.
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