Thanks to all those who responded to my query for info on the Mesabi Iron Ore Range. I was also trying to find out about migration patterns that those who followed this industry might have chosen. I did not hear anything from anyone on that. So, if you still have some info you'd like to share about migration, I'd be gald to hear from you. Here's a brief summary of what I found out. As it turns out the range is NOT in Michigan but Minnesota. The ranges in Michigan, on the UP, were named the Marquette and the Gogebic. The Mesabi is located in northern Minn. and is the largest of 3 ranges. The others were Vermilllion and Cujuna. The Mesabi extends from Babbit(east) to Grand Rapids(southwest). The chief mining centers are/were Hibbing and Virginia. Also places named Iron and Aurora. Mesabi is an Ojibwa Indian name meaning "giant". The town of Virginia is in St. Louis Ct.. There is also an address to write to: Iron Range Research Ctr., Highway 169 West, PO Box 392, Chisholm, MN. 55719 also the Minn. Historical Society, 690 Cedar St., St Paul, MN. 55101. My thanks to Rita Guzzo, Del Waggoner, and Den McCoullough for their informative history. For those of you, like me who had or suspect you had ancestors who participated and/or followed the iron ore furnace work, here are also 2 websites to visit which Karen Carlyle sent me: www.users.hockinghills.net/~conway/ironintr.htm www.wwd.net/users/historical/furnaceohio.html These 2 sites are well worth visiting and may help you figure out where in the world that elusive ancestor was. Good luck!! Christine Welch Harrison cwelch@neo.rr.com