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Ironwood (City in Gogebic co Mich)

a city in Gogebic co., Mich., on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railroads; 39 miles E. of Ashland, Wis. It is the trade center for the famous Gogebic iron region. Here is the Norrie Mine, once the largest producer of iron ore in the world, and there are also other large mines. The city has a National bank, trolley line connecting with Hurley and Gile, Wis., weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 12,- 821; (1920) 15,739.