Mitchell, Samuel
mine owner and financier, was born April 11, 1846, in England. In 1864 he emigrated to the United States, and engaged, and obtained a position with the Madison Copper Mining company, and subsequently with various other companies. In 1876 he organized the Mitchell Iron Mine company, and in 1878 discovered what was known as the National Iron mine. In 1883 he began operations in the Negaunee mine; and during the year 1894 they took out of the mine nearly a quarter of a million tons of ore. He is the president and general manager of the Blue mine of Negaunee.
He is president of the First National bank of Hurley, Wis.; was one of the organizers of the Bank of Ishpeming; is a stockholder in the Lincoln National bank of Chicago, and is interested in various other financial institutions.
MITCHELL, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS, author, was born March 30, 1792, in Bristol, Conn. He was a noted geographer of Philadelphia who, besides publishing a series of geographies, was author also of General View of the World; and New Traveler's Guide. He died Dec. 20, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa.