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Michigan Jackson
The coal mines west of Jackson were worked as early as 1856, but the mines in the city were first worked by William Walker in 1861. There are now four mines worked within the city limits, employing 200 men and there were sold in 1877 from these mines 67,685 tons of coal.
CHEMICAL WORKS AND PULP MILLS.
The chemical works are of the most extensive and costly in the United States. They employ fifteen men, and their gross product in 1877 was of the value of $62,000. The pulp mills are run in connection with the chemical works and employ twelve men. The pulp for the manufacture of paper is made of poplar-wood, of which there was used in 1877 1,500 cords. The value of the product of the pulp mills in 1877 was $65,000. The chemical works and pulp mills are owned by R. H Emerson & Co., managed by Mr. Emerson and Mr. Charles D. Peppard.
Jackson
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