IRONWOOD

ironwood, a city of gogebic county, michigan, u.s.a., on the montreal river, in the n.w. part of the upper peninsula. pop. (1890) 7745; (1900) 9705, of whom 4615 were foreign-born; (1910 census) 12,821. it is served by the chicago and northwestern and the wisconsin central railways. the city is situated about 1500 ft. above sea-level in the gogebic iron-district, and is principally a mining town; some of the largest iron mines in the united states are within the city limits. ironwood was settled in 1884, and was chartered as a city in 1889.