Upper Peninsula communities struggled when mines shuttered. Now, researchers are studying whether closed mines could be used to store energy, lowering cripplingly high energy costs. ... Funded by a $50,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a two-year pilot project will focus on the Mather B iron mine, which closed …
Located in the Keweenaw Peninsula's largest modern town of Hancock, Quincy Mine(link is external) ran for 99 years and was dubbed Old Reliable for consistent profitability. KNHP partners with the nonprofit Quincy Mine Hoist Association to preserve the abandoned mine …
The town of Clifton and Cliff Mine in Keweenaw County in the late 1800s. Keweenaw NHP Archives, Jack Foster Collection. 1845. The Cliff Mine near Eagle River opens. It is the first large-scale, profitable mine on the Keweenaw Peninsula. Before it closes in 1870, Cliff Mine rewards its investors with $2,519,000 ($104 million today).
Discovery and Early Mining. William Austin Burt and his surveying crew first came upon Michigan's iron ore on September 19, 1844. Within a few years, iron mines opened all across the central Upper Peninsula. The first mine in Michigan was the Jackson Mine near Negaunee, Michigan. Iron mines are located in areas known as ranges.
Within Michigan the record shows that Cornishmen moved to other mining districts. In the Upper Peninsula, as the iron ranges of Menominee and Gogebic opened in the 1880s, Cornishmen from the established areas moved there. During the nineteenth century the great bituminous coal basin in the central part of the Lower Peninsula was gradually ...
The Gogebic Mineral Range is located in the western Upper Peninsula and extends into neighboring Wisconsin. The iron mines in this range were among the deepest underground iron mines developed in the country. In 1906 the Norrie mine was considered the greatest iron mine in the world. The last operation, the Peterson mine, closed in 1967.
Mining History - Upper Peninsula Studies. Mining History 1850 Iron from Lake Superior ... Three miles from the Jackson works brought us into the iron, mines, or mountains, as they might properly be called; and, although we had heard many flattering and, as we thought, exaggerated accounts of these mines, we were not prepared to expect any …
The city of Negaunee--the home of iron ore mining in the Upper Peninsula--fell victim to that very problem when a large portion of the city had to be evacuated due to the risk of cave-ins from the extensive mining operations. In the area of Negaunee known as Old Towne, a once-thriving community lived until the land was …
The Gogebic Iron Range extends for 80 miles from Lake Namekagon, Wisconsin, in the west, to Lake Gogebic in Michigan, in the west. Nathaniel D. Moore uncovered ore deposits in the Penokee Gap near Bessemer in 1872, but it was not until 1884 that the first iron ore shipment was made.
Some arrived from tiny towns in the Upper Peninsula that were no more than specks on a map. ... 1926, all but one of the 52 men working in the Barnes-Hecker Iron Mine were killed within minutes ...
Cliffs Shaft Museum. Housed in the former Cliffs Shaft Mine, this Ishpeming museum tells the story of what was once one of the world's largest iron ore mines from …
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Copper mining is as ubiquitous to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as the automobile industry is to the Lower. Centuries before the first white man set foot in the New World, local natives used rocks to pound copper free from the earth, shaping it into …
The men standing in front of the ore cars nearest the tramway help provide a visual scale by which to measure these immense mining structures. Judging from the logs to the left of the picture, the mine's sawmill must have been located to the left of the shaft. Subject(s): Mines and mineral resources Mine shafts Iron Mountain (Mich.) Date ...
In 1992, when Steve was 37, he stood above the abandoned Millie Mine in Iron Mountain. ... Six years later, 90% of the Upper Peninsula's bats have died. That includes little brown bats, northern long eared bats, big …
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Anenburg remains hopeful that some iron mining operations may already find rare earths, like Sweden's Kiruna, and that these operations may be altered to produce rare earth metals as well.
The State of Michigan acquired the records in 1959 after the acquisition of land formerly owned by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Mining Company. The records were moved to Marquette County Historical Society for storage.The records were moved to the Michigan State Archives on June 25, 1965 after the transfer of records from CCI to the Michigan …
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Iron mines are located in areas known as ranges. The Upper Peninsula's biggest range is called Marquette Range. Two smaller ranges are the Menominee Range and The …
Each one of our underground mine tours provides a truly unique experience. Learn about the history of the copper mine, get hands-on with different mining techniques, and explore the depths of this 1800s …
A mile wide and 1,200 feet deep, the 52-year-old Empire mine is already on borrowed time. Confirming earlier announcements, Lourenco Goncalves, CEO of Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources – the mines' majority owner - said in late January the mine will close sometime this year.. That will likely cost several hundred jobs, …
Highland Copper seeks to return copper mining to the western Upper Peninsula, close to the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (above.) The last copper mine in the Upper Peninsula …
Subsidence and Ground Movement in the Copper and Iron Mines of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan One of 140 reports in the series: Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Mines) available on this site. Showing 1-4 of 90 pages in this report ...
Ride the Underground Mine Train, Iron Ore Mine. Upper Michigan Tour Attraction. Ride the Underground Mine Train, Iron Ore Mine. top of page. Iron Mountain Iron M ine World Famous Underground Iron Mine …
Learn firsthand, in some cases by donning a hard hat and going underground, about the rich history on tours of the Iron Mountain Iron Mine and the Keweenaw Peninsula's Quincy Mine Properties and Delaware …
An underground, high-grade nickel and copper mine located in western Marquette County of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The mine is expected to produce 440 million pounds of nickel, 429 million pounds of copper, and trace amounts of other minerals over its estimated mine life (2014 – 2029).
You won't forget the experience of visiting the Iron Mountain Iron Mine with skilled guides who take you through 2600 feet of underground drifts and tunnels to 400 feet below the earth's surface to see an amazing …
History of the upper peninsula of Michigan : containing a full account of its early settlement, its growth, development, and resources, an extended description of its iron and copper mines : also, accurate sketches of its counties, cities, towns, and villages ... biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers
Top Upper Peninsula Mines: See reviews and photos of Mines in Upper Peninsula, Michigan on Tripadvisor. Skip to main content. Discover. Trips. Review. USD. ... Iron Mountain Iron Mine. 154. Points of Interest & Landmarks • Mines. By 99erikl. My wife and I enjoyed the whole tour. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and interesting.
Using state-of-the-art 3-D and digitizing technology, Jack took us into the visual depths of the Upper Peninsula's historic iron and copper mines as recorded by vintage stereo view cards. Presidential Luncheon, Noon …
A History of Mining in the Upper Peninsula. The Delaware Mine — located about 12 miles from Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County — operated during the 1800s major mining boom from 1847 to 1887 and had five different shafts, the deepest one reaching 1,400 feet, which produced more than 8 million tons of copper.2. Despite …
On September 19, 1844, near present-day Negaunee, William Austin Burt and his surveying crew first discovered iron ore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Within a few years iron ore mines were opened across the central Upper Peninsula. The first mine was the Jackson Mine near Negaunee. Early mines faced an unfriendly environment …
Today, the site is just one of countless decommissioned iron ore mines in the Upper Peninsula. But the future of the former Groveland Mine is different than the rest. It's about to start producing something much cleaner and more modern: solar power. The state of Michigan hopes Groveland will be one of the first in this trend of redevelopment.
