Mining History: Mine Shafts of Michigan Part 5. This page is a tribute to the great Quincy Mine of Hancock, Michigan, just across the Keweenaw Waterway from Michigan Tech. The photos were taken recently. Quincy Mine produced 726 million pounds of copper from 1856 to 1925. The underground mining extends over 2 square miles.
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Mining History: Mine Headframes and Structures of Michigan Michigan has four major metallic mining ranges, the "Copper Country" Mining District of Keweenaw, Houghton, Ontonagon counties (and some explorations in Gogebic), the Marquette Iron Range of Marquette and Baraga counties, the Menominee Iron Range of Dickinson and Iron …
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Eagle Mine. 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). Learn More.
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Quincy Mine was called "Old Reliable" by 1910, thanks to its production of 458 million pounds of copper. Quincy's mines were the country's deepest by 1930, with …
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View of the Red Jacket shaft at the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company mine in Calumet, Michigan. Printed on front: "Red Jacket shaft, Calumet, Mich. 73. Deepest vertical shaft in world, over 5,000 feet deep. 'In the land of Hiawatha.'" Printed on back: "Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee."
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March 26, 2024 11:10 AM. Two months after being tabled due to a lack of dedicated financing, plans to launch a new copper mine in the Upper Peninsula are moving …
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Eagle Mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula will produce approximately 440 million pounds of nickel and 429 million pounds of copper. In fact, now in production, Eagle Mine is the …
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Tour the oldest and most intact smelter from this period in the world. Within Keweenaw National Historical Park's Quincy Unit are the former Quincy Mining …
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1.3%. 20. Sentinel. Zambia 🇿🇲. 260,000. 1.3%. *Mines with equal capacities have the same rankings. †2020. The Escondida Mine in Chile is by far the world's largest copper mine. Its annual capacity of 1.4 …
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The 19th-century copper mining operations used gears, levers and steam power to dig deep into the earth. It was a profitable but dangerous enterprise.
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3. Highest point in Michigan, Mt. Curwood, at an elevation of 1980 feet above sea level, or 1378 feet above Lake Superior. Dickinson County: 4. Arcadian Copper Mine. Located about one mile 1. Surface caving over abandoned Pewabic Iron Mine, located about one mile east of Iron Mountain, NW 32, 40N-30W. 2. Road side exposure of Randville Dolomite ...
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July 25, 2023. The White Pine North Copper Mine in the U.P. may reopen due to a joint venture between Kinterra Capital Corp. and Highland Copper Co. Inc. // Photo courtesy of Highland Copper Co. A once active copper mine in the western section of Michigan's Upper Peninsula may reopen based on today's announcement that Kinterra Capital Corp ...
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The following are the ten largest copper mines by production across the world in 2022, according to GlobalData's mining database. 1. Escondida Mine. The Escondida Mine is a surface mine situated in Antofagasta, Chile. Owned by BHP, the greenfield mine produced an estimated 1.06 million tonnes of copper in 2022.
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Cliffs Natural Resources' U.S. mines — there are three others in northern Minnesota — have an annual rated capacity of 32.9 million tons of iron ore pellets, 56 percent of total U.S. pellet ...
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Mining History: Mine Shafts of Michigan Part 3. 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.
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Location : Gogebic county, Michigan, US. Expected Production : 30,000 tonnes of copper annually. Status : Development-stage. Expected start of construction : Late 2022. Life of …
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Bingham Canyon Mine, located near Salt Lake City, UT in the United States, is the world's deepest man-made open pit excavation site. Bingham Canyon, which is the largest copper mine in the United States, is approximately 4.5 km in diameter and 1.2 km deep. Although Bingham Canyon is primarily a copper mine, gold, silver, platinum, and ...
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The state of Michigan has agreed to spend $50 million to support a plan for a new copper mine near the shore of Lake Superior — despite disagreements on whether the economic benefits are worth the environmental risks.. After hearing dozens of speakers and two committee reports during the Michigan Strategic Fund meeting in Lansing, the …
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Located 12 miles south of Copper Harbor, the Delaware Copper Mine dates from 1847-1887. Eight million pounds of copper were removed from the five shafts that reached a depth of 1,400 feet with ten levels. The tour takes you down shaft No. 1 to the first level. You'll see pure veins of copper exposed in the walls of the mine. Model train, rock & …
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Experience Quincy Mine! Quincy Mine is nestled in the quiet town of Hancock, MI. Part of the Keweenaw National Historical Park, Quincy Mine offers guests …
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Blest be the tie that binds. our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds. is like to that above. The 117th annual Central Mine reunion service has begun, bringing a 19th-century ...
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Mine shafts in Michigan varied in depth from about 100 feet to over 3,000 feet for iron mines, the shafts usually being vertical. Copper Mines were often deeper, with some shafts being over a mile deep vertically. Most of the deep copper mine shafts were at an angle, ranging between 28 to 73 degrees in angle of descent, so the depth at the ...
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Michigan Sea Caves Caves in Michigan Upper Peninsula Adventure Mine Where: 200 Adventure Ave, Greenland, MI 49929. Greenland, in the western upper peninsula, is home to one of the most well-preserved remnants of Michigan's mining days. Copper mining in the upper peninsula was once a booming business alongside the …
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Eagle Mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula will produce approximately 440 million pounds of nickel and 429 million pounds of copper. In fact, now in production, Eagle Mine is the only primary nickel mine in the United …
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12.0 x 11.0 x 8.5 cm. An IMPRESSIVE and DRAMATIC CABINET copper "skull" from the Red Jacket Shaft of the Calumet and Hecla Mine, near Calumet, Michigan. This is a very 3-dimensional cast, with the copper forming around conglomerate cobbles. The cobbles were dissolved away and further tectonic activity caused the back of the cast or "skull" to ...
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It is estimated that half a billion pounds (Ref.1) of copper were mined in tens of thousands of pits on Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan by ancient miners over a period of a thousand years. Carbon dating of wood timbers in the pits has dated the mining to start about 2450 BC and end abruptly at 1200 BC.
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The Kidd Mine in Canada produces zinc and copper from depths up to 1.873 miles. It is the deepest base metal mine in the world. Base metals are common metals that don't contain iron, like the copper and zinc produced by Kidd Mine. The Kidd Mine operates in Ontario for a Swiss company.
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Article. The No. 2 Quincy Shaft-Rockhouse: 9,240 Feet into the Earth (Teaching with Historic Places) This lesson is part of the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program. For over 100 years, men ventured deep into mineshafts to …
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The Adventure Mine is a copper mine near Greenland, Michigan that operated from 1850 to 1920. During that time, miners removed more than 11 million pounds of native copper from the ground. We invite you to step back in time in the world's greatest copper district to experience one of Michigan's best-preserved historic mines.
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The village was platted that same year and was named after John Stambaugh, president of the company who bought the Iron River mine. The village became official in 1890 with Mr. Stambaugh as village …
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The Cliff Mine is the first successful mine in the Michigan Copper District and dates from 1845. The highly successful mine was the largest copper mine in the US for more than a decade after it was started. By the 1870s the veins of copper had been extracted from the ground and the mine closed. You can still see the stone walls and …
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The shaft itself was 9,260 feet deep, the World's deepest at the time the mine closed in 1945. CLICK HERE for a map of the Quincy Mine workings. An inclined tramway …
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March 26, 2024. Paula Gardner ( Email) Business Watch. Upper Peninsula. Share This: The state will support a new copper mine near Lake Superior with $50 million in …
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Houghton County., Michigan., USA. i. An underground copper mine that began exploration in 1846 and organized in 1848. Began operations working a fissure vein of native copper until 1856 when the Pewabic amygdaloid lode was discovered crossing the property. Operated continuosly from 1848 to 1931.
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The Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee (9 miles west of Marquette), offers photos of everyday life in mining towns and a timeline of how mine work evolved. Outside, a trail connects the museum to the 47 …
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