Location: Keweenaw Bay, MI - Mass Mine Stamp Mill

Mass Mine Stamp MillThe stamping mill for the Mass Mine was located at Keweenaw Bay. Raw iron ore was brought in via the Keweenaw Branch of the Mineral Range. After processing, the ore was loaded onto lake vessels for transport to steel mills.

Photo Info: The stamp mill trestle at Keweenaw Bay.


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Time Line

1916. January. The Mass stamp mill at Keweenaw Bay closed down Wednesday on account of a shortage of rock. The Mineral Range railroad, which hauls the rock from the mine to the mill on the Keweenaw Bay branch, has been handicapped lately by the heavy snow storms, but they will resume the past good service as soon as possible. [LAS-1916-0122]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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