Location: Huron Mine, Houghton, MI

Agawam Mine → Huron Mine → Isle Royale Mine

Operated for 40 years.

From: 1853

Owned by: 

Produced: Copper Ore

Method: Underground shafts

Railroad connection:

Stamp Mill/Smelter:

Until: 1893

Lifetime Production: 35,766,000 pounds of copper.

Notes

The Huron copper mine was located south of Houghton, between Hurontown and Dodgeville, west of Superior Road. It was operated from 1853 to 1893.

An underground copper mine, the Huron Mine was organized in 1853 and was the first large investment of eastern capital in the Copper Country. The mine consisted of ten shafts, all working the rich Isle Royale lode. In the first ten feet of one of the shafts, a three ton mass of copper was removed which excited workers, investors, and the public. In 1857 a stamp mill was built to process the copper ore. Work continued until 1870, when the mine closed due to erratic mineralization of the lode at depth. Tributers continued work at the deepest levels (21st) of the mine until 1893, when the Huron Mine closed for good. In the forty years the mine operated, 35,766,000 pounds of copper was produced. Today, one can still find bits of copper, silver, and rare bornite on what's left of the tailing piles. [MINDAT]

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