Mine: Webster Mine, Michigamme, MI

Began → Webster Mine → Ohio Mine

Operated for 18 years.

From: 1882.

Location: N 1/2-NE and Se-NE Sec 26 of T48N-R31W

Owned by: Webster Iron Co., then by Cleveland Cliffs Mining Co. and Mather Iron Co.

Produced: Iron Ore, soft, brown, nn-bessemer.

Method: Open pit

Railroad connection: DSS&A to Marquette dock.

Until: 1900. Then in 1951 (see note).

Lifetime Production: 34,999 tons between 1882 and 1945.

Source: [LSIO-1950]

Notes

Opened in 1882, shipped in 1882, 1884, 1886-1887, 1889, 1900 and 1945 (from stockpile). First operated by Webster Iron Co.; now held bny CCI and Mather Iron Co. The small shipment in 1945 was made by R. Q. Archibald. Being developed (in 1951) by CCI as part of the Ohio mine low-grade ore project, ore to be concentrated in the Ohio heavy media plant. [LSIO-1950] 

Time Line

1908. Mine was idled, but reportedly operated in 1945.

1950. Now part of CCI Ohio low-grade ore project. Ore to be concentrated in the Ohio heavy media plant.