Mine: Quinnesec Mine, Quinnesec, MI

Began → Quinnesec Mine → Became

Operated from 57 years.

From: 1878

Location: SE Sec. 34 of T40N-R30W

Owned by: In 1877 leased by the Menominee Mining Company. Formerly operated by Corrigan McKinney Steel Col. Acquired by Republic Steel Corp[. in 1935.

Produced: Iron Ore - semo hard, reddish-brown, siliceous, crushed.

Method: Open pit and stoping methods (undergroud).

Railroad connection: C&NW branch 2,300' long connection with main line on east side of village. Also. MILW.

Until: 1935

Lifetime Production: 512,235 tons betweeen 1878-1935.

Notes

Quinnesec mine has ore pockets of 200 ton capacity each, 32 feet high, top of them laid with double tram road.

First ore shipped in March, 1878. 25,925 tons.

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