Mine: Appleton Mine, Loretto, MI

Began → Appleton Mine → Eleanor Mine → Loretto Mine

Operated for 47 years under various names.

From: 1893

Location: E 1/2 of SW 1/2 of Section 7, T39N-R28W.

Owned by: Loretto Iron Company, then American-Boston Mining Co., M.A. Hanna Co. agent.

Produced: Iron Ore. Soft, blue, non-Bessemer and Bessemer.

Method: Underground, top slicing method.

Railroad connection: C&NW to port of Escanaba.

Stamp Mill/Pellet Plant:

Until: 1940.

Lifetime Production: 19,4094 tons (Appleton)

Source: [LSIO-1950]

Notes

The Appleton Mine, was an iron ore mine in Loretto, MI.

NW-SE, E 1/2-SE and SE-NE of Section 12, T390N-R29W; SW and SW-NW Section 7 of T39N-R28W. Includes Eleanor (also called Appleton and Sturgeon River) which was E 1/2 - SW of Section 7.

E 1/2 -= SW Section shipped as Sturdeon River mine from 18887-1889 and also called Appleton Mine. Shipped as Eleanor mine from 1892-1907. Later included in the Loretto mine.

Timeline

1911. Operated by the Loretto Iron Company and included in the description of the Loretto Mine. J. Ward Amberg of Chicago is manager.