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Mine: Florence Mine, Florence, WI
This iron mine was located on the outskirts of the Village of Florence, in Florence County, WI.
Began - Florence Mine - Ended
Operated for 51 years.
Began: 1880
Owned by: Schlesinger Syndicate.
Produced: Iron Ore
Method: Underground and above ground.
Railroad connection: C&NW to Port of Escanaba
Until: 1931.
Lifetime Production:
Notes
45° 55' 32'' North , 88° 15' 47'' West
The Florence Mine comprised a series of surface and underground workings in the Proterozoic Riverton Iron Formation, an inter-layered siderite-chert rock altered to soft hematite. It was worked between 1880 and 1931. [MINDAT]
Time Line
1889. August 12, The Forence ore mine was sold today to Frederick Schlesinger, of Milwaukee, representing a sdyndicate of New York capitalists already interested in the region. [DFP-1889-0813]