Mine: Asteroid Mine, Bessemer, MI

Began → Asteroid Mine → Eureka Mine

Operated for: 14 Years

From: 1911

Owned by: 

Produced: Iron Ore

Method: Underground

Railroad connection: Soo Line to Ashland. C&NS to Escanaba.

Stamp Mill/Pellet Plant:

Until: 1925

Lifetime Production: 1,353,161 tons.

Photo Info: This is the Eureka Asteroid Mine in Ramsey, near Bessemer. This photo appears to be taken from the WC railroad bridge looking northeast. As of 2010, the mine building closest to the road still exists though in poor condition. The shaft house has been removed.

Notes

The Asteroid Mine was located in Bessemer and became a part of the Eureka Mine.  For further information, go to the Eureka Asteroid Mine.

Time Line

1926. Consolidated with the Eureka Mine to become the Eureka-Asteroid Mine.