Mine: Gibson Mine, Amasa, MI

Began → Gibson Mine → Michigan Mine → Warner Mine

Operated for 26 years.

From: 1885

Location: NW-NW Sec. 15 of T44N-R33W

Owned by: Rogers-Brown Ore Co. Leased in 1948 by North Range Mining co. and now included in Warner mine.

Produced: Iron Ore

Method: Underground

Railroad connection: MILW to Escanaba ore dock via E&LS

Until: 1911

Lifetime Production: 159,453 tons between 1885-1911.

[LSIO-1950]

Notes

An iron mine opened as the Gibson Mine in 1885 by the Rogers-Brown Ore Co. It was operated by the Oliver Iron Mining Co. during 1893 through 1916 as the Michigan Mine. By 1916, the mine had shipped 350,270 tons of ore from workings to 656 feet depth. The property was purchased by North Range Mining Co. in 1948 and folded into the operations of the revitalized Warner Mine, which operated during 1951 through 1957. The Michigan Mine exploited the middle-Precambrian Amasa Iron Formation of the Baraga Group. The property description is NE-NW Sec. 9 T44N-R33W, which is 40 acres between N46º13'42", N46º13'55", W88º26'24", and W88º26'42". [MINDAT]

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