Mine: Bengal-Tully-Cannon Mine, Stambaugh, MI

Began → Bengal-Tully-Cannon Mine → Became

Operated for at least 41 years, continuing in 1950.

From: 1909 (Tully) and 1913 (Bengal)

Location: N 1/2-SE (Bengal), S 1/2-SE (Tully) of Sec. 26 of T43N-R35W. And NW-SW Sec 31 of T43N-R35W.

Owned by: Bengal by Verona Mining Co. (Pickands Mather & Co. agent). Acquired by Hanna Iron Ore Co. in 1944. Tully by Corrigan McKinney Steel Col. and later acquired by Hanna Iron Ore Co.

Produced: Iron Ore, soft, red-brown, high phosphorus. Part crushed.

Method: Underground. Bengal by stoping and slicing methods to 875 feet. Tully worked by milling method.

Railroad connection: C&NW to Escanaba port.

Until: 1953+ as Cannon Mine

Lifetime Production: 6,825,040 between 1910-1950. Remains open.

Source: [LSIO-1950]

Notes

The Bengel-Tully-Cannon mine was located in Stambaugh in Iron County.

Upon completion of new shaft now being sunk (1950), this mine will be called the Cannon Mine.

The Bengal Mine was opened in 1913 by the Verona Mining Co. 5.5 million tons of iron ore were shipped, much of it manganiferous. Two shafts and five levels were developed. In 1949 the Hanna Iron Ore Co. combined the mine with the Tully Mine to form the Bengal-Tully Mine, and in 1953, the complex was renamed Cannon Mine. [MINDAT]

The property description is N1/2-SE Sec. 36 T43N-R35W, which is the 80 acres between N46º4'35", N46º4'48", W88º37'0", and W88º37'37".

Photo Info: Two photos of the Bengal Mine Mine.

Time Line

1911. The Bengal mine is located on the N. ½ of the S. E. ¼ of Section 36, Town 43, Range 35. The ore is a brown hematite. This property at present has merely an exploring shaft with an equipment of exploring machinery and buildings on surface. A new shaft is being sunk, which, when completed, will be equipped with modern machinery. The work of exploring to date has been confined to one level. W. H. Jobe is superintendent of the Baltic, Fogarty, Caspian and Bengal mines, all of which are located near Palatka, in the Iron River district. [LSMI-1911]