Mine: Stephenson Mine, Princeton, MI

Began → Stephenson Mine → Abandoned (1927)

Operated for 25 years.

From: 1902

Location: S 1/2-SW Sec. 20 and N 1/2-NW Sec. 29 of T45N-R25W. 46^o 16.162'N - 87^o 28.143'W.

Owned by: Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company

Produced: Iron Ore, soft, red, high phosphorus.

Method: Underground, greatest depth is 604 feet.

Railroad connection: C&NW to Escanaba dock; LS&I to Presque Isle dock.

Until: 1927. Lease surrendered in September, 1941.

Lifetime Production: 

Notes

Time Line

1902. Explorations. The shaft was sunk to the ledge, a distance of 80 feet with water being encountered at 53 feet. The mine began operating in 1907. [LSMI-1909]