Mine: Gardner-Mackinaw Mine, Princeton, MI


Began → Gardner-Mackinaw Mine → Became


Operated for 30 years.

From: 1911

Location: SE, NE-SW and S 1/2-SW Sec 35 of T47N-R23W and NW-NE Sec 2 of T44N-R26W.

Owned by: Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. Then D. M & M. Land Co.

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

Method: Underground.

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

Until: 1941

Lifetime Production: 1,326,440 tons between 1919-1941.


Notes

This mine was located in Section 35, T45N-R25W. It was served by both the C&NW and the LS&I. [CNWV]

Also known as the Gardner Mine.


Time Line

1911. Mine opened.

1940. Mine abandoned. Stockpile shipments continued through 1941.

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