Mine: Francis Mine, Princeton, MI

Northwestern Mine → Francis Mine → Abandoned

Operated for 31 years.

From: 1893

Location: SW-NW and SWE Sec 27 of T45N-R25W

Owned by: Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Com in 1913.

Produced: Iron Ore, soft red, high phosphorus.

Method: Underground

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

Until: 1924

Lifetime Production: 503,818 tons from 1893-1939

46^o 15.09N - 87^o 25.654' W. 1118' above sea level.

Notes

Shipped in 1893 and then from 1918-1922, 1927-1931, 1933-1937 and 1939. Shipments of last few years are from stockpile. Mine abandoned April 30, 1924 and lease surrendered May 1, 1924.

This mine was located in Section 27 of T45N-R25W. It was northwest of Johnson Lake. In 1917, the C&NW served the mine on a trestle belonging to the mine. They also had a rail line to the shaft of the mine.

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