Marquette County Iron Mines - Ishpeming west
- Details
Mine: Salisbury Mine, Ishpeming, MI
Began → Salisbury Mine → Iron Cliffs Mine
Operated for 52 years.
From: 1872
Location: S 1/2-NW and SW-NE Sec. 15 of T47N-R27W
Owned by: Iron Cliffs Company, later Cleveland Cliffs Co. (in 1890)
Produced: Iron Ore, soft, red, non-bessemer.
Method: Large pit, 350' x 80' deep., then underground. depth 830 feet., top slicing method.
Railroad connection: DSS&A to Marquette dock; then LS&I to Presque Isle dock.
Until: 1924
Lifetime Production: 133,402 tons between 1872 and 1878. [LSMI-1909] 4,489,102 tons between 1872-1924. [LISO-1950]
Source: [LSIO-1950]
Notes
Later Iron Cliffs Mine.
Soft hematite, 68% metalic content, .52% silia. [CMS-1878]
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