Mine: Smith Mine, Palmer, MI

Began → Smith Mine → Cheshire Mine

Operated for 4 years.

From: 1872

Location: SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 18, and NW 1/4 of Section 20, T45-R25. 

Owned by: Clevland Cliffs Mining Company

Produced: Iron Ore

Method: 

Railroad connection: On C&NW Smith Mine branch.

Stamp Mill/Pellet Plant:

Until: 1876

Lifetime Production: 48,544 tons shipped between 1872 and 1878

Notes

This mine was closed in the winter of 1873 and reopened in 1877 when the mine was changed to the Cheshire Mine. [LSMI-1909]

Nonproducing in 1908.

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