Mine: Mary Charlotte Mine, Negaunee, MI

Various (see notes) → Mary Charlotte Mine → Closed

Operated for 45 years.

From: 1903

Location: NE-Se Sec. 7; S 1/2-NW and N 1/2-SW Sec. 8 of T47N-R26W

Owned by: Mary Charlotte Mining Company in 1908, later by Marquette Ore Co. and by North Range Mining Co. from 1939-1948. Now held (1950) by Jones and Laughlin Ore Co. 

Produced: Iron Ore, soft, red, non-Bessemer.

Method: Underground mine, worked by slicing, stoping and caving methods.

Railroad connection: LS&I to Presque Isle dock. DSS&A and C&NW had joint interest in lines to this mine - 1904 agreement.

Until: 1948

Lifetime Production: 6,890,949 tons from 1872-1948 (including Mary Charlotte Mine and Allen Mine).

Source: [LSIO-1950]

Photo info: A 1907 postcard view of the Mary Charlotte Mine.

Notes

Includes SW-NW Sec. 8 which is S 1/23 of former Bay State; all of Allen or Ada, SE-NW Sec 8; NE-SE Sec 7, which is East 1/2 of original Himrod or Orion; and NW-SW Sec 8 which is north half of former Star Mine.

From 1942 to 1947, Mary Charlotte included East Chicago Forty Mine, SE-SE Sec. 7 of T47N-R26W. Production of 454.262 tons from East Chicago Forty mine included in Mary Charlotte shipments.

Time Line

1907. September 7. Employed only a few hours as a switchman in the South Shore yards at Negaunee, John Malloney, a young man of that city, was swept from a car by the spout of a water tank at the Mary Charlotte mine and fell partially under the wheels. He sustained injuries which resulted in his death a few hours afterward. [DFP-1907-0909]

1912. All DSS&A and C&NW lines to Shaft #1, #2 were taken up. [CNWV]