Mine: Isabella Mine, Palmer, MI

Watson (NW Sec 32) → Isabella Mine → Became

Operated for 22 years.

From: 1912

Location: SW Sec 29 and NW Sec 32 of T47N-R26W. 46.43333,-87.60000.  West of M-35, south of Missouri Road, Palmer.

Owned by: Steel & Tube Co. of America, then Youngstown Mines Corp. In 1934 to Cascade Corp.

Produced: Iron Ore, soft, red, Bessemer.

Method: Underground, by stoping system. Depth: 1,252 feet.

Railroad connection: DSS&A to Marquette dock; C&NW to Escanaba dock.

Until: 1934

Lifetime Production: 

Photo info: Top, a view of the Isabella Mine in Palmer in the early 1900's. 2nd photo, a map of the mine around 1917. [CNWV]

Notes

Time Line

1914. Tracks were laid to this mine by the C&NW off their Cascade Branch, east of Palmer. This included two loading tracks adjacent to the shaft, and a coal trestle. [CNWV]