Mine: Cambria-Jackson Mine, Negaunee, MI

Lillie Mine, Hartford Mine (Lakeside) and part of the Jackson Mine → Cambria Jackson Mine → Became

Operated for 3 years.

From: 1874

Located: Lots 7 and 8 and S 1/2-SE Sec 35; Lots 5,6 and 7 Sec 36 of T48N-R27W; N 1/2-N 1/2-NW Sec 1 and N 1/2-NE-NE Sec 2 of T47N-R27W. Includes the Lillie (Bessemer), SW-SE Sec 35; the Hartford E 1/2 Lot 5 an, 6 and 7 Sec 36 T48N-R27W.

Owned by: Originally by Republic Iron & Steel Co. and Oliver Iron Mining Co. After 1943 by Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. Leased from Teal Lake Iron Co. In 1908 Republic Iron Co.

Produced: Iron Ore, soft brown non-Bessemer.

Method: Underground 1,509 feet.

Railroad connection: LS&I to Presque Isle and DSS&A to Marquette dock.

Until: 1877

Lifetime Production: 20,165 tons or iron ore shipped as of 1878. [LSMI-1909][LSIOA-1952] by 1950 14.1 million tons.

Source: [LSIO-1952]

Note

Section 2, 47-27. Immediately east off the Bessemer Mine. Hard and soft hematite ore.

Time Line

1905. August 11. The fire in the Cambria mine at Negaunee still continues and it is feared the damage will be much greater than was at first supposed. Two pumps are kept in constant operation, each throwing a large stream of water down the shaft. [Owosso Times-1905-0811]

1914. The Cleveland Cliffs Iron company has concluded one of the largest purchases in the iron history of the upper peninsula, buying the Cambria Steel company, of Pennsylvania, and the Republic iron mine of Republic, 35 miles southwest of Marquette. The purchase takes all of the holdings of that property, including the mine power plants, the houses constituting the greater town of Republic, stores and water power development at Michigamme, 15 miles from Republic, and about 5,000 acres of land and ore deposits. The Cliffs company is the largest iron company outside of the steel trust. The company owns the LS&I railroad, which has the largest ore docks in the world at Marquette and will extend its railroad to Republic, a distance of 14 miles, to bring the ore to the dock. The Republic mine's output is about 1,000 tons daily and will be increased as will the number of employees, normally about 600. [SJHP-1914-0521]