Mine: Richmond Mine (Old), Palmer, MI

Began → Richmond Mine (Old) → Became

Operated for 31 years.

From: 1896

Location: SW-SW Sec. 28 of T47N-R26W

Owned by: Richmond Iron Co. (M.A. Hanna agent). Reverted in 1928 to Oliver Iron Mining Co., fee owner.

Produced: Iron Ore, hard, red, siliceous. Crushed.

Method: Open pit.

Railroad connection: C&NW to Escanaba dock.

Until: 1927 - Operations moved to the New Richmond Mine.

Lifetime Production: 3,604,913 tons between 1896-1927

Source: [LSIO-1950]

Notes

See also New Richmond Mine (History→Stations→Marquette→N-P, Mines).

The C&NW had a two track siding to the Richmond Mine built in 1906. [CNWV] It also had a switch back to a coal track and coal unloading facility. All tracks to this mine were removed in 1933. 

Time Line

1933. November. Tracks to the Richmond (old) mine, Joyce, Pokenhorn, Primrose Maintland Mine and Moore Mine were removed. [CNWV]