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Mine Dates of Operation in Iron County

Click for: Crystal Falls Area | Iron River Area

Crystal Falls, Alpha, Amasa, Mansfield

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

For individual mine pages, go to the History Menu → Mines and Mining → Select Range and Mine

Mine	Loc’n	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s

Fairbanks Mine	C Falls	1881	→	1907+
Youngstown Mine	C Falls	1882	→	→	→	→	1931	+Bristol
Crystal Falls Mine	C Falls	1882	→	→	1913
Columbia Mine	C Falls	1882	→	→	→	→	→	→	1950
Great Western Mine	C Falls	1882	→	→	1910	SP
Hope Mine	C Falls	1882	→	1903
Mastodon Mine	Alpha	1882	→	→	→	→	→	1942
Paint River Mine	C Falls	1882	→	→	1913
Shafer Mine	C Falls	1882	→	→	→	→	→	1941
Delphic Mine	Alpha	1883	1896
Gibson Mine	Amasa	1885	→	→	1919
Dunn Mine	C Falls	1887	→	→	1915
Lee Peck Mine	C Falls	1887	1892
Monitor Mine	C Falls	1887	1891
South Mastodon Mine	Alpha	1887	1890
Armenia Mine	C Falls	1889	→	→	1914
Lamont Mine	C Falls	1889	→	→	1910
Mansfield Mine	Mansfld	1889	→	→	1913
Hollister Mine	C Falls		1890	→	1914
Manganate Mine	C Falls		1890
Amasa Mine	Amasa		1891	→	1919
Hemlock Mine	Amasa		1891	→	1919
Lincoln Mine	C Falls		1891	1909
Bristol-Youngstown Mine	C Falls		1892	→	→	→	→	→	→	1969
Michigan Mine	Amasa		1893	→	1916
Hilltop Mine	C Falls		1899	→	1919
Monongahela Mine	C Falls			1901	→	→	1934
Tobin Mine	C Falls			1901	→	→	→	→	1950s
Genesee Mine	C Falls			1902	→	→	1935
Alpha Mine	Alpha			1903
Kimball Mine	C Falls			1907	1915
McDonald Mine	C Falls			1909	1913
Channing Mine	Amasa				1911	1922
Ravena-Prickett Mine	C Falls				1911	→	→	1943
Balkan-Judson Mine	Alpha				1913	→	→	1942
Carpenter Mine	C Falls				1913	1928
Richards Mine	C Falls				1913	1927
Porter Mine	Amasa				1914	1927
Fortune Lake Mine	C Falls				1915	1920
Warner Mine	Amasa				1915	→	→	1940	+1951
Odgers Mine	C Falls				1916	→	1935
Book Mine	Alpha							1942	1950s
Cayla Mine	C Falls								1951-54

Iron River, Stambaugh, Mineral Hills, Caspian, Gaastra, Chicagon

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

For individual mine pages, go to the History Menu → Mines and Mining → Select Range and Mine

Mine	Loc’n	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s

Dober Mine (Hiaw #2)	Stamb	1882	→	→	→	→	→	→	1950s
Nanaimo Mine	I River	1882	→	1908
Riverton Mine	I River	1882	→	→	→	→	1937
Beta Mine	I River	1885	1891					1941sp
Half & Half Mine	Unknown	1889	1891
Iron River Mine	Stamb	1889	1891
Sheridan Mine	I River	1889	→	1900
Hiawatha No. 1 Mine	Stamb		1893	→	→	→	→	→	1950
Baltic Mine	Caspian			1900	→	→	1931
Buck Mine Group	M Hills			1901	→	→	→	→	1950s
Caspian Mine	Caspian			1903	→	→	1937
Youngs Mine	Gaastra			1904	→	1928
James Mine	M Hills			1906	→	→	→	→	1954
Chatham Mine	Stamb			1907	→	1920
Fogerty Mine	Gaastra			1907	→	→	→	→	→	1962
Zimmerman Mine	Gaastra			1907	→	→	→	→	1950
Berkshire Mine	Caspian			1908	→	→	→	→	1950
Baker Mine	Stamb			1909	1915
Bengal Tully Cannon	Stamb			1909	→	→	→	→	1953+
Chicagon Mine	Chi-FL			1909	→	1922
Tully Mine	Stamb				1910	1926
Wauseca-Aronson Mine	M Hills				1910	→	→	→	→	1969
Davidson Group Mines	M Hills				1911	→	1937
Forbes Mine	M Hills				1911	→	→	1946
Wickwire Mine	Stamb				1911-17
Blair Mine	I River				1912	→	→	1945
Cortland Mine	Stamb				1912-14
Rogers Mine	I River				1912-18	→	→	1945
Virgil Mine	M Hills				1912
Homer Mine	M Hills				1914	→	→	→	→	1961
Bates Mine	M Hills				1915	→	→	1947
Cotrell Mine	Caspian				1915-16
Spies-Virgil Mine	M Hills				1915	→	→	→	1955
Cardiff Mine	M Hills				1919	1923
Delta Mine	I River					1920-25
Corey "40" Mine	Stamb					1922-28
Sherwood Mine	M Hills						1931	→	→	1978
Hiawatha No. 2 Mine	Caspian						1935	→	1950
Brule Mine	Stamb						1936

CHI-FL = Chicagon/Fortune Lake area, between Crystal Falls and Iron River.

”sp” = shipped thus year from stockpile.

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

[AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
[AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
[AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
[AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
[AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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