- Details
- Hits: 1950
Mine: Larson Exploration, Florence Co. WI
Eagle Mine → Larson Exploration → Abandoned
Began: 1948
Location: W 1/2-NW Sec. 35 of T40N-R17E
Owner: Jackson County Iron Co., Inland Steel Co. agent
Type: Iron Ore, lean, non-bessemer with high alumina content.
Method: Test pit from open cut.
Railroad: C&NW to Escanaba ore dock.
Ended: 1948
Total output: 8,248 tons in 1948.
[LSIO-1950]
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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