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Iron Mines of Gogebic County
Go To: Ironwood | Bessemer | Wakefield | Hurley
Ironwood Area Mines
Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.
| Mine | Location | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s |
| Blue Jacket Mine | Ironwood | 1870 | 1896 | |||||||
| Aurora Mine | Ironwood | 1880 | 1899 | |||||||
| Ashland Mine | Ironwood | 1884 | → | → | → | 1926 | ||||
| Norrie Mine | Ironwood | 1884 | → | → | → | → | 1935 | |||
| Townsite Mine | Ironwood | 1885 | → | → | → | → | 1936 | |||
| East Norrie Mine | Ironwood | 1885 | → | → | → | → | 1935 | |||
| Pabst Mine | Ironwood | 1885 | → | 1901 | ||||||
| Newport Mine | Ironwood | 1886 | → | → | → | → | → | → | 1950 | |
| Bonnie Mine | Ironwood | 1887 | ||||||||
| Geneva Mine | Ironwood | 1903 | → | → | → | → | 1950s | |||
| Montreal Mine (MI) | Ironwood | 1903 | 1915 | |||||||
Bessemer Area Mines
Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.
| Mine | Location | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s |
| Colby Mine | Bessemer | 1884 | → | → | → | 1923 | ||||
| Ironton Mine | Bessemer | 1886 | → | → | → | → | → | 1941 | ||
| Anvil Mine | Bessemer | 1886 | → | → | → | → | → | → | 1957 | |
| Palms Mine | Bessemer | 1886 | → | → | → | 1923 | ||||
| Puritan Mine | Bessemer | 1886 | → | → | → | → | → | 1941 | ||
| Eureka Mine | Ramsey | 1890 | → | → | → | → | → | 1950 | ||
| Tilden Mine | Bessemer | 1891 | → | → | → | → | 1944 | |||
| Jack Pot Mine | Bessemer | 1892 | → | → | → | → | 1941 | |||
| Yale Mine | Bessemer | 1901 | → | 1925 | ||||||
| Geneva Mine | Bessemer | 1910 | → | → | → | → | → | 1965 | ||
| Asteroid Mine | Ramsey | 1911 | 1925 | |||||||
| Peterson Mine | Bessemer | 1944 | → | 1966 | ||||||
Wakefield Area Mines
Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.
| Mine | Location | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s |
| Sunday Lake Mine | Sunday Lk | 1881 | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | 1961 |
| Brotherton Mine | Wakefield | 1883 | → | → | → | 1923 | ||||
| Castle-Meteor Mine | Sunday Lk | 1886 | → | → | → | 1923 | ||||
| Chicago Mine | Sunday Lk | 1886 | → | → | 1915 | |||||
| Pike Mine | Sunday Lk | 1886 | → | → | 1910 | |||||
| Pilgrim Mine | Wakefield | 1886 | → | → | → | 1927 | ||||
| Sparta Mine | Sunday Lk | 1886 | 1896 | |||||||
| Mikado Miner | Wakefield | 1895 | → | 1919 | ||||||
| Wakefield Mine | Wakefield | 1912 | → | → | → | 1954 | ||||
| Plymouth Mine | Wakefield | 1916 | → | → | → | 1952 | ||||
| Morgan Mine | Sunday Lk | 1918 | 1925 | |||||||
| Vicar Mine | Sunday Lk | 1950-51 | ||||||||
Hurley Area Mines
Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.
| Mine | Location | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s |
| Germania Mine | Hurley | 1885 | → | → | 1912 | |||||
| Cary Mine | Hurley | 1886 | → | → | → | → | → | → | 1950 | |
| Montreal Mine (WI) | Hurley | 1886 | → | → | → | → | → | → | 1950 | |
| Atlantic Mine | Iron Belt | 1887 | → | → | 1913 | |||||
| Hennepin-Snyder | Pence | 1888 | → | 1906 | ||||||
| Iron Belt Mine | Iron Belt | 1888 | → | → | 1912 | |||||
| Pence-Hennepin | Montreal | 1888 | → | → | 1912 | |||||
| Tyler's Fork Mine | Upson | 1890 | ||||||||
| Shores Mine | Iron Belt | 1896-99 | ||||||||
| Plumer Mine | Pence | 1912 | → | 1932 | ||||||
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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