Mill: Tamarack Mill, Hubbell, MI


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Operated for about 75 years.

From: 1890

Owned by: Tamarack Mining Company

Method: 7 stamps producing up to 3,500 tons of refined copper daily.

Railroad connection: Mineral Range Railroad

Smelter:

Until: ~1965

Lifetime Production: 


TamarackStampMillsHubbellMI1943.jpg

Photo Info: An overhead view of the Tamarack Stamp Mills in Dollar Bay in 1943. [USGS]


Notes

Tamarack Mill was located along Torch Lake in Hubbell in Houghton County. It was first operated in 1890.

This mill was located on Tamarack Street just south of Tamarack Hill Road in Hubbell, MI. 


Time Line

1965. This mill is reported active, operated by the C&H company. [DMP]

 

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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