Location: Ripley, MI - Quincy Stamp Mill (original)

The original Quincy stamp mill was located in Ripley, downhill from the Quincy mine location. Rock was moved to the mill by way of a tram railroad.

Began → Quincy Mill → Closed (Operations transferred to new mill)

From: 1848

Owned by: Quincy Mining Company

Produced: Refined Copper Ore

Method: Stamp mill

Railroad connection: Quincy Mine tram railroad down hill

Mine Source: Quincy

Until: 1887

Lifetime Production: 

Notes

Stamp sand began to reduce navigation on Portage canal. The U.S. government required the mine to find a new location for their stamp mill. It was moved to Torch Lake.

Time Line

1893. The old stamp mill was dismantled. A new pumping station is erected there to bring water up to the mine and new railroad. [CRR]