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Quincy Mine Hoist House. When the mine ceased production in 1945, the Quincy Number 2 shaft was the world's longest mine shaft, at 9,260 feet (2.82 km or 1.75 miles) along the dip of the deposit on a 55 degree decline.
Tamarack mine is a copper mine located in Osceola Township, Houghton County, north of Calumet, Michigan. The first shaft was started in 1882 and five shafts were eventually mined. [ 1 ] In 1966 seven-year-old Ruth Ann Miller fell into shaft #4 and a rescue was impossible.
Shaft No. 2 with the old hoist house, c1906 Quincy Mine No. 2 Hoist House, 2006 Quincy Mine No. 2 Hoist House, 1978. The Quincy Mining Company was first organized in 1846, [4] and incorporated two years later, to mine the then-recently discovered Portage Lake copper formations. [2]
Wheal Kate prospect - South Range, Houghton County; White Pine mine - White Pine, Ontonagon County; the last mine to close in the Copper Country, in 1995; Whittlesey mine - Isle Royale, Keweenaw County; Winona mine - Winona, Houghton County; Winthrop mine - Central; Wolverine Mine - Wolverine; Wyandot mine - Twin Lakes, Houghton County
Calumet and Hecla Mine shaft No. 2, c. 1906. The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company was a major copper-mining company based within Michigan's Copper Country.In the 19th century, the company paid out more than $72 million in shareholder dividends, more than any other mining company in the United States during that period.
The Copper Country is an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, including Keweenaw County, Michigan, Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon counties as well as part of Marquette County. The area is so named as copper mining was prevalent there from 1845 until the late 1960s, with one mine (the White Pine mine) continuing through ...
The Osceola Mine was a copper mine consisting of 11 shafts [1] located in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan. [2] In 1895, it was the site of the deadliest mine disaster in the Copper Country. [2]
Name County Years Material Coordinates Adventure mine: Ontonagon: 1850–1920: copper: Alabastine Mine: Kent: 1907– gypsum: Arcadian mine: Houghton: 1898–1908: copper