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Mine: Evergreen Bluff Mine, Mass, MI
Began → Evergreen Bluff Mine → Closed
Operated for 18 years.
From: 1853
Owned by:
Produced: Copper Ore
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Until: 1871 (also attempts in 1878 and 1911)
Lifetime Production: 3 million lbs refined copper.
Notes
An underground mine consisting of 1 shaft, 1 adit, and 5 levels. Organized in 1853 and worked until 1871. Limited work was done between 1878 and 1911, at which time the mine was bought by Mass Consolidated Copper Co. Today the mine is owned by Red Metal Explorations. Produced approx. 3 million lbs. of refined copper. Excellent specimens of copper and copper/silver "halfbreeds" have been recovered from the poor rock piles. [MINDAT]
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