Mine: Florence Mine, Florence, WI

This iron mine was located on the outskirts of the Village of Florence, in Florence County, WI.

Began - Florence Mine - Ended

Operated for 51 years.

Began: 1880

Owned by: Schlesinger Syndicate.

Produced: Iron Ore

Method: Underground and above ground.

Railroad connection: C&NW to Port of Escanaba

Until: 1931.

Lifetime Production: 

Notes

45° 55' 32'' North , 88° 15' 47'' West

The Florence Mine comprised a series of surface and underground workings in the Proterozoic Riverton Iron Formation, an inter-layered siderite-chert rock altered to soft hematite. It was worked between 1880 and 1931. [MINDAT]

Time Line

1889. August 12, The Forence ore mine was sold today to Frederick Schlesinger, of Milwaukee, representing a sdyndicate of New York capitalists already interested in the region. [DFP-1889-0813]