Mine: Anvil Mine, Bessemer, MI

Began → Anvil Mine → Closed

Operated for 71 years.

From: 1886

Owned by: Newport Mining Co. → Several other owners → Pickands Mather Co. (1931)

Located: Tilden Road in Anvil, Gogebic County.

Produced: Soft Bessemer iron ore

Method: Shipped 4.4 tons of iron ore between 1887-1950.

Railroad connection:

Stamp Mill/Pellet Plant:

Until: 1957

Lifetime Production: 4.4 tons+

Location Coordinates: 46.4736111111, -90.019166667

Source: [UPM]

Photo Info: Top image, the Anvil Mine, date now known. [MINART]. 2nd image, a closer view of one of the frame houses in a 1940 postcard view.

Notes

Anvil Mine was located near Bessemer in Gogebic County. The mine was started by the Newport Mining Company in 1886. Ownership transferred at some point to the Pickands, Mather and Company until 1922, and then to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.  It is part of the Anvil-Palms-Keweenaw Group of mines.

Time Line

1938. Mining activity on the range took on a brighter look today with a report that the Anvil and Newport mines would open tomorrow and with the yard depot report this morning that ore shipments were good last week. The two properties will operate on a three days a week basis with two shifts being employed. These mines have been idle, except for maintenance crews, since July. The resumption of operations will affect approximately 300 men. [IDG-1938-1031]

1961. The Soo Line (WC) line from Mellon, Wisconsin ended at the Anvil Mine.