Mine: Holmes Mine, Ishpeming, MI

Began → Holmes Mine → Became

Operated for 7 years.

From: 1915

Located at: Section 9, T47N-R27W

Owned by: Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company.

Produced: Iron Ore, hard steel-blue hgematite ore, and soft, red hematite ores.

Method: Underground shaft, 1,266 feet.

Railroad connection: LS&I to Presque Isle, and C&NW to Escanaba.

Stamp Mill/Pellet Plant:

Until: 1922

Lifetime Production: 731,722 tons

Notes

May have been known as the Holmes Section 16 mine.

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