Mine: Cleveland Mine, Ishpeming, MI

Began → Cleveland Mine → Moro Mine and Cliffs Shaft Mine (parts)

Operated for 49 years.

From: 1849

Located: E 1/2-NE Sec 10 and NW-NW Sec 11 of T47N-R27W

SE-NE Sec 10 now included in Moro Mine. NE-NE Sec 10 now included in Cliffs Shaft Mine

Owned by: Marquette Iron Co. After 1852 by Cleveland Iron Mining Co., later Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.

Produced: Iron Ore, hard, non-Bessemer, specular. 66% metallic iron, 1.6% silica.

Method: Underground

Railroad connection:

Forge: Prior to 1854, ore hauled on sleds to a forge at Marquette.

Until: 1898

Lifetime Production: 1,828,792 tons or iron ore as of 1909.

Source: [LSIO-1852]

Photo info: The Cleveland Mine in the late 1800's. [MINARC]

Notes

Original pit in NE Section 11.

Time Line

1850. The Cleveland Iron Mining Co. begins mining a mound known as the Cleveland Mine. [DSS]

1854. The Jackson Mine, along with the Cleveland Mine laid a strap railroad and formed the Iron Mountain Railway Company to transport ore.  There was also a plank road by a similar name. The IMRC built to the Jackson dock in Marquette. The Cleveland company also built a dock at the foot of Superior Street. [DSS]

1868. This mine is now served by the C&NW and M&O. [DSS]