Mine: Bessemer Mine, Ishpeming, MI

Began → Bessemer Mine → Lillie Mine

Operated for 2 years.

From: 1875

Owned by: 

Produced: Iron Ore

Method: Open pit surface mine.

Railroad connection: C&NW branch line.

Until: At least 1877. Became the Lillie Mine.

Lifetime Production: 25,578 tons shipped to Cleveland before 1878.

Notes

70 acres, southeastt 1/4 of Section 35, T48-R27 on the south shore of Teal Lake.

Time Line

1877.  54' below the surface. Soft hematite, large open pit. 61.3% metallic iron, 3.2% silica.