Mine: Lucy Mine, Negaunee, MI

McComber Mine → Lucy Mine → Became

Operated for 43 years.

From: 1870

Location: SW-SW Sec 6 and NW-NW Sec 7 of T47N-R26W

Owned by: Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.

Produced: Iron Ore, soft, red, siliceous and manganiferous.

Method: Underground, worked by caving system. Depth: 390 feet.

Railroad connection: LS&I to Presque Isle dock; C&NW to Escanaba dock.

Until: 1913

Lifetime Production: 1870-1913 shipped 622,797 tons.

Notes

Formerly called McComber Mine. At one time included Pendill Mine, which later was known as the East Jackson Mine.

Time Line

1870. Opened in 1870; shipped 1870-1883, 1887-1893, 1897-1898, 1903-1906 and 1908-1913.

1911. Shut own in 1911.