Mill: Mohawk Mill, Gay, MI


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Operated for

From: 1901

Owned by: Mohawk Copper Company

Produced: Refined copper ore.

Method: 4 stamps with a 3,000 ton daily capacity [NCME]

Railroad connection: Plant railroad operated by MRR, the COPR

Smelter:

Until: 

Lifetime Production: 


Notes


Time Line

1905. April. A fourth stamp will be installed along with the necessary wash machinery will be delivered next month. [DFP-1905-0402]

1932. In order to replenish stocks of refined copper at the company's Michigan Smelter, the Mohawk Mining company is sending 2.4 million pounds of mineral from their Gay mill, the first shipment in two years. Some sales of refined copper have been made from the stock on hand. [SJHP-1932-0603]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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