Station: Mass, MI

In 1848, copper was discovered here. Land was sold to the Mass Mining Company which organized operations here in 1855. Another town known as "Mass City" was platted two miles west of here but it was abandoned in 1899 when Mass was platted. [MPN] Mass was on the Mineral Range's Keweenaw branch at milepost 32.8 from Keweenaw Bay, Mass was located in Section 4/5 of T50N-R38W. The Copper Range also came through here, crossing the DSSA at Peppard, about one mile east of Mass.

Notes

There was a wye and short branch from Mass to the Mass Mine, about three miles west. [DSSM]

The MR had an engine house in Mass City, located between the MR Mass City depot and their branch to the Mass Miner. [MRHC]

Time Line

1899. The Copper Range railroad is built from Mass north to Houghton. [MRL]

1909. The Copper Range link from McKeever to Mass City is removed. [MRL]

1918. MILW had a station agent here on the day shift and an operator here on the night shift. The DSS&A had an agent/operator at this location during the day. [TRT]

1923. Agent Porter of the Mineral Range railroad at Mass City closed up the office yesterday, as the MR was forced to discontinue service west of Simar due to a condemned trestle. [LAS-1923-0601]

1943. There was a railroad telephone available for MILW crews in the waiting room of the depot. [ETT-1943]