Ontonagon County - Copper & Silver Mines by Date

Ontonagon County Copper and Silver Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine Location 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920+
                     
Ohio Trapp Rock Mine Norwich 1845 1857              
Mendenhall Mine Rockland 1846-49                
Douglas Houghton Mass 1846 1865            
Minesota Mine Rockland 1848 1876          
Victoria Mine Rockland 1849 1921
Norwich Mine Norwich   1850              
Adventure Mine Greenland   1850  →  1920
Hudson Mine Norwich   1851-56              
Derby Mine Norwich   1852 1863+            
Firesteel Mine Mass   1852-55              
Sharon Mine Norwich   1852-55              
South Lake Mine Mass   1852 1882 CLOSED CLOSED 1912-18  
Evergreen Bluff Mine Mass   1853 1871          
Flintsteel Mines Rockland   1853 1871          
Rockland Mine Rockland   1853 1880        
Knowlton Mine Greenland   1853              
West Minnesota Rockland   1854-57              
Clinton Mine Norwich   1855 1900    
Cuyahoga Mine Silver City   1856 1866            
Mass Mine Maas   1856 1888?        
Carp Lake Mine Silver City   1859 1929
Lafayette Mine Silver City     1861 1906    
Indiana Mine Mass     1862-65            
King Philip Mine Winona     1864 1911  
Superior Mine Silver City       1873-79          
Scranton Mine Silver City       1873-76          
Collins Mine Silver City       1873-79          
Nonesuch Mine Silver City       1876 1912  
Michigan Mine Rockland           1900 1920  
Lake Mine Mass           1909 1919    
Algomah Mine Lake Mine             1910 1957
White Pine Mine White Pine             1915 1995
                     

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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