- Details
- Hits: 1950
Mine: Ernst Mine, commonwealth, WI
Began - Ernst Mine - Became
Began: 1912
Location: SW diagonal 1/2 of SW-SW Sec. 17 of T40N-R18E
Owner: Florence Iron Col (M.A. Hanna Co. agent).
Mined: Iron Ore, soft, red, high phosphorus. Crushed.
Method: Underground. Depth 500 feet.
Railroad: C&NW to Escanaba ore dock.
Ended: 1929
Lifetime: 670,183 tons between 1914-1929.
[LSIO-1950]
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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