Mine: Cary Mine, Hurley, WI

Superior Mine → Cary Mine → Became

Operated for 71+ years.

From: 1886

Owned by: Odanah Iron Co. Pickands, Mather & Co.

Produced: Iron Ore. Hard, blue-red, non-bessemer hematite.

Method: Underground. Worked by sub-level stoping method. Depth: 1,881 feet.

Railroad connection: C*JNW top Port of Ashland, WI.

Stamp Mill/Pellet Plant: Crushed on site.

Until: Continues as of 1957.

Lifetime Production: 7.1 million tons through 1938. Continues.

Notes

Time Line

1957. At a hearing before the WI public service commission about installation of crossing signals at the Cary mine spur track crossing highway 77, C&NW officials testified that 6-8 railroad switch engines use the crossing every day during shipping season, and that railroad traffic drops off to about 2 trains a week during the winter. The railroad speed limit is 5 mph. Installation of signals would cost $5,485. The C&NW engineer, F. L. Houx of Ironwood is the joint superintendent of the C&NW and Soo Line in charge of ore operations on the Gogebic Range. [IDG-1957-0305]

1965. Owners of the Cary Mine announced the closure, noting "Competition from pellets and high grade ores from other sources has continued to increase to the point where these mines are no longer satisfactory sources of supply for steel companies.