Iron Mines of Dickenson County By Date


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Iron Mountain Area Mines

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

Mine Location 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
                     
Chapin Mine Iron Mtn 1879 1934      
Globe Mine Antoine 1879 1887              
Ludington Mine Iron Mtn 1879 1894              
Millie Mine Iron Mn 1881 1936      
Cornell Mine Iron Mtn 1880-87                
Indiana Mine Antoine 1882 1920        
Hamilton Mine Iron Mtn 1886 1894              
Pewabic Mine Iron Mtn 1887 1918          
Groveland Mine Randville   1891 1960s
Antoine Mine Antoine   1895 1925        
Trader Mine Antoine   1895 1911?          
Cuff Mine Antoine   1899 1942    
West Trader Mine Iron Mn         1922 1936      
West Chapin Mine Iron Mtn         1922 1936      
Globe-Cornell Iron Mtn           1935 1950  
Bradley Mine Iron Mtn           1937 1950+  
                     

Quinnesec & Norway Area Mines

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

Mine Location 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
                     
Breen Mine Waucedah 1871 1907            
Penn Mines Norway 1877 1945    
Vulcan Mine Vulcan 1877 1893+              
Emmett Mine Waucedah 1878-84                
Norway Mine Norway 1878 1916+          
Quinnesec Mine Quinnesec 1878 1935      
Perkins Saginaw Mine Norway 1879 1909            
Stephenson Mine Norway 1879-87                
Keel Ridge Mine Norway 1880-83                
Briar Hill Mine Noway 1882-83                
Calumet Mine Felch 1882 1913          
Metropolitan Mine Felch 1882-88                
Northwestern Mine Felch 1883 1903            
Aragon Mine Norway 1889 1931      
Appleton Mine Loretto   1893  →  →  →  → 1940     
Loretto Mine Loretto   1893 1940    
Cundy Mine Quinnesec   1896 1913          
Verona Mine Vulcan     1900-04            
Vivian Mine Quinnesec     1902 1913          
Munro Mine Norway     1903 1921        
Forest Mine Quinnesec     1904            
Few Mine Norway     1907 1910          
                     

Florence, WI Mines

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

Mine Location 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
                     
Commonwealth Group Florence 1880 1916   1937 1943    
Florence Mine Florence 1880  →  →  →  → 1931      
                     

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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