Stamp Mill: Quincy Mill, Hubbell, MI

Quincy Mill MapQuincy Stamp Mill The Quincy Mine built a processing mill at Hubbell on Torch Lake and began operations around 1890.

Map Info: Top, this is the layout of the Quincy Mill between 1890 and 1928. Second map, an overhead view of the mill in 1947. [USGS]

Began → Quincy Mill → Closed


Operated for

Began: 1890.

Method: 8 stamps with 5,600 ton daily capacity.

Railroad: Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad

Ended:

Lifetime production:


Notes 

This was the Quincy Mine's second mill. The first was on Portage Lake at Ripley. Rock was moved to that facility via a tram road down the hill.


Time Line

 

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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