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Mill: Quincy Mill, Mason, MI
Began → Quincy Mill → Became
From:
Owned by: Quincy Mining Companyt
Produced: Refined Copper Ore
Method:
Railroad connection: Quincy & Torch Lake railroad
Mine Source: Quincy
Until:
Lifetime Production:
Notes
The Quincy Mine had their first stamp mill at Ripley, MI.
To reach the mill, the Q&TL crossed under the Copper Range railroad bridge and over the Mineral Range (H&C) railroad via a bridge, going down the hill. [NHMC-1943]
Time Line
1887. The Quincy Stamp Mill at Hancock has been obliged to shut down for a month on account of broken engine shafts. [AR-1887]
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