Smelter: C&H Smelting Works, Hubbell, MI


Began → C&H Smelting Works → Closed

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Produced: Pure copper ingots.

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C&H Smelter at HubbellPhoto Info: An overhead view of the C&H Smelter at Hubbell around 1943. [NHMC]


Notes

The C&H Smelting Works were located along the Torch Lake in Hubbell, in Houghton County. This Smelter processed ore from nearby stamping mills which received ore from the mines in Calumet via the company narrow gauge railroad.


Time Line

1906. The C&H Smelter has broken all records in the matter of refined copper production lately. They are operating extra furnaces and shipping copper as rapidly as it can be turned out. [DFP-1906-0404]

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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