Reclamation Plant: C&H, Lake Linden, MI

Began → C&H Copper Reclamation Plant → Discontinued

From: 1915

Owned by: C&H Copper Company

Produced: Copper from ore tallings in Torch Lake.

Method: Dredged stamp sands, then used ammonia leaching.

Railroad connection: DSS&A

Stamp Mill/Smelter: In Lake Linden; Quincy Smelter at Ripley.

Until: 1949

Lifetime Production: 535 million pounds of copper by reproducing tailings. [Wiki]

Photo Info: The C&H facilities at Lake Linden around 1934. [USGS]

The C&H reclamation plant was located in Lake Linden in Houghton County. This plant received old tailings from the Lake and processed them with new methods to remove additional copper.

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Time Line

1945. Quincy mine stamp sands from Mason were transported to the C&H reclamation mill for processing. Mineral output was transported by the DSS&A to Ripley for smelting. [CAA]