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Mining companies (operating in Michigan):

 

Copper Range (from Ontonagon to Copper Harbor - mainly copper ore)

  • Acadian Mine

  • Adventure Mill, Beacon Hill

  • Adventure Mine, Greenland

  • Aetna Mine, Copper Harbor

  • Ahmeek Copper Mine, Ahmeek

  • Allouez Mine No. 1 Shaft, Allouez

  • Allouez Mine No. 3, Allouez

  • Allouez Mine No. 4, Allouez

  • Ahmeek Mill, Hubell

  • Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek

  • Algomah Mine, Lake Mine

  • Amygdalela Mine, Delware

  • Arcadian Mill, southeast of Dollar Bay

  • Arcadian Mine (Old and New), Hancock

  • Atlantic Mill, Redridge

  • Atlantic Mine, Houghton

  • Baltic Mill, Redridge

  • Baltic Mine, Baltic

  • Caledonia Mine, between Rockland and Mass

  • Calumet & Hecla (C&H) Mine, Calumet

  • Calumet Mill, Lake Linden

  • C&H Reclamation Plant, Lake Linden

  • C&H Smelting Works, Hubbell

  • Carp Lake Mine and Mill, west of Silver City

  • Centenial Mill

  • Challenge Mine, south of Trimountain

  • Champion Mill, Freda

  • Champion Mine (Painesdale)

  • Champion Mine Stamp Mill, Lake Superior

  • Cherokee Mine, Winona

  • Clark Mine, Copper Harbor

  • Cliff Mine, near Phoenix

  • Cliff Mine, north, near Phoenix

  • Clinton Mine, west of Norwich

  • Collins Mine, near Silver City (silver mine)

  • Copper Falls Mine, near Eagle Harbor

  • Cuyahoga Mine, west of Silver City

  • Delaware Mine, Delaware

  • Derby Mine, west of Norwich

  • Douglas Houghton Mine, northeast of Mass

  • Elm River Mine, Lake Roland

  • Empire Mine, Copper Harbor

  • Evergreen Bluff Mine, Maas

  • Firesteel Mine, northeast of Mass

  • Flintsteel Mine (2), east of Rockland

  • Franklin Mill, southeast of Dollar Bay

  • Franklin Mine, Hancock

  • Franklin Junior Mine, Boston

  • Garden City Mine, Eagle River

  • Globe Mine, south of Champion

  • Gogebic Mine, near Bergland

  • Gratiot Mine, Mohawk

  • Hancock Mine, Hancock

  • Hecla Mill, Lake Linden

  • Hubbel Smelter

  • Hudson Mine, Norwich

  • Indiana Mine, northeast of Mass

  • Iroquois Mine, near Mohawk

  • Isle Royal Mill, near Houghton

  • Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge

  • Kearsarge No. 4 Mine, Kearsarge

  • King Philip Mine, Winona

  • Kingston Mine, near Ahmeek

  • Kingston Shaft Mine

  • Lafayette Mine, west of Silver City

  • La Salle Mine, south of Calumet

  • Maas Mine, Maas

  • Mayflower - Old Colony Mine, near Laurium

  • Meadow Mine, near Eagle River

  • Medora Mine, Near Lac la Belle

  • Mendenhall Mine, west of Rockland

  • Merriweather Mine, bergland

  • Minnesota Mine, Rockland

  • Mohawk Mill, Gay

  • Mohawk Mine, Mohawk

  • Mohawk No. 5 Shaft, Mohawk

  • National Mine, Rockland

  • North American Min, near Phoenix

  • North Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge

  • Northwestern Mine, near Central

  • North Tamarac Mine, Calumet

  • Norwich Mine, Norwich

  • Oglma Mine, Maas

  • Ohio Trapp Rock, Norwich

  • Oneco Mine, near Hubbell

  • Oneida Mine, west of Rockland

  • Ontario Mine, Donken

  • Osceola Mill, Hubbell

  • Osceola Mine, Osceola (Calumet)

  • Painesdale Mine, Painesdale

  • Phoenix Mine, Pheonix

  • Pittsburg Mine, Norwich

  • Quincy Mill, south of Hubbell

  • Quincy Mine, Hancock

  • Porcupine Mine, west of Silver City

  • Rhode Island Mine, south of Calumet

  • Rockland Mine, Rockland

  • St. Mary Mine, near Boston

  • Seneca Mine, near Mohawk

  • Sharon Mine, west of Norwich

  • Showmet Mine, Lake Roland

  • Scranton Mine, Silver City (silver mine)

  • South Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge

  • South Lake Mine, Lake Mine

  • Superior Mine, Silver City (silver mine)

  • Tamarack Mill, Hubbell

  • Tamarack Mine, Calumet

  • Tecumseh Mine, south of Calumet

  • Toltek Mine, Lake Mine

  • Tri-Mountain Mill, Beacon Hill

  • Trimountain Mine, Trimountain

  • Trimountain Stamp Mill, Lake Superior

  • Union Mine, west of Silver City

  • Victoria Mine, Rockland

  • Weskella Mine, Bergland

  • West Minnesota Mine, west of Rockland

  • White Pine Mine, White Pine

  • Winona Mine, Winona

  • Wolverine Mill, Gay

  • Wolverine Mine, Kearsarge

  • Wyandot Mine, Lake Roland

 

Detroit Range (mainly salt)

  • Detroit Salt Works, Detroit (salt)

  • Oxford (gravel)

  • Kensington area, Brighton and Milford (gravel)

 

Eastern Upper/Northeast Lower Peninsula (mainly limestone)

  • Big Cut, Millersburg (gravel)

  • Calcite, Rogers City

  • Fiborn Quarry, Fiborn

  • Michigan Alkali, Alpena

  • Paxton Quarry, Lachine

  • Port Dolmite and Quarry, Cedarville

  • Port Inland and Quarry, Gould City

  • Rockport, Alpena

  • Stoneport, Alpena

 

Gogebic Range (Near Ironwood - mainly iron and copper ore)

  • Anvil Mine, Bessemer

  • Asteroid Mine

  • Bonnie Mine, Ironwood

  • Brotherton Mine, Wakefield

  • Chicago Mine, Wakefield

  • Colby Mine, Bessemer

  • Eureka Mine

  • First National Mine, Ironwood

  • Iron King Mine, Ironton

  • Ironton Mine, Ironwood

  • Mikado Mine, Wakefield

  • Newport Mine, Ironwood

  • Newport-Bonnie Mine, Ironwood

  • Norris Mine, Ironwood

  • Pabst Mine, Ironwood

  • Palms Mine, Bessemer

  • Plymouth Mine, Wakefield (surface mine)

  • Puritan Mine, Ironwood

  • Woodbury Mine

 

Marquette Range (West of Marquette - mainly iron ore) - see Note

  • Adams Mine, Negaunee

  • Aetna Mine, Negaunee

  • Albion Mine, Stoneville

  • Allen Mine, Negaunee

  • American Mine, Diorite (Section 32, 48-28)

  • Ames Mine, Ishpeming

  • Angeline Mine, Ishpeming

  • Archibald Mine, Princeton

  • Athens Mine, Negaunee

  • Austin Mine, Princeton

  • Bancroft Furance

  • Barasa Mine, Negaunee

  • Barnes & Heckler

  • Barnes-Heckler Mine, Golden

  • Barnum Mine, Ishpeming (Iron Cliffs Co. Sec 11, 47-27).

  • Baron Mine, Champion

  • Beaufont Mine, Michigamme

  • Bessie Mine, Humboldt

  • Blueberry Mine, Greenwood

  • Blue Iron Mining Company, Negaunee. (1 mile east of Negaunee)

  • Boston Mine, Diorite (leased by the American Iron Company, 80 acres SE 1/4 and SW 1/4 and SE 1/4 Sec. 32, 48-28)

  • Braastad and Shenago Mine, Ishpeming (see Mitchell Mine)

  • Braiting (?) Hematite Mine, Negaunee

  • Buffalo Mine, Negaunee

  • Cambria-Jackson Mine, Negaunee (Section 2, 47-27)

  • Cambrine Mine, Negaunee

  • Carp River Forge, Negaunee

  • Carp River Furnace, Negaunee

  • Carr Mine, Palmer

  • Cascade Mine, Palmer (original name of the Palmer Mine)

  • Champion Furnace, Champion

  • Champion Mine, Champion (Section 31, 48-29)

  • Chase Mine, Golden/Greenwood area

  • Chicago Mine, Negaunee

  • Clarksburgh Furnace

  • Cleveland Cliffs Furance, south of Ishpeming

  • Cleveland Mine, Ishpeming (Section 10, 47-27)

  • Cleveland Hematite Mine, Ishpeming

  • Cleveland Lake Mine, Ishpeming

  • Cliffs Mine, Negaunee

  • Cliffs Shaft Mine, Ishpeming

  • Colby Mine

  • Collins Forge, Negaunee

  • Collins Furnace, Negaunee

  • Collins Mine, Negaunee

  • Columbia Mine, Republic

  • Day Mine, Golden (W 1/2 NW 21/4 of Section 3, 47-28)

  • Deer Lake Furnace, Ishpeming

  • Detroit Mine, north of Ishpeming (Section 3, 47-27)

  • Dexter Mine, Golden (E 1/2 NE 1/4  of Section 3, 47-28). Adjacent to the Day Mine.

  • East Jackson Mine, Negaunee.  (west part of SW 1/4 of Section 7, 47-26, formerly the Pendill Mine).

  • East New York Mine, Ishpeming

  • Empire Mine, Palmer (surface)

  • Erie Mine, Republic

  • Excelsior Furnace, Ishpeming

  • Excelsior Mine, Ishpeming

  • Fire Center Gold Mine, Negaunee?

  • Fitch Mine, Stoneville

  • Foster Mine, Ishpeming (Section 23, 47-27, east of the Braastad on the estate of the Iron Cliffs Co.)

  • Foxdale Mine, Humboldt

  • Francis Mine, Princeton

  • Gardner-Mackinaw Mine, Princeton

  • Gibson Mine, Champion  (N 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Section 29, 48-29).

  • Gladstone Furnace, Gladstone

  • Goodrich Mine, Stoneville

  • Grace Furnace

  • Grand Central Mine, Negaunee

  • Grand Rapids Iron Company  (Section 7, 27-226)

  • Greenwood Furnace, Greenwood Location

  • Greenwood Mine, Greenwood Location

  • Hard Ore Mine, Ishpeming

  • Hartford Mine, Negaunee (E 1/2 of Lot 5, and lots 6 and 7, in Section 35, 48-27, on the east end of Teal Lake).

  • Hartland Mine, Negaunee

  • Hematite Mine, Ishpeming

  • Holmes Mine, Ishpeming

  • Humboldt Mine, Humboldt  (Section 11, 47-29)

  • Imperial Mine, Michigamme

  • Iron Mountain Lake Mine, Ishpeming

  • Iron Valley Mine, Ishpeming

  • Isabella Mine, Palmer

  • Jackson Mine, Negaunee  (Jackson Iron Company, Section 1, 47-26).

  • Kilworth Mining Company, Ishpeming  (on the SW 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 22, and NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 27, 47-27, two miles north of Ishpeming.

  • Lake Angeline Mine, Ishpeming

  • Lake Mine, Ishpeming

  • Lake Sally Iron Mountain Lake Mine, Ishpeming

  • Lake Superior Mine, Ishpeming

  • Lake Superior Hematite Mine, Ishpeming

  • Lilly Mine, Negaunee

  • Lloyd Mine, Ishpeming

  • Lowthian Mine, near Ishpeming

  • Lucy Mine, Negaunee

  • Maas Mine, Negaunee

  • Maitland Mine, Palmer

  • Marquette and Pacific Rolling Mill

  • Marquette Mine, Ishpeming

  • Mary Charbeneau Mine, Negaunee

  • Mary Charlotte Mine, Negaunee

  • Mather A, Negaunee

  • Mather B, Negaunee

  • Michigamme Mine, Michigamme

  • Michigan Gold Mine, Negaunee?

  • Michigan Furance, Clarksburgh

  • Michigan Mine, Clarksburgh

  • Milwaukee-Davis Mine, Negaunee

  • Mitchell Mine, Ishpeming

  • Morgan Furnace

  • Moore Mine, Palmer

  • Moro Mine, Ishpeming

  • Morris Mine, Golden

  • National Mine, Ishpeming

  • Negaunee Mine, Negaunee

  • Nelson Mine, near Ishpeming

  • New Richmond Mine, Palmer

  • New Salsbury, Ishpeming

  • New York Mine, Ishpeming

  • New Volunteer Mine, Palmer

  • Nonparial Mine, Ishpeming

  • North Champion, Champion (E 1/2 NE 1/4 Section 29,48-29, a mile north of Champion Station).

  • North Republic Mine, Republic

  • Northern Furnace

  • Norwich Mine, Ishpeming (see Detroit Mine)

  • Norwood Mine, Michigamme

  • Ogden Mine, Ishpeming

  • Ohio Mine, Michigamme

  • Old Volunteer Mine, Palmer

  • Queen Mine, Negaunee

  • Palmer Mine, Palmer

  • Pascoe Mine, Champion

  • Pendill Mine, Negaunee  (later the East Jackson Mine (west part of SW 1/4 of Section 7, 47-26).

  • Phoenix Mine, Champion

  • Piatt Mine, Palmer

  • Pioneer Furnace, Negaunee

  • Pioneer Mine, Negaunee

  • Pittsburg & Lake Angeline Mine, Ishpeming

  • Portland Mine, Michigamme

  • Princeton Mine, Princeton

  • Republic Mine, Republic

  • Richards Mine, Palmer

  • Riverside Mine, Republic

  • Rolling Mill, Negaunee

  • Ropes Mine, Negaunee (gold)

  • Saginaw Mine, near Ishpeming

  • Saginaw Mine, Stoneville

  • Salisbury Mine, Ishpeming

  • Sampson Mine, Humboldt

  • Schoolhouse Mine, near Ishpeming?

  • Section 16 Mine, Ishpeming

  • Smith Mine, near Ishpeming?

  • South Barnum Mine, Ishpeming

  • South Jackson Mine, Negaunee

  • Spurr Mine, Michigamme

  • Star West Mine, Palmer

  • Stegmiller Mine, Princeton

  • Stewart Mine, Michigamme

  • Stephenson Mine, Princeton

  • Taylor Mine, Baraga County

  • Third Street Mine, Ishpeming

  • Tilden Mine, Ishpeming (surface)

  • Titan Mine, Michigamme

  • Tracy Mine, Negaunee

  • Wales Mine, Negaunee

  • Washington Mine, Humboldt

  • Webster Mine, Michigamme

  • Winthrop Mine, southwest of Ishpeming

 

Menominee Range (Near Iron Mountain and Iron River - mainly iron ore)

 

Saginaw Bay Range (coal and gypsum)

  • Alabaster, Albaster (gypsum)

  • National City (gypsum)

  • Pere Marquette Shaft No. 2, Saginaw (coal)

 

Note:  Much of the research into Marquette Range mines has been performed by historian Mark Worrall.  [MW]

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