Mine: Cherokee Mine, Winona, MI 


Began → Cherokee Mine → Became


Operated for:

From: 1910

Owned by: Cherokee Copper Company.

Produced: Copper Ore

Method: Underground shaft (1)

Railroad connection:

Stamp Mill/Smelter:

Until: 

Lifetime Production: 


Notes

Cherokee Mine was located southwest of Winona in in Greenland Township in Ontonagon County. It was first operated in 1910. This was an underground copper mine consisting of one shaft located near Twin Lakes, MI. The Cherokee Copper Co. was organized and opened a mine on the Winona Lode. Little is known about this operation, when it opened, closed, or if any copper was recovered. [MINDAT]


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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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