Iron Mines of Gogebic County


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Ironwood Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine Location 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
                     
Blue Jacket Mine Ironwood 1870 1896              
Aurora Mine Ironwood 1880 1899              
Ashland Mine Ironwood 1884  →  →  1926        
Norrie Mine Ironwood 1884 1935      
Townsite Mine Ironwood 1885 1936      
East Norrie Mine Ironwood 1885 1935      
Pabst Mine Ironwood 1885 1901            
Newport Mine Ironwood 1886 1950  
Bonnie Mine Ironwood 1887                
Geneva Mine Ironwood     1903  →  →  →  → 1950s  
Montreal Mine (MI) Ironwood     1903 1915          
                     

 


Bessemer Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine Location 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
                     
Colby Mine Bessemer 1884 1923        
Ironton Mine Bessemer 1886  →  →  →  →  → 1941    
Anvil Mine Bessemer 1886 →   →  → 1957   
Palms Mine Bessemer 1886 1923        
Puritan Mine Bessemer 1886 1941    
Eureka Mine Ramsey   1890 1950  
Tilden Mine Bessemer   1891 1944    
Jack Pot Mine Bessemer   1892 1941    
Yale Mine Bessemer     1901 1925        
Geneva Mine Bessemer     1910 1965
Asteroid Mine Ramsey       1911 1925        
Peterson Mine Bessemer             1944 1966
                     

 


Wakefield Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine Location 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
                     
Sunday Lake Mine Sunday Lk 1881 1961
Brotherton Mine Wakefield 1883 1923        
Castle-Meteor Mine Sunday Lk 1886 1923        
Chicago Mine Sunday Lk 1886 1915          
Pike Mine Sunday Lk 1886 1910          
Pilgrim Mine Wakefield 1886 1927        
Sparta Mine Sunday Lk 1886 1896              
Mikado Miner Wakefield   1895 1919          
Wakefield Mine Wakefield       1912 1954  
Plymouth Mine Wakefield       1916 →   →  → 1952  
Morgan Mine Sunday Lk       1918  1925        
Vicar Mine Sunday Lk               1950-51  
                     

 


Hurley Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine Location 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
                     
Germania Mine Hurley 1885 1912          
Cary Mine Hurley 1886 1950  
Montreal Mine (WI) Hurley 1886 1950  
Atlantic Mine Iron Belt 1887  →  → 1913           
Hennepin-Snyder Pence 1888 →  1906            
Iron Belt Mine Iron Belt 1888 1912          
Pence-Hennepin Montreal 1888 1912          
Tyler's Fork Mine Upson   1890              
Shores Mine Iron Belt   1896-99              
Plumer Mine Pence       1912 1932      
                     

 

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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