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Mine: Boston Mine, MI
Began → Boston Mine → Became
Operated for:
From: 1860
Owned by: Albion & Boston Mining Company
Produced: Copper Ore
Method: Underground shaft.
Railroad connection: Mineral Range and Copper Range railroads.
Stamp Mill/Smelter:
Until:
Lifetime Production:
Notes
Boston Mine was operated by the Albany & Boston Mining Company northeast of the Quincy Mine (Hancock). It was a served by the Mineral Range (later DSS&A) between Hancock and Calumet. The mine was first worked in 1860 with one shaft. It was reported not to be profitable.
Time Line
1910. December 7. The local office of the South Lake Mining Co. is in receipt of the following telegraphic information that No. 7 diamond drill has reached the ledge, and that the Copper Range railroad spur is in. [CN-1910-1207]
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