List of Copper Mines - By Date Started

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1840's

  • 1844 - Cliff Mine
  • 1845 - Copper Falls Mine
  • 1846 - North American Mine
  • 1846 - Northwestern Mine
  • 1847 - Delaware Mine
  • 1849 - Iroquois Mine (near Mohawk)

1850's

  • 1850 - Old Allouez Mine
  • 1853 - Albion Mine
  • 1853 - Grand Portage Mine
  • 1853 - Old Isle Royal Mine
  • 1853 - Shawmet Mine
  • 1854 - Central Mine (near Central)
  • 1854 - Huron Mine
  • 1854 - Ontario Mine
  • 1855 - Garden City Mine
  • 1855 - Phoenix Mine
  • 1866 - Quincy Mine
  • 1858 - Clark Mine (near Copper Harbor)
  • 1858 - North Cliff Mine
  • 1858 - Meadow Mine
  • 1859 - Allouez Mine
  • 1859 - Hancock Mine

1860's

  • 1860 - Albany and Boston Mine
  • 1860 - Medora Mine
  • 1862 - Amygdaloid Mine
  • 1862 - Oneco Mine
  • 1863 - Aetna Mine
  • 1863 - Empire Mine
  • 1863 - St. Mary's Mine
  • 1864 - Sheldon & Columbian Mine
  • 1864 - Winona Mine
  • 1865 - Old Rhode Island Mine
  • 1866 - Calumet, Hecla Mines
  • 1869 - Centennial Mine

1870's

  • 1872 - Atlantic Mine
  • 1877 - Osceola Mine
  • 1877- Old Osceola Mine

1880's

  • 1880 - Tecumseh Mine
  • 1881 - North Kearsarge Mine
  • 1882 - Wolverine Mine
  • 1887 - Tamarack Mine

1890's

  • 1895 - Franklin Junior Mine
  • 1895 - Franklin Mine
  • 1897 - Baltic Mine
  • 1897 - South Kearsarge Mine
  • 1898 - Isle Royal Mine
  • 1898 - Mohawk Mine
  • 1899 - Arcadian Mine
  • 1899 - Centennial Mine
  • 1899 - Champion Mine
  • 1899 - Elm River Mine
  • 1899 - Rhode Island Mine
  • 1899 - Trimountain Mine
  • 1899 - Wyandot Mine

1900's

  • 1901 - Globe Mine
  • 1903 - Ahmeek Mine
  • 1903 - LaSalle Mine
  • 1904 - Challenge Mine
  • 1904 - Superior Mine
  • 1905 - King Philip Mine
  • 1907 - Gratiot Mine
  • 1907 - Seneca Mine
  • 1909 - Ojibway Mine (Mohawk area)

1910's

  • 1910 - Houghton Mine

1920's to 1960's

  • 1964 - Kingston Mine

 

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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