Mine: Steward Mine, Michigamme, MI

Began → Steward Mine → Became

Operated for 4 years.

From: 1874

Location: E 1/2 and S 1/2-SW, Sec. 23 of T48N-R31W

Owned by: Steward Mining Co., leased in 1877 to Curley & Gleason who operated it in 1878.

Produced: Iron Ore

Method: 

Railroad connection: MH&O

Until: 1878. May have been reopened by CCI as part of a low grade ore project in the 1950's.

Lifetime Production: 3,700 tons of ore shipped from 1874 to 1878

Reference: [LSIO-1950]

Notes

Adjoining the Spurr mine on the MH&O

Sometimes called the Orleans Mine and Stewart Mine.

An exploration opened in 1874 and leased in 1877 by Curley & Gleason who operated it in 1878. The mine shipped in 1874, 1877 and 1878. Later held by the Orleans Iron Co.

Time Line

1951. The Steward Mine yielded a total of only 2,987 tons. [WAK-1951-1130]