Mine: Indiana Mine, Antoine, MI


Began → Indiana Mine → Abandoned


Operated for 38 years with 24 year pause.

From: 1882

Location: NE-NE Sec. 27 of T40N-R30W

Owned by: Leased to Thomas Furnace Co. in 1914. Lease cancelled in 1925. Later test drilled by Inland Steel Co. but mining option surrendered.

Produced: Iron Ore, soft and hard, red, bessemer and siliceous. Crushed.

Method: Open pit and then underground.

Railroad connection: C&NW to Escanaba dock.

Until: 1920

Lifetime Production: 244,527 tons between 1882-1920

Source: [LSIO-1950]


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