Station: Mass, MI
In 1848, copper was discovered here. Land was sold to the Mass Mining Company which organized operations here in 1855. Another town known as " Mass City" was platted two miles west of here but it was abandoned in 1899 when Mass was platted. [MPN] Mass was on the Mineral Range's Keweenaw branch at milepost 32.8 from Keweenaw Bay, Mass was located in Section 4/5 of T50N-R38W. The Copper Range also came through here, crossing the DSSA at Peppard, about one mile east of Mass.
There was a wye and short branch from Mass to the Mass Mine, about three miles west. [DSSM]
Notes
Time Line
1899. The Copper Range railroad is built from Mass north to Houghton. [MRL]
1909. The Copper Range link from McKeever to Mass City is removed. [MRL]
1918. MILW had a station agent here on the day shift and an operator here on the night shift. The DSS&A had an agent/operator at this location during the day. [TRT]
1923. Agent Porter of the Mineral Range railroad at Mass City closed up the office yesterday, as the MR was forced to discontinue service west of Simar due to a condemned trestle. [LAS-1923-0601]
Station: Mass, MI
In 1848, copper was discovered here. Land was sold to the Mass Mining Company which organized operations here in 1855. Another town known as " Mass City" was platted two miles west of here but it was abandoned in 1899 when Mass was platted. [MPN] Mass was on the Mineral Range's Keweenaw branch at milepost 32.8 from Keweenaw Bay, Mass was located in Section 4/5 of T50N-R38W. The Copper Range also came through here, crossing the DSSA at Peppard, about one mile east of Mass.
There was a wye and short branch from Mass to the Mass Mine, about three miles west. [DSSM]
Notes
Time Line
1899. The Copper Range railroad is built from Mass north to Houghton. [MRL]
1909. The Copper Range link from McKeever to Mass City is removed. [MRL]
1918. MILW had a station agent here on the day shift and an operator here on the night shift. The DSS&A had an agent/operator at this location during the day. [TRT]
1923. Agent Porter of the Mineral Range railroad at Mass City closed up the office yesterday, as the MR was forced to discontinue service west of Simar due to a condemned trestle. [LAS-1923-0601]
