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Iron Mines of Gogebic County

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Ironwood Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine	Location	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s

Blue Jacket Mine	Ironwood	1870	1896
Aurora Mine	Ironwood	1880	1899
Ashland Mine	Ironwood	1884	→	→	→	1926
Norrie Mine	Ironwood	1884	→	→	→	→	1935
Townsite Mine	Ironwood	1885	→	→	→	→	1936
East Norrie Mine	Ironwood	1885	→	→	→	→	1935
Pabst Mine	Ironwood	1885	→	1901
Newport Mine	Ironwood	1886	→	→	→	→	→	→	1950
Bonnie Mine	Ironwood	1887
Geneva Mine	Ironwood			1903	→	→	→	→	1950s
Montreal Mine (MI)	Ironwood			1903	1915

Bessemer Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine	Location	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s

Colby Mine	Bessemer	1884	→	→	→	1923
Ironton Mine	Bessemer	1886	→	→	→	→	→	1941
Anvil Mine	Bessemer	1886	→	→	→	→	→	→	1957
Palms Mine	Bessemer	1886	→	→	→	1923
Puritan Mine	Bessemer	1886	→	→	→	→	→	1941
Eureka Mine	Ramsey		1890	→	→	→	→	→	1950
Tilden Mine	Bessemer		1891	→	→	→	→	1944
Jack Pot Mine	Bessemer		1892	→	→	→	→	1941
Yale Mine	Bessemer			1901	→	1925
Geneva Mine	Bessemer			1910	→	→	→	→	→	1965
Asteroid Mine	Ramsey				1911	1925
Peterson Mine	Bessemer							1944	→	1966

Wakefield Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine	Location	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s

Sunday Lake Mine	Sunday Lk	1881	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	1961
Brotherton Mine	Wakefield	1883	→	→	→	1923
Castle-Meteor Mine	Sunday Lk	1886	→	→	→	1923
Chicago Mine	Sunday Lk	1886	→	→	1915
Pike Mine	Sunday Lk	1886	→	→	1910
Pilgrim Mine	Wakefield	1886	→	→	→	1927
Sparta Mine	Sunday Lk	1886	1896
Mikado Miner	Wakefield		1895	→	1919
Wakefield Mine	Wakefield				1912	→	→	→	1954
Plymouth Mine	Wakefield				1916	→	→	→	1952
Morgan Mine	Sunday Lk				1918	1925
Vicar Mine	Sunday Lk								1950-51

Hurley Area Mines

Does not include short term exploratory mines which did not ship.

Mine	Location	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s

Germania Mine	Hurley	1885	→	→	1912
Cary Mine	Hurley	1886	→	→	→	→	→	→	1950
Montreal Mine (WI)	Hurley	1886	→	→	→	→	→	→	1950
Atlantic Mine	Iron Belt	1887	→	→	1913
Hennepin-Snyder	Pence	1888	→	1906
Iron Belt Mine	Iron Belt	1888	→	→	1912
Pence-Hennepin	Montreal	1888	→	→	1912
Tyler's Fork Mine	Upson		1890
Shores Mine	Iron Belt		1896-99
Plumer Mine	Pence				1912	→	1932

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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