They mined iron to make farm tools, pots and pans, and nails. Economic development was primarily based on the mining and logging industries and enriched by the diverse ethnic mixture of its people. The mine is located in kiruna in norrbotten county, lapland, sweden. Mining the mountains explosives and machines are destroying appalachian peaks to obtain coal. Iron river, mi mining, mines, mine owners and mine statistics. Michigan iron mines page 1 of 12 state of michigan department of conservation gerald e. Allen taken from publication 8, mineral resources of michigan 1911 published by the michigan geological survey mr. In the 1850s, mining began on stratiform native copper deposits in felsitepebble conglomerates and in the upper zones of basalt lava flows locally called amygdaloids.
All aboard the underground mine train to tour the iron mountain iron mine. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This first open pit mine in the lake superior region started as a mountain of ore 150 feet high. The introduction of powerequipment revolutionized the underground mining of iron ore. Mining in virginia has taken place in one form or another since mans initial habitation of the land. The second part includes individual mining district discussions containing information on location, production, history, geology, mineralogy, and currentfuture operations. Iron mountain mine the iron mountain mine is a copper mine located in shasta county, california at an elevation of 3,281 feet. The life cycle of gold deposits near the northeast corner of. June 4 by the explosion of a quantity of powder and the suffocating fumes that followed, eight men were killed early today in the seventh level of the ludington. Iron mountain mine superfund site site history, cleanup, and current status. Chapin iron mine in iron mountain, michigan the diggings.
Other michigan iron ore discoveries followed as prospectors gained a better understanding of the geology and pushed into unexplored territory. Numerous mines were opened at vulcan, norway, iron mountain, and iron river, michigan, and at florence, wisconsin. The chapin iron mine is in iron mountain, michigan. Indeed, one can trace the history of the underground iron ore mining industry through the development of the improvements in procedures and equipment. Quantity of powder lets go in the ludington shaft of the chapin mine near iron mountain, michigan, with terrible results this morning list of the killed.
Reprint, iron mountain, mich the midpeninsula library federation, 1972. Mine owners made constant innovations to make the mining operation more efficient. This page contains all mineral locality references listed on. Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit. Iron mountain was named for the valuable iron ore found in the vicinity iron mountain is the principal city of the iron mountain, mi wi micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of dickinson county, michigan and. It is the county seat of dickinson county, in the states upper peninsula. Information and pictures of the cornish pumping engine, courtesy of the menominee range historical foundation. Paul railroad also penetrated the region and shipped ore over the escanaba and lake superior line until it reached a pooling agreement for shipment over the north western. The mine is owned by luossavaarakiirunavaara ab lkab, a large swedish mining company. Mining plays a vital role in utahs economy and is the oldest nonagricultural industry in the state, employing thousands directly in mining, processing, and transportation, and indirectly in supporting occupations. Usmining provides information on mines, operators, and minerals mined in iron river, mi.
By the mid1980s, iron mountain had accumulated all the product lines that comprise the foundation of the current company. You may reproduce the pages in this supplement to use with students. A ibliography of the literature and lore, together with historical. Index of proceedings volumes and field trip guidebooks. The life cycle of gold deposits near the northeast corner. Early michigan births by county michigan family history. The second part includes individual miningdistrict discussions containing information on location, production, history, geology, mineralogy, and currentfuture operations.
Past operations took place from 1880 to 1934 except for 1932 to 1933. Marquette is a charming, historic and conferencefriendly town of about 20,000, situated in a spectacular lake superior shoreline setting. Iron mountain mine shasta lake and dam whiskeytown. Iron mining museum, iron mountain mi, largest collection of. Michigan iron industry museum, near the site of the forge, will be visited during the 2019 mining history association conference. Pine mountain ski jump and resort menominee iron range mines part 1 menominee iron range mines part 2 menominee iron range mines part 3 neighboring counties. In october, 1905, the lake superior mining institute met at iron mountain. A visit to iron mountain in the preford days would reveal nothing startling, in an industrial way, and the casual visitor would leave the city with no definite impression as to its policies or capabilities, other than that it has filled its place in upper michigans history of mining operations. Michigan time traveler teachers guide kids history august.
The chapin iron mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to reopen. Iron county in michigans western upper peninsula was established as a county in 1885, having been severed from ely township, marquette county. Usmining provides information on mines, operators, and minerals mined in iron mountain, mi. An immense cave of rock and timber occurred in the first level just as the men were quitting work, and it is feared that some of them were caught and crushed to death. City of iron mountain other business district streets. Menominee iron range mining district mining district. An immense cave of rock and timber occurred in the first. A brief history of mining in michigans marquette and menominee iron ranges the upper peninsula of michigan, the u.
A brief history of mining in michigans marquette and. Nelson powell hulst and james john hagerman in 1879. Fish kills in 1902 in the sacramento river, near the city of redding, were the first documented effects, and shortly thereafter, several private lawsuits and an injunction from the u. This supplement includes a discussion guide, lessons and michigan content standards to use with the michigan time traveler page. Marquette range, 1844 eastern menominee range, 1845 gogebic range, 1848. Negaunee, ishpeming, empire, iron mountain, iron river, marquette, baraga and so many more were all originally mining communities. The iron mountain mine is a copper and zinc mine located in shasta county, california at an elevation of 3,100 feet. It offered paper records storage and management services including major operations in the medical and legal vertical markets, offsite data protection services and vital records protection services in the new york and new england markets. Three companies operate 8 blast furnaces, having a total rated capacity of 3,769,480 tons of pig iron per year. Geology and gold mineralization of the virginia horn area a. These photos from the michigan technological university archives and copper country historical collections, j. The book iron mountain s cornish pumping engine and the mines it dewatered by william john cummings is for sale at the iron mining museum.
Crystal falls, mi iron county updated 2019 iron river, mi iron county updated 2019 smaller settlements iron county new addition 2019 stambaugh, mi iron county new. The management and employees are ready to share mining history with you. The environmental consequences of mining iron mountain became apparent only a few years after the start of open mining in 1896. Includes births, deaths, marriages, plat maps, military records, cemeteries, and school records, postal directories, native american records. Mining by sublevel stoping, iron river crystal falls. Iron river, mi mines, mine companies, mine owners and mine information. Today, all of michigan s iron and steel is produced in the vicinity of detroit. The greater portion of the menominee range lies in the state of michigan and includes the towns of iron mountain, norway, and vulcan. Hailed as the mushroom king by his hudson river valley neighbors, knaust first made his fortune by growing and marketing mushrooms. Iron mountain mine superfund site site history, cleanup, and current status october 2015 location site overview history and mining impacts cleanup history preparing for the future agenda. Michigan iron ore averages about 51 per cent iron natural. If iron and steel manufacturing happened to be localized by its ore sources rather than by coal sources or markets. Michigan genealogy and family history with free searchable databases of michigan records.
In a west virginia town, residents and the industry fight over a mountains fate. Vanpelt library, in some cases, where noted, prints from original negatives that would be better resolution than screen image are available from the library archives. Workers began prying ore from the surface with a bar and pick. Shortly after the discovery of iron, the jackson iron company was formed in negaunee. Early michigan births by county michigan family history network. Life cycle of gold deposits near the northeast corner of yellowstone national parkgeology, mining history, fate 433 significance of the homestake deposit the term homestake deposit, as used herein, refers to all goldsilvercopperenriched intervals within, and genetically associated with, the homestake breccia fig. Marquette was primarily a port town for negaunee and other mining towns, but it benefitted greatly from the industry. The copper country is highly unusual among copper mining districts, because copper is predominantly found in the form of pure copper metal native copper rather than the copper oxides or copper sulfides that form the copper ore at almost every.
These deposits form a mineralized package that is of economic interest to the miner. Iron mountain is the principal city of the iron mountain, mi wi micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of dickinson county, michigan and florence county in wisconsin. The kiruna mine is the largest and most modern underground iron ore mine in the world. Mine shafts of michigan part 3 the gogebic mineral range is located in the western upper peninsula and extends into neighboring wisconsin. Iron mining museum, iron mountain mi, largest collection.
Iron mountain, mi mines, mine companies, mine owners and mine information. The native americans were the earliest miners, using float copper left behind by the receding glaciers to make implements of many types. The city of iron mountain is known for its mines and historical monuments and got its name due to the local iron deposits. Settled in 1879, it was named for its proximity to a bluff heavily stratified with iron ore. The gift shop at the front of the iron museum offers a good selection of tshirts and denim shirts with the image of the cornish pump, the dickinson county afghan featuring mining sites, mining books and the dickinson county centennial book filled with information about iron mining around the iron mountain area.
Skilled guides take you 2,600 feet into the mine and give demonstrations and insight about the long ago mining era. Forest reserve precursor to the forest service were served against mountain. Michigan s steel capacity is 6th in the nation, rated at 6,769,480 tons per year. Over 50 minerals have been mined in virginia, contributing greatly to the states economy but also sometimes causing adverse impacts on the publics health and safety, and the environment. Historically the site has been part of the menominee iron mining district. Herman knaust founded iron mountain in 1951 in livingston, ny. Iron mountain was named for the valuable iron ore found in the vicinity. Underground train tours are conducted daily from 9 a. The archean are the oldest rocks known in michigan and. Iron mountain mine the iron mountain mine is a copper and zinc mine located in shasta county, california at an elevation of 3,100 feet. Photographs would be copied and the originals would be returned. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension.
Newett of ishpeming, formerly commissioner of mineral statistics of michigan, gives in his report of 1896 an interesting and full account of the discoveries and the mining of gold in michigan. History of iron mountain at its peak production, iron mountain ranked as the tenth largest copper production site in the world, sixth in the u. Photographs of iron river, iron county, michigan compiled and captioned by william john cummings 3 iron river birdseye view with first lutheran church, ca. Mining utahs heritage the story of mining in utah teachers resource. Iron mountain, mi mining, mines, mine owners and mine. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. The gift shop at the front of the iron museum offers a good selection of tshirts and denim shirts with the image of the cornish pump, the dickinson county afghan featuring mining sites, mining books and the dickinson county centennial book filled with information. Photographs of iron river, iron county, michigan compiled and captioned by william john cummings 1 iron river, iron county. See close up iron mining techniques and tools used in mining from 1870 to 1945.
Environmental effects of mining iron mountain usgs. Since mining began at the site in 1898, the mine has produced over 950 million tonnes of ore. A brief history of mining in michigan s marquette and menominee iron ranges the upper peninsula of michigan, the u. Iron mountain iron mine history museum vulcan, michigan. Iron mountain was incorporated as a village in 1887 and as a city in 1889. During its operation, from 1879 1963, ten different mines throughout the sites 4,400 acres were the source of not just copper, but also silver, iron, gold, zinc and pyrite.
Michigan time traveler teachers guide kids history. Iron mining and technology see mining portals to the past. The iron mines in this range were among the deepest underground iron mines developed in the country. Site overview history and mining impacts cleanup history preparing for the. Nine miners are imprisoned in a room in the first level of the pewabic mine, and the chances are that some of them will be taken out dead. Main iron deposits in this range extend in an east and west direction, north of iron mountain. Iron mountain, city, seat 1891 of dickinson county, southwestern upper peninsula of michigan, u. Within the state of michigan, copper is found almost exclusively in the western portion of the upper peninsula, in an area known as the copper country.
During 1904 the working force at most of the mines were reduced, but conditions improved early in 1905, and in the summer of that year part of carpenter, river and cedar avenues were paved with rock, a sidewalk built to cemetery park, and the lowell school built. From its beginning the location of the profitable nanaimo mine, then in marquette county, and its post office, opened on. Later they hand drilled holes and filled them with explosives to fracture the ore body. The book iron mountains cornish pumping engine and the mines it dewatered by william john cummings is for sale at the iron mining museum. Jul 26, 2018 the environmental consequences of mining iron mountain became apparent only a few years after the start of open mining in 1896. Although amygdaloid and conglomerate deposits tended to be lowergrade than the fissure deposits, they were much larger, and could be mined much more. The mining history associations 29 th annual conference was held in marquette, mi, on june 69, 2019. Iron mountain is regarded as a great historical mining city in michigan, usa. Another unused postcard view dating between 1940 and 1950 is identified as a birdseye view of iron river, mich. History of iron mountain usgs california water science. The western menominee range located near the towns of crystal.
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