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Mine
Shafts of Michigan
Mining
History: Mine
Shafts of Michigan Part 2
Michigan had a large variety of mine shaft designs. Construction styles and materials also varied. Many shafts used large wood timbers, others used steel framing, and many were enclosed with wood or metal siding or concrete walls. Some of the photos were taken of headframes under construction. Many headframes were built over railroad tracks for direct shipping of ore, and they may have had trestles that extended to stockpiles to allow for seasonal shipment and for sorting of grades, and also for waste rock piles. The Menominee Range of Iron and Dickinson counties iron ore production through 1974 totalled 311 million tons.
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MENOMINEE MINERAL RANGE MINES
Click on the snapshot for a full size view.
Hamilton Shaft
Part of Chapin Mine |
Ludington C Shaft
Cornish Pump in bldg, at left |
Baltic Shaft
Iron mine |
Berkshire Shaft
Iron Mine |
Bengal Shaft
Iron Mine |
Tully Shaft
Iron Mine |
Brier Hill Mine |
Brier Hill Mine |
Vulcan Mine |
Central Vulcan Shaft
of Vulcan Iron Mine |
E. Vulcan Shaft
Iron Mine |
W. Vulcan Shaft
Iron Mine |
This is a gallery of photos from the Michigan Technological University Mining Engineering Department Collection.
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MICHIGAN MINE SHAFT STRUCTURES:
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Michigan Mineral Ranges
Introduction |
Marquette Mineral Range
Part 1 |
Gogebic Mineral Range
Part 3 |
Michigan Iron Mines: Various Locations
Part 4 |
Copper Country Mine Shaft Structures: Quincy Mine
Part 5 |
Keweenaw Copper Mine Shafts & Structures
Part 6 |
More Iron Mine Shaft Structures
Part 7 |
Iron Mines (MTU Library
Copper Country Archives)
Part 8 |
Copper Mines (MTU Library
Copper Country Archives)
Part 9 |
Interested in Mining History: Look at the Web Sites------
Mining History Links
Visit the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
for examples of minerals and gems from these mines
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