We provide this list for students, alumni and other visitors who may drift into our web site in the pursuit of mining history.

MUSEUMS

Lansing
Michigan Historical Museum,
located in the Michigan Historical Center in Lansing:
Mining in Michigan Gallery

Houghton
A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton, MI
Official Mineralogical Museum of Michigan
Finest collection of minerals from Michigan's mining districts

Copper Country Rock & Mineral Club & Keweenaw Week

Negaunee
Michigan Iron Industry Museum
overlooks the Carp River and the site of the
first iron forge in the Lake Superior region, Negaunee, MI

Caspian
Iron County Museum, Caspian, MI
In the shadow of Caspian mine headframe &
a fine collection of mining history and artifacts

Eagle Harbor
Keweenaw County Historical Museum, Star Route 1, Eagle Harbor, MI

Gwinn
Forsyth Township Historical Museum, 186 W. Flint Street, Gwinn, MI

Houghton
MTU Archives and
Copper Country Historical Collections
Michigan copper mining history

Ishpeming
Cliffs Shaft Heritage Theme Park, Lakeshore Boulevard, Ishpeming
New historical theme park of mine shafts and museum

Iron Mountain
Menominee Iron Range Historical Museum
and Cornish Pump, Iron Mountain, MI

Ironwood
Ironwood Area Historical Society Ironwood, MI
Museum in depot on N. Lowell St. on Gogebic Iron Range

Lake Linden
Houghton County is in the center of Michigan's Copper Country
Houghton County Historical Museum, Lake Linden, MI
Copper Country Railroad History Heritage Center

Marquette
Northern Michigan University Archives, Harden Learning Resources Center, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI

Marquette
Marquette County Historical Museum,
213 N. Front St.,
John M. Longyear Research Library, Marquette, MI

Marquette
Upper Peninsula Childrens Museum
Marquette, Michigan

Michigamme
Michigamme Historical Museum
Main Street, Michigamme, MI

Negaunee
Negaunee Historical Museum 303 E. Main, Negaunee, MI

Ontonagon
Ontonagon County Historical Museum, Ontonagon, MI
422 River Street; Includes mining exhibits

South Range
Copper Range Historical Society, South Range, MI

Wakefield
Wakefield Historical Museum, Wakefield, MI
306 Sunday Lake Stree; Gogebic Iron Range

PARKS & SITES

Calumet
Keweenaw National Historical Park, Calumet, MI
America's first large scale hard-rock industrial mining

Calumet
Coppertown USA, Calumet, MI
at site of Calumet and Hecla copper mine

Copper Harbor
Fort Wilkins State Park, Copper Harbor, MI
Early 1840s copper mining history

Fayette
Fayette was once one of the Upper Peninsula's
most productive iron-smelting operations;
Fayette Historic Iron Industry Townsite, Fayette, MI

Houghton
Isle Royale National Park, Houghton, MI
Several early copper mines on island

Ontonagon
Porcupine Mountains State Park, Ontonagon County, MI
Earliest mining attempt, 1760s, Explorer Alexander Henry

Painesdale
Champion Mine #4 Shaft, Painesdale, MI
Painesdale Mine & Shaft Inc.: Copper Mine headframe

Rockland
Old Victoria Copper Mine Historical Site, Rockland, MI
Restored 19th Century Mining Village

MINES

Delaware
Delaware Copper Mine, Delaware, Keweenaw County, MI
Underground Copper Mine

Greenland
Caledonia Copper Mine, Mass, Ontonagon County, MI
Underground Copper Mine

Greenland
Adventure Copper Mine, Greenland, MI
Underground Copper Mine

Hancock
Quincy Mine Hoist, Mine and Tram, Hancock, MI
Historical site of headframe and hoist
Served one of the deepest mines.

Ishpeming
Empire Mine, Ishpeming, Marqutte County, MI
Operating Surface Mine

Republic
Republic Iron Mine, Republic, MI; Inactive open pit iron mine, 600' deep and 250 acres in size (also had mine shafts).

Ishpeming
Tilden Mine, Ishpeming, Marqutte County, MI
Operating Surface Mine
Mine Tours may be vailable: Consult local Chamber of Commerce.

Vulcan
Iron Mountain Museum and Iron Mine, Vulcan MI.
Underground Iron Mine

INFORMATION

MTU Industrial Archaeology

Mining History Association

Mining History Network

Copper Range Railroad and Copper Country Historical Page

Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Home Page

State Archives of Michigan
Mining Records