Mining History Links
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Quincy Mine #6 Shafthouse Painting by Charles L. Matson (1949 MTU Mining Graduate) |
Mining History Sites:
Michigan has a long mining history. Copper, iron, gold, silver, gypsum, slate, salt, coal and limestone have been mined in Michigan. This is a list of some of the mining history sites related to mining in Michigan.
We provide this list for students, alumni and other visitors who may drift into our web site in the pursuit of mining history. We are not responsible for links to web pages beyond this page: Links were checked 6/6/2012
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 County
Historical Museum,
213 N. Front St.,
John M. Longyear
Research Library, Marquette, MI
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
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
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
Tilden Mine, Ishpeming, Marqutte County, MI
Operating Surface Mine
Mine Tours may be vailable: Consult local Chamber of Commerce.
Republic
Republic Iron Mine, Republic, MI; Inactive open pit iron mine, 600' deep
and 250 acres in size (also had mine shafts).
Vulcan
Iron Mountain Museum
and Iron Mine, Vulcan MI.
Underground Iron Mine
INFORMATION
Copper Range Railroad and Copper Country Historical Page
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Home Page
State
Archives of Michigan
Mining Records
MINING HISTORY PAGES
Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences Department
A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
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Updated August 3, 2015