Mining History: Mine Shafts of Michigan Part 2
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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
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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.
| 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 |
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