Copper I. MICHIGAN'S COPPER DEPOSITS AND MINING. The first mineral boom in the United States occurred in 1843 when people from all over the continent began to chase the copper, silver and iron of Michigan's upper peninsula. These mines were in commercial operation for more than a hundred years. Michigan has produced over 14 billion pounds ...Web
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The Iron Ore Heritage Trail runs from Ishpeming, through Negaunee, and to Marquette. It is a wonderful trail with beautiful views. In the summer, it is perfect for walking, running, dog-walking, and biking. In the winter it's …Web
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Miners, Merchants and Midwives: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Italians by Magnaghi. The Jackson Iron Co. at Carp River, shipped down by the Propeller Napoleon on her last trip about 40 tons of their iron, in blooms. This fine article of iron is to be taken to Pittsburgh for sale, and, in the very heart of Iron-dom, it will doubtless command the ...Web
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Traveling throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula is an immersion into natural beauty and the history of people determined to build a good life from the untamed land and the Great Lakes that surrounded them. But the Western U.P. has a distinctive brand of grit built from its tree-covered mountains, expansive wilderness and veins of copper and iron.Web
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The Chicago & North Western railway was one of the Upper Peninsula's original railroad systems. It began in Michigan in 1864 when it purchased the construction railroad Peninsula Railroad from Escanaba to Ishpeming. ... Hanna accounts for about half the six million tons of iron ore passing over the C&NW dock at Escanaba. The C&NW also …Web
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Fully loaded with 29,000 tons of taconite iron-ore pellets, ... On my final day in the upper peninsula, I drive 58 miles from Marquette to the village of Alberta, built in the 1930s by Henry Ford ...Web
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Over 21 million tons of iron ore was taken from this mine during 1877 to 1945. Visitors are given rain coats and hard hats before the tour begins. The temperature of the mine is a crisp 43 degrees, so a sweater or jacket is recommended along with closed covered shoes. Duration: 1-2 hours. Suggest edits to improve what we show.Web
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been a mining-oriented place ever since the 18th century, when explorers were astonished to discover enormous chunks of pure copper in the Keweenaw Peninsula, north of Houghton. The iron ore deposits uncovered west of Marquette in the 19th century were so rich that unprocessed ore was shipped …Web
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However, since its first iron ore shipment of two hundred pounds in 1846, the Upper Peninsula mines (below) have produced well over one billion tons of iron ore. Some barren waste! Iron ore is Michigan's most valuable non-fuel, mined commodity. In 1994, the Lake Superior area produced 95% of the US's supply of iron ore.Web
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Iron ore was discovered on the Marquette Range on September 19, 1844 by William A. Burt, United States Deputy Surveyor, and party who were surveying in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Burt was the inventor of the solar compass and it was the remarkable variations in the direction of the needle that caused him to ask his party to seek about for ...Web
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Upper Peninsula Children's Museum. 63. 0.3 mi Speciality Museums • Children's Museums. Fumee Falls. 24. 0.3 mi Waterfalls. City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center. 2. ... The Iron Ore Heritage Trail is a great …Web
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Ride the underground mine train into the tunnel and walk approximately 2 city blocks to see the reality of iron ore mining. Over 21 million tons of …Web
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Located on Park City Road between the Michigamme River and School Lake and near the south entranc e to the Iron Ore Heritage Trail. Daily, weekly, and monthly rates. Contact the Republic Township Hall at 906-376-8827 for reservations. Pine Crest Northwoods, 12199 Pine Crest Lane, Republic, Michigan, 49879.Web
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The decline of copper and iron-ore mining was a serious economic setback for the Upper Peninsula, but with the development of new mining and processing methods, this mining industry has recovered somewhat. The employment high …Web
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Cleveland-Cliffs owns or co-owns five operating iron ore mines in Michigan and Minnesota, producing various grades of iron ore pellets. ... Tilden Mine is located on the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, approximately five miles south of Ishpeming. Cleveland-Cliffs became sole owner of the mine in 2017.Web
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This iconic U.P. meal is a savory meat pie. Today, you can buy them steamy hot with a variety of fillings, including chicken pot pie, spicy jalapeno, bacon, cheeseburger, gluten-free and veggie options from several local shops across our peninsula. While we can all go for a pasty, we are relatively divided on what the best dipping sauce is.Web
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Talon Metals Corp. is citing USGS' estimates — which indicate potential for undiscovered nickel in northeast Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the western Upper Peninsula — as it prepares to ...Web
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Fayette Historic Townsite is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan between Escanaba and Manistique. ... In the mid-1800s, iron ore was shipped from the Upper Peninsula mines to the foundries in the lower Great Lakes at an enormous cost. This high cost of shipping was caused by inefficient transportation combined with the nearly 40 percent ...Web
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The number of new mines proliferated. By 1873 annual iron ore production from the Marquette District reached 1,000,000 tons. Some 60 km south of the Marquette District were the three segments of the Menominee District, the second great iron-producing area to be discovered in the Upper Peninsula.Web
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Due to the post-Civil War iron boom, Fayette, Michigan was founded in 1867 by the Jackson Iron Company. Fayette manufactured pig iron for twenty-four years. During this time, the town was one of the Upper Peninsula's most productive iron-smelting operations. Boasting two massive blast furnaces, the Jackson Iron Company produced a …Web
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The iron ore and copper these workers mined built our railroads, bridges, skyscrapers, tools, utensils and Civil War, WWI and WWII weapons. There were dozens of mines in the industry's heydey. Today, you're invited to visit a few! Check out these Upper Peninsula mine tours, walk through the same tunnels that mine workers did and see the ...Web
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This mine operated for 68 years and produced 21,625,000 tons of iron ore for the great steel mills of the Midwest. Travel 2,600 feet through drifts and tunnels to 400 feet below the earth's surface. See amazing rock formations and large underground lighted caverns.Web
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By 1846 iron ore was being exploited from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, later to be exploited from Minnesota and Ontario—all part of the Lake Superior iron district. After iron, in the 1800s, gold fever in Minnesota, Ontario, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula further fueled human development of the Great Lakes region. ...Web
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First Discovery of Iron Ore in the Lake Superior Region. Michigan's Iron Man – William Austin Burt 1792 – 1858. Soon after Michigan became a state in 1837, William Austin Burt was hired to survey the new land. By 1840, Burt and his survey team had reached the Upper Peninsula mapping the "howling wilderness."Web
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the discovery of iron ore along the south shore of Lake Superior near Negaunee in 1844, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, along with portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota, became the nation's major iron producing region by the late 1800's. Since the Upper Peninsula was so remote and underdeveloped, a dozen years elapsedWeb
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Adventure Mining Company. 225. Mines. By DaveL62. We learned so much about copper mining in the upper peninsula, and the miners who braved these dark places. 3. Iron Mountain Iron Mine. 150. Points of Interest & Landmarks • Mines.Web
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Today, mine operators in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are generally after taconite, a low-grade ore that was once considered waste rock. To make it usable, mining companies blast it into small pieces with explosives, grind it into powder with powerful machinery, and then use magnets or flotation techniques to separate the iron minerals …Web
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Marquette and Menominee Iron Ranges The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the "U.P." as the locals call it, has been blessed with a wealth of mineral resources. The Native Americans were the earliest miners, using ... Other Michigan iron ore discoveries followed as prospectors gained a better understanding of the geology and pushed into ...Web
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In Negaunee a monument has been erected marking the place where the Jackson Mining Company discovered iron ore in 1845, the year following the first discovery of iron ore in the Upper Peninsula (September 19, 1844). The monument is made of every kind of rock, ore, and mineral found in the Iron Country.Web
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Today, mine operators in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are generally after taconite, a low-grade ore that was once considered waste rock. To make it usable, mining companies blast it into small pieces with …Web
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula is home to a pair of open pit iron mines that have been operating for several decades. ... The end product is heaps of iron ore pellets piles into railroad cars, usually headed to a steel plant. Back in the relative fresh air, Dale Hemmila explains the company employs about 1600 people…between Empire and Tilden ...Web
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Marquette and Menominee Iron Ranges The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the "U.P." as the locals call it, has been blessed with a wealth of mineral resources. The Native Americans were the earliest miners, using ... Other Michigan iron ore discoveries followed as prospectors gained a better understanding of the geology and pushed into ...Web
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Explore Fayette Historic Townsite, a former iron-making town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... Fayette has an abundance of surviving structures from the 19th-century industrial community that was built to smelt iron ore. The blast furnace, hotel, office, residences, town hall, machine shop and other structures offer a rare glimpse into ...Web
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The U.P. the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This is the story of the upper hand, our beloved Upper Peninsula, or as we call it, the U.P. ... Timber, Iron Ore & Copper Mines. Bond Falls Scenic Site < > Dec 16. AJ's Christmas Party. 35131 Michigan 28 Bergland, MI 49910. Dec 16. FUN Raising Magic Show to Support Baraga County Community Foundation ...Web
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Remember, Michigan's Upper Peninsula is an ancient, rugged land. ... Within a few years, the towns of Ishpeming and Negaunee were founded and the iron ore mining industry of the Upper Peninsula had begun. Make no mistake, finding gold was also one of the objectives of the earliest European explorers, but the native Indians knew nothing of the ...Web
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The Michigan iron ores are found in very old Pre-Cambrian rocks of Huronian Sub-Group (2.2 to 2.4 billion years old). The iron formations are associated with slates and …Web
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