Copper mines in the UP of Michigan

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I'm sharing these photos from my archives after being told they may be of interest to the @silvergoldstackers community. Some of them were posted years ago.

This map shows the top part of Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. There is a star on the area where these photos were taken. The dark line is the Canadian border

There are thousands of abandoned pit mines in the Keweenaw Range. I found this pre-historic copper mining mystery quite interesting. Mystery

Champion #4 copper mine.

Operated by the Champion Mining Company this mine operated for 60 years and became the predominate copper producer in Upper Michigan until it closed in 1967. Other mines in the region closed down in the 30's.

I believe tours can be arranged, but we just drove through on our own and were able to enjoy a solitary time taking photos

Most of the buildings on the site have been demolished or are completely overgrown. The only shaft house remaining is that of No. 4 shaft. It is an 83-foot-high structure currently being used to supply the township with water. Water is pumped from the mine shaft and piped all through the township.

If you wanted to apply for a job in the mine you would need to go here, to the mine captains office

Painesdale was built by the Champion Mining Company between 1899 and 1917. The town was located near the copper load, and contains rows of identical saltbox workers' houses.

These piles of waste rock are approximately 100 feet
high. The rock is used for base in road construction.

Quincy Mine Ruins in Hancock, Michigam
Is now the site of a museum and operates tours and a gift shop that has splash copper specimens for sale.

Operated by the Champion Mining Company for 99 years, Quincy produced 424,000 tons of native copper from the underground mine. This mine also produced a large amount of silver,

The HOIST was needed at the mine. Quincy is the deepest mine in the US and one of the deepest in the world.

These photos were taken during a trip to the UP in 2017. The discriptions are mostly from notes I made searching online while touring the mine sites to try to understand what I was looking at.


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There is a popular mine tour north of Vancouver Britannia Mine. Long closed but has been developed into a history tour as an integral part of the regions economic history. My kids got to do some gold panning at the education center years ago. IF you're ever in Vancouver BC... 😉

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Good afternoon and greetings. It seems like the building is very old. But the picture is still very good.

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Some of these buildings land the surrounding areas looks haunted. Are the mine still functioning ? But these can definitely be reminded in archives. Nice collections of photographs.

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I guess there alot of abandoned buildings and project over there, mines makes alot am just surprise why most of them shut down years ago

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Why do they keep the area the way it was while it was functioning? Just as a tourist spot! To preserve the history?

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I expect that cleaning up the sites would be expensive and the land would have no other use today. It would probably be a huge liability to build anything over those massive underground holes!

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It’s great they show how mines worked… lovely photos. I like the weathered corrugated iron sheets. Beautiful 😊
Have a wonderful Sunday 👋🏻☃️

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Thanks! I loved seeing that rusty old metal structure!

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Very good to know about it and photos are so clear.

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Good morning lady @melinda010100
What beautiful photographs, and how much history each of these old buildings holds

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That entire area of the state of Michigan is like stepping back in time! I love touring around up there and seeing the sights!

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Fun photos and fun area to visit. I love abandoned sites like these... so fun to imagine them in their prime. To think of the people that worked and lived there. Fun to think of the people that built the buildings and companies. Such activity contributed so much then were just gone.

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They certainly are a reminder of how seasons change. Not just in our own lives but also in our communities and our world.

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Well done for demonstrating how mines operated. Lovely photos!!!.
I hope you enjoyed your Sunday, @melinda010100 .
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That is really cool! The Quincy was 1.75 miles deep when it ceased operation, Wikipedia a great! Do they still offer tours into the mine? You took some great pictures, I love the giant hunk of ore in front that's oxidized green from all of the copper.

On Wikipedia they had a picture of this hunk of native copper out of the mine, that would have been fun to have found!

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I'd love to have that hunk of native copper!

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This is the copper I brought home from the up many years ago. I stopped to buy some Jam from a woman that was selling it in her front yard at a roadside table and she had these on the table to sell also. She said her husband had found them in the creek.

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