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Map of the Lake Superior Iron Ranges. (Courtesy USGS) The 2019 Mining History Association conference in Marquette, Michigan will focus on the Marquette and Menominee Ranges. In 1997, the Mining History Association held its annual conference in Houghton, Michigan, in the heart of Michigan’s Copper Country.
opened at Sault Ste Marie, shipping iron ore became easier. The iron mines were in areas known as ranges. The Upper Peninsula’s biggest range was called the Marquette. Two smaller ranges were named the Menominee and Gogebic. Michigan produced more iron ore than any other state between 1880 and 1890. Although production continued to increase ...
The Tilden Mine is the last remaining large and active iron mine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is located in the historic mining region known as the Marquette Iron Range, and is part of a major open pit mining area shared with the Empire Mine, which closed in 2016.
Discovery of Iron in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by Rebecca J. Mead The southern shore of Lake Superior is a beautiful but rugged and isolated region that inhibited early Anglo-American settlement and still poses significant challenges for its inhabitants. In 1840, seasonally
The Iron Ore Heritage Trail traverses 47.8 miles across the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula. The rail trail, which was designated as a National Recreation Trail in 2018, shares and celebrates the area’s rich mining history with interpretive signage, artwork, and connections to museums along the way.
26 lis 2013 · Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is home to a pair of open pit iron mines that have been operating for several decades. Standing on the edge of Empire Mine is like looking into an amphitheater far too big for any performance.
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