
This project is a sub-project of the Lake Superior Mine Fatalities, For the county of Keweenaw, Michigan. The Ahmeek Mine The Ahmeek Mining Company was organized in 1880 as an exploration wing of the Seneca Mining Co. to work the Kearsarge Conglomerate lode. The original operations consisted of two shallow shafts, but production was irregular. In 1903, with the discovery of the Kearsarge Amyg...
The Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company was the most successful corporation to have mined native copper in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Through nearly a century of mining activity, the company produced in excess of 4.5 billion pounds of refined copper and issued over $200 million in shareholder dividends. Unlike many of its competitors along the Keweenaw Peninsula, Calumet and Hecla su...
The Tamarack, Osceola, Tamarack Junior & Kearsarge mines- The Tamarack Mining Company was incorporated in 1882 and is opened on the underlay of the Calumet conglomerate reef, (on a tract west of land held by Calumet and Hecla) and to some extent upon the Osceola amygdaloid as well, the latter being opened by means of crosscuts run east from the openings on the conglomerate. 5 shafts were sunk...
ISLE ROYALE, HURON, GRAND PORTAGE, CHALLENGE, WINONA, KING PHILLIP, WYANDOT & SUPERIOR MINE FATALITIES PROJECT The Isle Royale Mine consisted of over 3500 acres of land just south of Houghton, comprised of the Old Grand Portage, Huron, Frue, Dodge, and Montezuma mines. The mine consisted of six shafts, a centralized surface plant, a short line railroad, a stamp mill, a pumping station, and a...
This Project is dedicated to the fatal accidents which happened at the Wolverine. Centennial/Schoolcraft, LaSalle/ Tecumseh, Old Colony / Mayflower Mines. The Wolverine Copper Company was organized in 1890, and its mine, operated at Kearsarge, Houghton County, being pronounced the profitable enterprise, considering the area covered by its properties, in the copper region. Its location embra...
Arcadian, Concord, Franklin, Franklin Junior, Hancock, Rhode Island Mines The Arcadian Mine An underground copper mine consisting of seven shafts and two adits near Ripley. The original Arcadian Mining Company was organized in 1864, then reorganized as the Arcadian Copper Company in 1898 after the consolidation of the Edwards, Douglas, Concord, Highland, St. Mary's, and Arcadian mines. After ...
The Quincy Mine was founded in 1846 by the merger of the Northwest Mining Company and the Portage Mining Company. Due to poor communication between government offices, these two speculative mining companies had purchased the same tracts of land during the mining rush of the early 1840's. The directors met and decided to merge, with significant investment coming from Massachusetts (the town of Q...
The Rose in Vale Country House Hotel, Cornwall, England The Rose in Vale Country House Hotel , started as a Cornish Long house that consisted of two cottages. Mr Thomas Nankivell bought the property and in 1761 added the Iconic Georgian frontage. When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nankivell lived there, John Opie, the renowned local painter, visited them, his sister being in service there.Ada Earland, in...