MINE NAME | MAP |
COMPANY |
DATE | EXTRA NOTES |
Aetna Mine | |
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December 31 1863 to 1873 | |
Agate Harbor Mine | | French Copper Mining Company of
Lake Superior | 1858 |
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Ahmeek Mine |
USGS |
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March 22 1880 | |
Albion Mining Co. | | | January 12 1848 to
1852 |
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Alliance | |
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Early 1850s | |
Allouez Mine | |
Allouez Mining Co. |
October 12 1859 | Did not produce until 1869 |
American Exploring Co. | | | Before 1850 |
On Isle Royale |
American Mining Co. | | | |
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Amygdaloid Mine | |
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July 16 1860 | |
Amygdaloid and Isle Royale Mines on Isle Royale |
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| January 02 1882 |
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Ancient Mining Co. Isle Royale | |
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December 01 1874 | |
Anglo Mine | |
American Land and Mining Co. |
April 29 1854 | |
Arnold Mine | |
Arnold Mining Co. |
May 05 1864 | Started as Copper Falls - Owl Creek & Copper Falls |
Ashbed Mine | |
Ashbed Mining Co. |
March 02 1880 | Work stopped July 1900 |
Astor Mining Co. | |
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January 25 1883 | |
Atlas Mine | |
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November 24 1863 | |
Bay State Mining Co. | | | April 25 1853 |
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Bell Mine | | French Copper Mining Company of Lake Superior | |
By Lake Fanny Hooe |
Belt Mining Co. | | | January 02 1882 |
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Bluff Mining Co. | | | May 10 1852 |
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Bohemian Mining Co. | | | November 14 1845 |
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Boston and Lake Superior Mining Co. | | | March 10 1854 |
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Boston and Pittsburgh Mining Co. | | | November 14 1849 |
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British American | | | 1854 to 1855 |
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British American Mining Co. | | | October 12 1859 |
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Calumet Belt | | | short lived |
Between Cliff and Central Mines |
Cape Mining Co. | | | May 02 1851 | |
Caton Mining Co. | | | January 12 1869 | |
Central Mining Co. | | | October 13 1854 | |
Chicago Mining Co. | | | July 31 1870 | |
Clark Mine Old | | French Copper Mining Company of Lake
Superior | | Clark - Bell - Montreal First mining
for copper in 1858 |
Clark Mining Co. | | | December 01 1853 |
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Cliff Mine | | Pittsburg & Boston Co. | March 31 1844 Until
1878 |
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Cliff Mine | | Cliff Mining Co. | | |
Clifton Mining Co. | | | January 27 1864 | |
Conglomerate Mining Co. | | Reorganized under
Lac Labelle 1888 | January 06 1880 |
See Oneida |
Connecticut | | | Stopped in 1857 | Eagle
Harbor |
Copper Falls Mine | | Arnold Mining Co. |
|
first mining in late 1840s |
Copper Falls Mining Co. | | | October 30 1855 |
Originally Arnold Mine |
Copper Harbor | | | | |
Copper Harbor Mining Co. | | | September 23 1846 |
Did only exploratory in 1864 |
Cove Mining Co. on Isle Royale | | | September 24 1874 |
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Dana Mining Co. | | | April 19 1886 | By Arnold and
Central |
Datolite Mine |
USGS | | 1846 | Isle Royale |
Delaware Mining Co. | | Reorganized under Conglomerate in
1880 | December 15 1875 | See
Oneida |
Eagle Copper Works Mining Company | | | May 05 1854 |
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Eagle Harbor Mining Co. | | | February 25 1864 | |
Eagle River Mining Co. | | | February 21 1853 | |
East Mohawk | | | 1899 | next to Mohawk |
Empire Mining Co. | | | November 15 1855 | |
Epidote Mine |
USGS | | | Isle Royale |
Essex No. 2 | | | 1864 | |
Federal Mining Co. | | | October 24 1855 | |
Forsyth | | | | Became Fulton then Mohawk |
Fulton Mining Co. | | | January 11 1853 |
Became Mohawk in 1898 |
Garden City |
| |
| Became
part of the Phoenix |
Gratiot Mine |
USGS | | | Seneca No. 2 |
Hanover Mining Co. | | | 1860 |
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Haytown Mine |
USGS | | | Isle Royale |
Home | | | 1863 | Adjoined Humbolt |
Hope Mining Co. | | | January 27 1864 |
Adjoined Humbolt |
Hulbert Mining Co. | | | | |
Humboldt Copper Co. | | | July 13 1853 |
Between Arnold and Phoenix Mines |
Iron City | | | 1853 | |
Island Mine |
USGS | Isle Royale Mining Co. | January 15 1874 |
Isle Royale |
Island Tribute Co. | | | 1876 | Leased Island
Mine |
Iron City Mining Co. | | | July 10 1850 | |
Keweenaw Mining Co. | | | August 17 1853 |
Meteor and then Mendota |
Keweenaw Point Mining Co. | | | May 08 1855 | |
Keystone Mining Co. | | | April 04 1852 | |
Lac La Belle Mining Co. | | | January 03 1846 |
See Oneida |
Lake Mine | | Isle Royale Mining Co. | January 15 1874 |
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Lake Superior Mining Co. No. 1 | | | June 07 1843 | first mine in Keweenaw County |
Lawrence Mining Co. | | | April 09 1854 | |
Livingston Mining Co. | | | November 24 1854 | |
Lucky Bay Mine |
USGS | | | Isle Royale |
Madison Mining Co. | | | July 27 1853 | |
Mandan Mining Co. | | | March 09 1863 | |
Manhattan Mining Co. | | | 1856 |
took over Albion Mine |
Manitou Mining Co. | | | March 11 1854 | |
Marquette Mine | | Isle Royale Mining Co. | March 16 1874 |
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Meadow Mining Co. | | | June 13 1853 |
By Humboldt & Phoenix |
Medora Mine | | Isle Royale Mining Co. | | |
Mendota Mining Co. | | | 1855 | |
Meteor Mining Co. | | | January 19 1864 | Formerly Keweenaw Became Mendota |
Middlesex Mining Co. | | | 1864 |
No mining ever done |
Minong Mine |
USGS | Isle Royale Mining Co. | January 01 1874 |
Isle Royale |
Mendota Mine | | Isle Royale Mining Co. | January 06 1871 |
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Miskawabic Mine | | Isle Royale Mining Co. | January 13 1903 |
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Mohawk Mine | | Mohawk Mining Co. | March 1898 |
Ahmeek & Seneca to the north |
Montreal Mine | | French Copper Mining Company of Lake Superior |
| Became part of Clark Mine |
Natick Mining Co. | | | | |
Native Copper Mining Co. | | | March 24 1852 |
North of Oneida |
Naumkeag Mining Co. | | | February 15 1859 | |
New England Mining Co. | | | April 01 1853 | |
New Jersey Mining Co. | | | 1864 | |
New York Consolidated Mining Co. | | | September 28 1846 |
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New York Mining Co. | | | May 07 1863 | |
New York & Pittsburg Mine | | Isle Royale Mining Co. | February 10 1854 |
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Noble Mining Co. | | | | |
North American Mining Co. | | | 1846 |
Adjoins Cliff |
North Cliff Mining Co. | | | September 20 1858 | |
North Star Mining Co. | | | March 20 1854 | |
Northwest | | | | Became Pennsylvania |
Northwest Copper Association | | Reorganized as Northwest
Mining Co. 1849 | 1847 | |
Northwest Mining Co. | | | 1849 to 1861 |
Became Pennsylvania |
Northwestern Mining Co. | | | April 10 1846 |
Absorbed by Central |
Ohio & Isle Royale | | | 1845-46 | On Isle
Royale |
Oneida No. 2 | | Oneida Copper Co. | |
see Northwest |
Owl Creek Mine | | | | Addage of
Copper Falls Mine |
Pawnee | | | | see Oneida |
Pennsylvania Mining Co. | | Merged under
Delaware Mining 1876 | November 04 1861 | |
Petherick Mining Co. | | | July 31 1860 |
Became Ashbed |
Philadelphia & Boston | | | |
Owned land |
Phoenix Consolidated Copper Co. | | | October 09 1853 | |
Pittsburg & Boston Copper Co. | | | | See
Cliff Mine |
Pittsburg & Isle Royale | | | 1846 | Pioneer
on Isle Royale |
Providence Mining Co. | | | March 11 1863 |
Adjoined Delaware Mine |
Ransom Mine |
USGS | | 1847 | Isle Royale |
Resolute Mine | | Resolute Copper Co. | March 03
1864 | |
Reliance Mining Co. | | | March 23 1877 | |
Ripley Mining co. | | | 1853 | |
Royale Mine | | Isle Royale | April 09 1874 | |
Saginaw Mine |
USGS | Isle Royale Mining Co. | September 30 1876 |
Isle Roylae |
Saint Clair Mining Co. | | | July 08 1863 |
Now part of Phoenix Consolidated |
Salem Mining Co. | | | | |
Seneca Mining Co. | | | March 27 1860 |
Ahmeek set off from in 1880 |
Silver Creek Mining Co. | | | April 01 1857 |
Near end of Keweenaw Point |
Siskowit |
USGS | Siskowit Mining Co. | 1845 | Rock Harbor Isle
Royale |
Smithwick Mine |
USGS | | | Isle Royale |
South East Cliff Mining Co. | | | October 6 1853 | |
Stanford Mining Co. | | | September 09 1873 | |
Star Mining Co. | | | July 12 1853 |
Between Clark & Eagle Harbor |
Stoughtenburg | | | | See Oneida |
Summit Mining Co. | | | April 29 1853 |
East of Dana see Madison |
Sussek Mining Co. | | | 1864 | No mines |
Union Mining Company | | | | Isle Royale -
Search Charles & Angelique Mott starvation |
Valley Mining Co. No. 1 | | | April 12 1864 |
No mines on land owned |
Vulcan Mining Co. | | | March 10 1864 | |
Washington Mining Co. | | | July 09 1863 |
Western shore of Mosquito Lake |
Waterbury Mining Co. | | Land sold to Eagle
Harbor | 1850 to 1854 | |
Wendigo Copper Co. | | | 1889 to 1892 | On
Isle Royale near Washington Harbor |
Wendigo Mine |
USGS | Isle Royale Land Corp. | 1899 | Isle Royale |
West Vein Mining Co. | | | 1860 | |
Winthrop Mining Co. | | | 1852 | |
Wyoming Mining Co. | | organized by Pennsylvania Co. | 1865 |
South of Mosquito Lake |