History of the Iron Ore Trade : The Cleveland Memory Project

History of the Iron Ore Trade. This brief history appeared in the 1910 Annual Report of the Lake Carriers' Association. The iron ore trade is, of course, the trade of the Great Lakes, but it was not always so. The premier trade for so many years was grain, then lumber took first place, giving way subsequently to coal.

Sunday Lake Mine, Wakefield, MI - substreet

Near Sunday Lake Mine …is where the roads meet, connecting the Keweenaw Peninsula's copper mines with its southern, iron-minded brethren To the West are the ore docks of Ashland and Superior, Wisconsin; to the East, Ironwood and Ishpeming—mining Meccas in their own right.. Though Wakefield's mines aren't crowned with headframes anymore, like other 'range cities,' there are traces ...

Global Iron Ore Mining Outlook

North America United States Fire Lake North Champion Iron () 2,738.8 Proved Reserves: 23.7mnt; Mine Life: 19.6years; Expected Production: 9.3mnt/yr; The mine includes Fire Lake North, Don Lake,

Carol Lake iron ore mine Report | Wood Mackenzie

Carol Lake is a surface mine operated by Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) located approximately 900 kilometres northeast of Montreal in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. IOC is majority owned by Rio Tinto with Mitsubishi and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (LIORC) owning minority stakes. Despite operational inefficiencies associated with the ...

History of the Iron Ore Trade : The Cleveland Memory Project

History of the Iron Ore Trade. This brief history appeared in the 1910 Annual Report of the Lake Carriers' Association. The iron ore trade is, of course, the trade of the Great Lakes, but it was not always so. The premier trade for so many years was grain, then lumber took first …

Sunday Lake Mine, Brotherton shaft hoist

Iron ore was discovered at the site of the Sunday Lake Mine in the Gogebic district near Wakefield, Michigan in 1882. The Mine was operated by Pickands, Mather and Company. Pickands, Mather and Company was established in 1883 as an iron mining and shipping firm with interests in the Lake Superior region.

Welcome to Gogebic County, MI

Fink Location iron ore mine. The Sp it Rock Trails offer a beautiful forest tour, which includes stunning scenic overlooks, various rock formations, and remnants of a once thriving Upper SPLIT ROCK TRAILHEAD Sunday Lake Mine Rd Parking Area Maren.sco School Putnam St Parking Area Michigan mining town. Rd U-Haul Nerghbornood Dealer VFW Post 9084

Soudan Underground Mine Tours | Minnesota DNR

Tours will resume June 12, 2021. Minnesota's first iron ore mine—the Soudan Mine—opened in 1882. Operations went underground by 1892 since the ore body continued deep into the ground. The mine's value was in the special kind of ore it produced. The ore's high oxygen content was used to make high-quality steel in open-hearth furnaces.

Great Lakes Mining

The currently proposed iron-ore mine is planned for the headwaters of Tyler Forks River, which flows into Bad River and then Lake Superior. The wild rice and wetlands ecosystem in the lower reaches of the Bad River near Lake Superior are of global ecological significance, and would likely be polluted by the proposed mine.

Sunday Lake Group Mines (MRDS #10079773) FE

pike mining co. operated mine until lease was surrendered in 1914. the pike tract has been held since 1927 by sunday lake iron co. the meteor mine (comet) was opened in 1890 and shiporiginal sunday lake opened in 1885 by sunday lake mining co. and operated by same from 1885-1900; acquired by sunday lake iron co.

Iron Mines in Michigan - NASA

But by the 1950s, most of the easily accessible ore with high concentrations of iron was gone, and mining companies had to dig much deeper and develop new techniques to extract and concentrate iron from lower-grade ore. Today, mine operators in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are generally after taconite, a low-grade ore that was once considered ...

Iron mining in the United States - Wikipedia

Iron ore was discovered on the Marquette Range in 1844, and mining started in 1848. Mining increased after the opening of the ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie provided cheap water transportation between the iron mines to the lower Great Lakes. The Lake Superior iron deposits were the largest ever discovered in the United States, and by the late 1800s, dominated American iron mining.

Sunday Lake Mine, drift - Mountain Scholar

Iron ore was discovered at the site of the Sunday Lake Mine in the Gogebic district near Wakefield, Michigan in 1882. The Mine was operated by Pickands, Mather and Company. Pickands, Mather and Company was established in 1883 as an iron mining and shipping firm with interests in the Lake …

Sunday Lake Mine, Wakefield, MI - substreet

pike mining co. operated mine until lease was surrendered in 1914. the pike tract has been held since 1927 by sunday lake iron co. the meteor mine (comet) was opened in 1890 and shiporiginal sunday lake opened in 1885 by sunday lake mining co. and operated by same from 1885-1900; acquired by sunday lake iron co.

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