Fort Wilkins Mine - Copper Harbor, MI
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linkys
N 47° 27.970 W 087° 51.811
16T E 434923 N 5257330
One of the earliest copper mines in what became known as the Michigan Copper Country.
Waymark Code: WMCHGX
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2011
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Three fenced in areas next to the Fort Wilkins Park Visitor Center and Store mark the location of the Pittsburgh and Boston Copper Harbor Mining Company shafts that were dug in 1844 after soldiers stationed at the fort discovered copper outside the gates. Unfortunately for the company's investors, by the time they had dug down 125 feet the copper had played out, resulting in far more money being sunk into the shafts than the amount of money earned by the copper coming out of them.
Today there is an interpretive sign near the shafts, the shafts being three holes in the ground, each surrounded by a sturdy wooden fence. No other trace of this early mine exists.
Mine Type: Abandoned Mine
Mineral Collecting: No
Material Mined: Non-Precious Metal
Operation: Underground Mine
Surface Features: No
KNOWN DANGERS:
Stay behind the fence
Any associated website: Not listed
Any Other information: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Optional photograph welcomed.