Cliffs Shaft Mine
Posted by: S5280ft
N 46° 29.560 W 087° 40.679
16T E 447970 N 5149011
About 0.5 miles southeast off of US-14 on Lakeshore Drive in Ishpeming. The marker and the mine are on your left. Plenty of parking nearby.
Waymark Code: WMMXD
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2006
Views: 31
Opened by the Iron Cliffs Company in 1879, the mine was acquired by the present owner, the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, in 1891. The Cliffs Shaft was the nation's largest producer of hard, specular hematite, a type of iron ore. Over twenty-six million tons were mined, and since 1887 ore was shipped every year but one. The mine was also one of the largest of Michigan iron mines, its sixty-five miles of tunnels running under most of Ishpeming and plunging to a depth of 1,358 feet. As late as the 1930s, there were eight iron mines in Ishpeming. The Cliffs Shaft was the last of these, and its closing in 1967 marked the end of an era.
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: State Site #398
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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