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The Quincy Mine was known as "Old Reliable," as the Quincy Mine Company paid a dividend to investors every year from 1868 through 1920. [4] The Quincy Mining Company Historic District is a United States National Historic Landmark District ; [ 2 ] [ 3 ] other Quincy Mine properties nearby, including the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills , [ 5 ...
The smelter began operation on December 1, 1898. [5] The smelter was estimated to save the Quincy Mining Company approximately $100,000 per year. [7] Aside from processing copper from the Quincy Mine, the smelter also did business with the Franklin, Adventure, Allouez, and Centennial mines. [8]
In 1951, the Quincy Mine purchased the dredge and designated it as Quincy Dredge Number Two, using it at their own reclamation facility, [2] [4] which had been in operation since 1943. [5] The mine's Quincy Dredge Number One sank in 1956, and Dredge Number Two was used until 1967, [ 2 ] when it too sank during a winter lay-up. [ 4 ]
The Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House is an industrial building located north of Hancock, Michigan along US Highway 41 within the Quincy Mining Company Historic District. The Hoist House contains the largest steam hoisting engine in the world, [ 3 ] which sits on the largest reinforced concrete engine foundation ever poured. [ 3 ]
Name County Years Material Coordinates Adventure mine: Ontonagon: 1850–1920: copper: Alabastine Mine: Kent: 1907– gypsum: Arcadian mine: Houghton: 1898–1908: copper
Music legend Quincy Jones, known for producing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album and other hits, managed living with two brain aneurysms and type 2 diabetes years before his death at 91.
The Quincy Unit of the Keweenaw National Historical Park commemorates one of the most remarkable feats of engineering in northern Michigan, the 9,000-foot (2,700 m) deep Quincy Mine shaft. Nicknamed "Old Reliable" for its record of paying annual dividends for decades, the Quincy mine enjoyed a position on the rich copper rock of the Pewabic Lode.
Asked which covers stuck in his mind, Quincy kept it real. “Tupac and Biggie,” he said. “And Aaliyah. That hurt, man. A lot of them hurt.