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West Tamarack is an unincorporated community in the township. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 26.0 square ...
The Keweenaw Peninsula (/ ˈ k iː w ə n ɔː /, KEE-wə-naw) is a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.Part of the greater landmass of the Upper Peninsula, the Keweenaw Peninsula projects about 65 miles (105 km) northeasterly into Lake Superior, forming Keweenaw Bay.
Tamarack mine is a copper mine located in Osceola Township, Houghton County, north of Calumet, Michigan. The first shaft was started in 1882 and five shafts were eventually mined. [ 1 ] In 1966 seven-year-old Ruth Ann Miller fell into shaft #4 and a rescue was impossible.
The neighboring Tamarack mine became the world's deepest mine for some years; it was bought by Calumet and Hecla, and became part of the Calumet and Hecla system. The Tamarack/Calumet and Hecla remained the world's deepest mine until about 1915, when its vertical depth of 5,500 ft (1,700 m) was exceeded by the 5,824 ft (1,775 m) depth of the ...
Michigan Smelter - Located west of Houghton near Cole's Creek on the Keweenaw waterway. Quincy Smelter - Located east of Hancock in Ripley on the Keweenaw Waterway; Tamarack/Osceola Smelter - In Dollar Bay; White Pine mine smelter - Was mostly closed in 1982 but continued to process copper and scrap material until 1984 [1]
Thomas Hoatson Jr. attended school in Calumet until he was seventeen, after which he followed in his father's footsteps and went to work for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. [4] In March, 1901, Hoatson was involved in organizing the Bisbee Mine in Bisbee, Arizona , [ 4 ] along with his elder brother James [ 5 ] and other investors.
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The Calumet Unit of the Keweenaw National Historical Park includes many sites in and around the villages of Calumet and Laurium, which are not ghost towns but operating human communities that have survived the shutdown of their parent employer, the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, in 1968. By digging shafts into the rock, the men and owners of ...