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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]
The Quincy Mining Company was first organized in 1846, [4] and incorporated two years later, to mine the then-recently discovered Portage Lake copper formations. [2] It wasn't until 1856 that the mine hit upon their most productive lode, and it took until 1862 before the first dividend was paid. [3] However, after that time, the Quincy Mine was ...
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 closed in 1931, and neighboring mines closed the next year. [61] [15] By 1934, one third of the families in Houghton County were seeking aid through relief programs. The Quincy Mine resumed its operations in 1937, but discontinued them in 1946, one week after Japan surrendered in 1945, ending World War II. [15]
In 1917, Bruno Nordberg was contracted by Quincy Mining Company to design and build the world's largest steam hoist for their copper mine near Hancock, Michigan. The hoist is a cross compound steam hoist. It was installed in the Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, began operations in November 1920, and ran until the mine closed in 1931.
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant began disposing of nuclear waste in New Mexico on March 26, 1999. Officials gathered at the site Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary.
Mason is a small unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan [1] that is the remainder of past stamp mill operations at the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills. [2] Still standing and mostly occupied are 23 mining company houses, all along M-26. Mason has been dubbed by some locals "shutter town," because each house had its own distinct ...