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The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s. 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 ]
Drawing of Quincy Stamp Mills site. The Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District is a historic stamp mill (used to crush copper-bearing rock, separating the copper ore from surrounding rock) located on M-26 near Torch Lake, just east of Mason in Osceola Township. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]
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]
On February 10, 1989, the Quincy Mining Company Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was named a National Historic Landmark District. [31] At the time of nomination, there were 25 contributing buildings and 15 non-contributing buildings in the historic district at the smelter site. [32]
The Quincy Dredge Number Two (previously known as the Calumet and Hecla Dredge Number One) is a dredge currently sunk in shallow water in Torch Lake, across M-26 from the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District and just east of Mason in Osceola Township. [2]
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 ...
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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.