Mill No. 2
It wasn’t long after the new stamp mill at Torch Lake was constructed what Quincy underwent a dramatic increase in production – due mostly to the rich ground being opened along the No. 2 shaft. At...
View ArticleThe Wash Floor
As I left off during my Anatomy of a Mill series I was turning towards the last stage of the process: the wash floor. Here an attempt was made to separate the smallest copper particles still left in...
View ArticleA Mill’s Remains
The discovery of the boiler indicated the rest of the old Phoenix mill had to be near by. In fact it was much closer then we had realized. Looking uphill from where the old boiler now sat we found...
View ArticleAlong the Wash Floor (p1)
Stepping down from the Centennial Mill’s terraced levels we found ourselves overlooking a vast field of concrete, foundations, and a scattering of trees. The surreal landscape we were looking at was...
View ArticleAlong the Wash Floor (p2)
Looking our across the sweeping concrete frontier that confronted us, we noticed the scattering lines of concrete pedestals and pillars stretched out across the barren surface. These foundations...
View ArticleAlong the Wash Floor (p3)
In addition to the lines of pillars and other foundations scattered across the Centennial Mill’s wash floor there were also a few other interesting items to be found. The sweeping concrete floor was...
View ArticleThe Outer Walls
Finished with our exploration of the grand concrete plateau that is the Centennial Mill’s wash floor, we headed off to find the building’s outer foundation walls. Being a more modern structure the...
View ArticleGuest Post: The Wolverine Mill (p2)
The following guest post is contributed by Ian Tomashik, a sophomore at Dearborn High School outside of Detroit. Ian is a frequent Copper Country explorer with family ties to the region (his...
View ArticleNonesuch Pits As This
The great copper empire may have been left for dead after C&H’s demise, but it still had a good 30 years of life left to it thanks to the unlikely success of the White Pine Mine near Silver City....
View ArticleUnearthed (p2)
Industrial Archeology is a discipline that studies the material evidence left behind from our industrial past. Considering the copious amount of industrial heritage to be found in the Keweenaw, its no...
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