Upper Peninsula Copper Mines, Mining, Ghost Towns and some History
Adventure Copper Mine, The Adventure Mining Company offers surface and underground Guided Tours of the old Adventure Copper Mine. Rated as one of the finest attractions in the Upper Peninsula. 200 Adventure Road, Greenland, Ml 49929. Phone: 906-883-3371. Open Mid-May through Mid-October. Caledonia Mine, private rock and mineral collecting at the Caledonia Mine, Mass City, MI near Ontonagon for the rock collector or geologist. Collect samples of copper, silver, datolite, calcite, epidote, quartz, and feldspar. Knowledgeable staff will help with techniques and identification of finds in your private ore pile. Seller of Michigan copper specimens and ores. Packages of rocks, minerals, and fossils available along with a wide selection of books available at Gitche Gumee Landing, 202 Ontonagon Street, Ontonagon, MI. Phone: 906-884-6618 Copper Country Road Trips: Enjoy Keweenaw History From The Comfort Of Your Car, by Lawrence J. Molloy. Guide book for tours of mainly mining locations, sites and ruins plus other historical sites. Includes maps, pictures, historical information and precise directions. Published and printed by Great Lakes GeoScience, Hubbell, Michigan. Available at Gitche Gumee Landing, 202 Ontonagon St, Ontonagon, MI 59953. or by mail order. Phone 906-884-6618 Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Michigan Historic Michigan State Park. A 19th century military post with 19 restored buildings, slide programs, living history programs. Park Store. Book Store. Camping by Lake Fanny Hooe. Ghost Towns of the Copper Mining Age Ontonagon Boulder, Smithsonian. Originally found on the Ontonagon River near the Victoria Mine. Old Victoria Restoration. Take a guided tour through the restored hand hewn log cabins that were built about 1899 to house the miners at the Victoria Copper Mine. Learn about the hardships of the early mining days in the Copper Country. Open Memorial Day through October 10th from 10:30 to 5:30 daily. Admission: Adults, $5.00, Children 5 - 12 years $2.00. Turn west at Rockland (Highway US-45, 14 miles south of Ontonagon) and go 4 miles on the Victoria Dam Road to Old Victoria. Painesdale
Champion #4 Shaft House, Painesdale
Mine & Shaft, Inc., P.O. Box 332, Painesdale,
MI 49955. One of the few remaining shaft houses
left in the Upper Peninsula. Efforts are
being made to preserve and restore this unique
structure and eventually open a museum.
Prehistoric Copper Miners, 5,000 bc to 1200 bc. Quincy Mine Hoist, US 41 North, Hancock, Michigan, 49930. Open for tours. Red Metal Minerals, located at Gitche Gumee Landing, carries a large variety of copper, datolite, and local specimens, as well as minerals from around the world. Included are many unusual gift items such as agate slabs and bookends of all sorts. Spectacular mineral specimens for the serious collector and anyone who enjoys the beauty of Mother Nature. Variety of books written on the history and geology of copper mining in the Keweenaw Peninsula. 202 Ontonagon Street, Ontonagon, MI 49934. Phone 906-884-6618.
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