Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== STATE OF MICHIGAN TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDSTRIAL STATISTICS Robert Smith Printing Co., Lansing, MI - 1904 [117-118] Statistics of Iron and Copper Mines KEWEENAW COUNTY. ALLOUEZ MINING CO. - An old property, located in Keweenaw County a few miles north of Calumet. Is being reopened on a new lode. Employs 10 miners, on company account, also 11 trammers and underground labor- ers and 6 timbermen, with sundry surface workmen. Underground condi- tions are good. About a year will be required to strike the Kearsarge lode, to intercept which a vertical shaft is now being sunk. CENTRAL MINE. - Idle for past six years. A little exploratory work was done in the summer months of 1903. MISKWABIK. - An exploration on the Kearsarge lode, in Keewenaw (sic) County, employing 4 miners on company account. Conditions and prospects good. MOHAWK MINE. - A valuable new property in Keweenaw County, a few miles north of Calumet. Employs 124 miners, all on contract, also 88 trammers, 40 underground laborers, 8 timbermen, 3 mine bosses, 8 engi- neers, 6 firemen, 1 pumpman and sundry surfaces employes. Stamp mill employs 14 skilled workmen, 12 common laborers and 8 boys. Underground conditions and future prospects excellent. Had no fatal accidents dur- ing the past year and production of refined copper in 1902 was 226,824 lbs., mill having been started but a few weeks before the close of the year. Production for 1903 will be several million pounds. PHOENIX CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. - An old mine, recently reopened by present owners, in Keweenaw County, about 12 miles northeast of Calu- met. Employs 69 miners, of whom 8 are on contract, also 21 trammers, 4 underground laborers, 9 timbermen, 5 mine bosses, 8 engineers, 10 firemen and 2 pumpmen, also sundry surface labor. Underground condi- tions as to ventilation and temperature are nearly perfect, with every care taken for safety to life and limb. Number of fatal accidents dur- ing past year was one. Production of refined copper in 1901 was 93,643 lbs., derived soley from heavy copper found in opening work. Stamp mill was started Oct. 1, 1903, and employs 1 skilled workman, 6 common laborers and 4 boys. AHMEEK. - A prospect near the Allouez mine, in Keweenaw County, north of Calumet. Employs 13 miners, of whom 4 are on contract, also 4 trammers, 6 underground laborers, 6 timbermen, 2 pumpmen and a mine boss. Has had no fatal accidents and has made no copper. Is developing on the Kearsarge load, with every prospect of making a large and rich mine within the next few years. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================