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Quincy Mine

Copper, Hancock, Michigan.

Side
Union
Kind
Copper
Where
Hancock, Michigan
Years
1861-1865
Today
Museum
Civil War Supply Lines

QUINCY MINE

The leading copper mine in the country from 1863 through 1867. It produced 2,225,405 pounds of refined copper in 1863 alone. Keweenaw copper went into brass buttons, percussion caps, bronze cannon and telegraph wire for the Union.

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Then

Quincy was the leading copper mine in the country from 1863 through 1867 and produced 2,225,405 pounds of refined copper in 1863 alone. Keweenaw copper went into brass buttons, percussion caps, bronze cannon and telegraph wire for the Union.

Now

Museum

The Quincy Mine Hoist Association gives tours of the No. 2 Hoist House and the mine's 7th level. The Quincy Unit is one of the two main units of Keweenaw National Historical Park.

The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CN, about 25 miles away.

Sources

  1. Quincy Mine (Wikipedia)
  2. Keweenaw copper contributed to Union victory (The Daily Mining Gazette)
  3. Keweenaw National Historical Park (Wikipedia)