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List of Copper Country smelters
There were seven
copper smelters
built in the
Copper Country
in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
:
Calumet and Hecla smelter - Operated by
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
and located north of
Hubbell
on the shore of
Torch Lake
Detroit and Lake Superior Smelter
- Near
Hancock
Lac La Belle Smelter - In
Lac La Belle
- Structure was completed, but no furnaces were ever installed. Later was converted by the Keweenaw Central Railroad to a locomotive shop.
Michigan Smelter
- Located west of
Houghton
near Cole's Creek on the Keweenaw waterway.
Quincy Smelter
- Located east of
Hancock
in
Ripley
on the
Keweenaw Waterway
Tamarack/Osceola Smelter
- In
Dollar Bay
White Pine mine
smelter - Was mostly closed in 1982 but continued to process copper and scrap material until 1984.
See also
Copper mining in Michigan
List of Copper Country mines
List of Copper Country mills
Notes