On my 2010 Vacation to the Keweenaw I had the opportunity to go for a ride on an ATV I was lead by my Friend Mike who has lived there his whole life. Mike's Father was the maintenance man for the mining railroads. He knows every trail and rail grade we could find. It was like having a guided tour of copper history by a guy who knew it all, who saw some of it first hand. I was able to get the childhood stories of a man in his late 50's about a time when this area was booming. It was awesome.
Many of the properties have defaulted back to government for non payment of taxes, they are therefore public property in many cases, others are abandoned years ago, if you trespass, most likely no one will care since the people left sixty years ago. I lived in Iron Mountain MI and wandered all over the Keweenaw, especially Copper Harbor where it's still 1955 in many ways...lots of cool minerals and rocks to collect, lots of people selling copper nuggets on the side of the road too, great video!
There were several different mine locations included in this slide show. All were in the Keweenaw Peninsula, however. If you send me a message with your e-mail address, I can get you GPS coordinates for most of the places we went -- just let me know which sites you're interested in.
The Quincy Mine and Hoist is between Calumet and Hancock -- both are north of the waterway that was cut to create "Copper Island" which is entirely Keweenaw County. We also visited the Quincy Smelter in Hancock which would also be considered in the Keweenaw (north of the waterway). I'm sure there are other Quincy Mine Co. locations, but I haven't visited them.
is there 2 quincys?
drummerjunk 2 months ago
On my 2010 Vacation to the Keweenaw I had the opportunity to go for a ride on an ATV I was lead by my Friend Mike who has lived there his whole life. Mike's Father was the maintenance man for the mining railroads. He knows every trail and rail grade we could find. It was like having a guided tour of copper history by a guy who knew it all, who saw some of it first hand. I was able to get the childhood stories of a man in his late 50's about a time when this area was booming. It was awesome.
wshiwzwhln 3 months ago
Great dream
chmellen 8 months ago
Many of the properties have defaulted back to government for non payment of taxes, they are therefore public property in many cases, others are abandoned years ago, if you trespass, most likely no one will care since the people left sixty years ago. I lived in Iron Mountain MI and wandered all over the Keweenaw, especially Copper Harbor where it's still 1955 in many ways...lots of cool minerals and rocks to collect, lots of people selling copper nuggets on the side of the road too, great video!
lumberjak5010 1 year ago
Boy I sure would like those GPS cords Too Thanks ; )
yooper4lyf 1 year ago
where is the first one located exactly? planning a trip to the UP very soon.
emkatphotographic 2 years ago
There were several different mine locations included in this slide show. All were in the Keweenaw Peninsula, however. If you send me a message with your e-mail address, I can get you GPS coordinates for most of the places we went -- just let me know which sites you're interested in.
firechasers 2 years ago
@firechasers No, the quincy mine is not in the keweenaw
jotoew 1 year ago
The Quincy Mine and Hoist is between Calumet and Hancock -- both are north of the waterway that was cut to create "Copper Island" which is entirely Keweenaw County. We also visited the Quincy Smelter in Hancock which would also be considered in the Keweenaw (north of the waterway). I'm sure there are other Quincy Mine Co. locations, but I haven't visited them.
firechasers 1 year ago
@firechasers Calumet and Hancock are both in Houghton county, Keweenaw county starts more around Allouez
dapa4 7 months ago
@dapa4 Thank you so much for the spelling of 'Allouez'. My Mom talked about these places up north, all of her life. :-)
VenusGoddessinLove 1 month ago
i love places like this
whats the name of the song?
treeman2007 2 years ago
That's "Your Wildest Dreams" by The Moody Blues.
firechasers 2 years ago
Dude Great vids but are these private properties...are you freely able to roam these builbings?
walkinstick2 2 years ago