Mine Shafts - Meier Collection
Ahmeek 3&4

Allouez-Douglas Shaft

Here are 3 photos of a couple of C&H WWII-era mines, the Allouez-Douglas and the Iroquois.  Both were opened during the war with incentives to mine copper.  Both were operated into the 1960's.  The Allouez-Douglas was unique in that it worked two lodes - an amygdaloid and a conglomerate.  It was also owned by Copper Range; C&H paid them a royalty to mine it.  The shaft houses look older than they were since wood was used in their construction due to the wartime restrictions on steel.  The Allouez-Douglas was northwest of New Allouez back toward the Ahmeek school.  The Iroquois was located northeast of Mohawk off the "Old" road (south of Cliff Drive; my Grandparents called it the Old Road or the Military Road.  It was also east of Seneca Lake.)  C&H used part of the Keweenaw Central right-of-way to reach it.  It was a minor lode with sporadic mineralization.

Allouez-Douglas Shaft

Iroquois Shaft

A colorized photo of the Red Jacket shaft taken in the '20's, photographer unknown.  We bought it from a bar in Calumet in the early 60's.