Phoenix

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>The history of the Phoenix can be traced back to the original Lake Superior Copper Company, the first organized corporation to mine in the Lake Superior district.</B></div> <div> <B>By the turn of the century, this mine was organized from the old Phoenix, St. Clair, Garden City and Atlas mines.</B></div> <div> <B>They controlled over 2,000 acres with 5 different copper veins.</B></div> <div> <B>A stamp mill was opened in 1903 and connected to the mine by the Phoenix Railway, a 2-mile narrow gauge line built and owned by the company (see the photo below).</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Copper Country Reflections</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copper Country Reflections"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ahmeek"><U><B><IMG SRC="0420e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id289.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copper Range"><U><B><IMG SRC="0410e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Twentieth Century 19001967"><U><B><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Click arrows to go through series.  Use the UP arrow to go back to main page.</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> Phoenix</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="839b52a0.jpg" border=0 width="437" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8521afe0.jpg" border=0 width="538" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> View of the Phoenix workings about 1915 and of the stamp mill (below)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="85419020.jpg" border=0 width="537" height="514" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="96beb2c0.jpg" border=0 width="491" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Shaft and engine house, above                West vein shaft, below</div> <div> <IMG SRC="96c0c410.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="321" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>