The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. If you would like to submit any photos visit our Photos throughout the website are largely provided through submissions to the Lake Superior Circle Tour Photo Contest. If a user finds any errors in the information provided, please email us with the suggested corrections. They offer guided tours where visitors can visit the Number 2 Shaft House and museum, see the Nordberg Steam Hoist, the world’s largest steam powered hoist and even take a ride on a cog tram car to the mine’s entrance and then ride a wagon seven levels underground into the mine.Īlthough every effort has been made to provide complete and accurate information, we make no guarantees, expressed or implied, or representations as to the accuracy of content on this website. The Quincy Mine Hoist Association now owns and operates this decommissioned mine as a preserved museum where visitors can come and learn about the rich heritage and importance that mining had.
The mine is now a popular tourist attraction of the Keweenaw National Historical Park. The Quincy Mining Company was the first to notice the limits of fissure mining and switch to the low mineral content rock, amygdaloid. In the years that it operated this mine produced 424,000 tons of native copper. At the time, the Quincy number 2 shaft was the world’s longest shaft at 1.75 miles (2.8 km) long. It mined copper and was founded in 1846 and operated until 1945. The Quincy Mine is located in Hancock in the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan’s Houghton County.
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