Weyerhaeuser Mine Site
N 46° 13.237 W 091° 33.583
15T E 611079 N 5119568
One of three shafts operated in the early 20th century.
Waymark Code: WMNQ3
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2006
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One of the larger copper developments of northern Wisconsin was the Weyerhaeuser Mine. At the Weyerhaeuser Mine copper masses weighing up to 500 pounds were taken out and several tons of metallic copper extracted from three shafts between l898 and l9l4. The site was tested again during World War II and was the best show of native copper anywhere in northern Wisconsin. Today these workings are abandoned and the buildings, shaft trestle, and narrow gauge rail tracks that serviced the mine have long vanished. Most of the old mine tailings have been trucked away for highway fill but two of the three shafts remain open to curious -- and cautious -- visitors. The shaft indicated by these coordinates is on public land. Another nearby shaft is on private land.
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