
Mining operations and industrial rail lines define the landscape of Marquette County in the mid-1950s. The small settlement of Diorite serves as a hub for local extraction, situated at the junction of the Chicago and North Western and the Chicago Lake Superior and Ishpeming railroads. The map reveals a high concentration of iron and gold interests, ranging from the American Mine and Blueberry Mine to the Michigan Gold Mine and the Abandoned Barnes and Hecker Mine.
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3 editions found
1952 · Ishpeming
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1952 · Ishpeming
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Negaunee SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Negaunee
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Champion
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Diorite
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Greenwood
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Republic
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Republic
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Champion
USGS Topo · 1:62,500