Jackson Mine | |
 North Jackson Pit No. 1, 2010 | |
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| Nearest city | Negaunee, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 46°29′55″N 87°37′22″W / 46.49861°N 87.62278°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000414[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 03, 1971 |
| Designated MSHS | February 18, 1956[2] |
The Jackson Mine is an open pit iron mine in Negaunee, Michigan, extracting resources from the Marquette Iron Range. The first iron mine in the Lake Superior region,[3] Jackson Mine was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1956[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] The Lake Superior Mining Institute said, the mine "is attractive in the iron ore region of Michigan and the entire Lake Superior region, because of the fact it was here that the first discovery of iron ore was made, here the first mining was done, and from its ore the first iron was manufactured."[4] Multiple other mines soon followed the Jackson's lead, establishing the foundation of the economy of the entire region.[2] The mine is located northwest of intersection of Business M-28 and Cornish Town Road.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Jackson Mine". Historic Sites Online. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ Hannah, Tom A. (1903). Mines and Statistics (Report). Iron Mountain, MI: Michigan Department of Mineral Statistics. pp. 65–69.
- ^ Lake Superior Mining Institute (1898). Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute. Vol. 4. Lake Superior Mining Institute. pp. 90–91.