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Chuck questioned my shoe selection at the start of the day. You should probably wear warm, sturdy shoes. They provide warm, rugged, canvas jackets and hard hats.
QUINCY MINE TOUR MOVIE
You watch a movie to get up to speed on the Quincy Legacy and select your gear for the tour. The Quincy Mine Tour starts at the Museum, which adjoins the 1894 No. The pictures brought that memory into focus! Museum Yep, the Arcadian Mine was definitely the one I toured as a wee lass. There is also a fantastic website called Copper Country Explorer with a whole section called Scrapbook Fridays, which includes a post about the Arcadian Mine. The Quincy Mine is run by the Quincy Mine Hoist Association, which is a partner with the Keweenaw National Historical Park. If I toured a mine in the late 60’s or early 70’s, it would have been the Arcadian.” Then they sold us two tickets and directed us to the Keweenaw National Historical Park informational desk for information. The kind ladies in the Quincy Mine Gift Shop, listened to my story and nodded their heads and said “Yes, they’d heard this story before but this is not the mine I toured as a child. Chuck assured me this was my opportunity to confront my fear. I’m sure their intentions were virtuous, but I still have an irrational fear of caves and enclosed spaces.
The memory is a bit faded and tattered with flashes of bright light, snatches of a scraping sound interspersed with water dripping on my hard hat and finally my parents making me throw a rock into a bottomless pit. Way back when I was just knee-high to a grasshopper, I toured a copper mine with my parents.
During our 2017 Michigan Tour, Chuck convinced me it was time to slay my fears and journey nearly one mile into the side of a hill and explore a bit of history. It’s been closed over 70 years, but tours are available.
Just north of Hancock, Michigan in the heart of the Keweenaw Peninsula is the Quincy Mine.
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