Comments on: A Mill at Delaware http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/10/a-mill-at-delaware/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/10/a-mill-at-delaware/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 explorer Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:57:38 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2481#comment-1894 The new mill at Lac La Belle was constructed some time around 1861, after the Northwest became the Pennsylvania. It also appears that my first date of 1852 was incorrect - the mill along the Montreal was built in 1859. The new mill at Lac La Belle was constructed some time around 1861, after the Northwest became the Pennsylvania. It also appears that my first date of 1852 was incorrect – the mill along the Montreal was built in 1859.

]]> By: Herb from Wisconsin http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/10/a-mill-at-delaware/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Herb from Wisconsin Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:07:43 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2481#comment-1893 These early locations are my favorites. Do we have a guesstimate date on these old Northwest/Delaware mill ruins? This site looks like it could date back to the 1850s, although it may well have newer additions, etc. built over the early ones. But it looks like early & somewhat primitive construction. What year did they stop milling rock at the mine itself and built the new stamp mill on the lake? Anyone know? The original NW mine is significant because it may be the first place evidence of prehistoric "Indian" mining was recognized. Usually that discovery is credited to Sam Knapp at the Minesota location, altho I was just going thru a notebook yesterday and found a reference that named a different guy as the discoverer of ancient mining evidence at the Minesota. These early locations are my favorites. Do we have a guesstimate date on these old Northwest/Delaware mill ruins? This site looks like it could date back to the 1850s, although it may well have newer additions, etc. built over the early ones. But it looks like early & somewhat primitive construction.

What year did they stop milling rock at the mine itself and built the new stamp mill on the lake? Anyone know?

The original NW mine is significant because it may be the first place evidence of prehistoric “Indian” mining was recognized. Usually that discovery is credited to Sam Knapp at the Minesota location, altho I was just going thru a notebook yesterday and found a reference that named a different guy as the discoverer of ancient mining evidence at the Minesota.

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