Allouez Mill

13
Aug

Red Sands

It was 1869 that the Allouez Mine began operations atop Bumbletown Hill, sinking a trio of shafts into what would become known as the Allouez Conglomerate bed. With the mine came a need for a mill, and the company turned to the nearest source of water it could find: the Hills Creek. This creek tumbled down from atop Bumbletown Hill and the Calumet Plateau and made its way down into a deep valley before emptying into the lake. It was at the head of that valley that the Allouez constructed a three-head stamp mill, and a short-line railroad (The Allouez Railroad) was built connecting the mill to the shafts atop the hill.

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