Quarries

10
Jun

Sandstone Quarries of the Keweenaw (p1)

Sandstone cliffs near Jacobsville

While the Keweenaw may be best known for its vast treasures of red metal, it was also once briefly home to yet another mining boom – in sandstone. It was in 1861 that a man by the name of George Craig first discovered the peninsula’s stone riches as he travelled along the Superior shore near the mouth of the Portage River. The son of a prominent English quarry operator, Craig knew top quality sandstone when he saw it exposed in sheer cliffs along the shore.

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12
Jun

Sandstone Quarries of the Keweenaw (p2)

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The Kerber-Jacobs Redstone Quarry

John Jacobs received a healthy pay check from the sale of his interests in the Portage Entry Quarries, money he subsequently turned towards the establishment of yet another Keweenaw quarry. The year was 1892 and the sandstone market was at its prime. Jacobs – along with a group of Marquette investors – bought up some 400 acres a mile northeast of the town that shared his name. The company was the Kerber-Jacobs Redstone Company.

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