“The Allouez mine takes many forms. It is in fact three different mines in one, working three completely different lodes. First there was the original mine which worked the Allouez Conglomerate lode starting in 1869 (usually referred to the “Old Allouez”). These three shafts sit between the town of Allouez and Bumbletown hill. This was followed in 1905 by the opening of shafts along the Kearsarge Amygdaloid lode across the highway. These shafts are the “New Allouez” and a town of the same name was erected nearby. The third and final Allouez was a single shaft opened by C&H in 1943 working the unique Houghton Conglomerate Lode just behind New Allouez. This shaft was known as the Allouez-Douglas…”