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Title
Chapin Mine pit
Creator
Nelson, Nels M.

Institution
Dickinson County Library

Subject
Mines and mineral resources

Subject
Mine shafts

Item Number
AF01a143

Relation
Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3

Description
Postcard view of the Chapin cave-in or pit, looking northeast from the Ludington Shaft area. Over 4,000,000 tons of iron ore had been extracted, making the cave-in or pit so immense. ""10. Chapin Cave. Iron Mountain, Mich.; Nelson's Photo"" is printed on the Photograph.

Chapin Mine pit

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