Last updated: May 20, 2021
Place
Quincy #2 Shaft Rockhouse
NPS Photo - Nathan Miller
Quick Facts
Location:
Hancock, MI
Significance:
Contributing Structure to the Quincy Mining Company National Historic Landmark District
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Amenities
4 listed
Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV
A part of one of the Keweenaw’s most profitable and long-lasting copper mines, the No. 2 Shafthouse stands over the shaft where men would go underground to work and where copper-bearing rock was brought up from below. One of several mine shafts at the Quincy location, the #2 was the longest, extending over 9,000 feet along the angle and reaching an overall depth of 6,225 feet below the surface. Men mining on the 92nd level would have spent their entire 8-hour shift working more than a mile underground in 90-degree heat. Over time without use the shafthouse severely rusted, leading it to be resided in the mid-1980s - an early preservation effort by the Quincy Mine Hoist Association.