Tamarack mine

Tamarack mine is a copper mine located in Osceola Township, Houghton County, north of Calumet, Michigan. The first shaft was started in 1882 and five shafts were eventually mined.^[1] In 1966 seven-year-old Ruth Ann Miller fell into shaft #4 and a rescue was impossible.^[2]

Miners pose with lunch pails in hand on a mine rock pile outside of the Tamarack mineshaft #5.

See also

• Copper mining in Michigan
• List of Copper Country mines