Hurley in Iron County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

This 5 ½ Foot Diameter Drill Core

This 5 1/2 Foot Diameter Drill Core Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul F, September 22, 2010

1. This 5 1/2 Foot Diameter Drill Core Marker

Inscription. This 5 ½ foot diameter drill core came from the Cary Mine shaft from a depth of 2400 feet below the surface. The shaft was drilled during the period 1942-44 from surface to the 31st level and was later enlarged to its full size of 13X21 feet. Through the shaft, men, supplies and iron ore are transported between surface and the underground levels.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 46° 26.765′ N, 90° 10.964′ W. Marker is in Hurley, Wisconsin, in Iron County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 51 and 3rd Avenue South on U.S. 51. Marker located in the triangle intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hurley WI 54534, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wisconsin’s Copper Country

and on the North Shore. It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Worldwide Daffodil Project (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Penokee Iron Range Trail – Historic Iron County Courthouse (about 700 feet away); Leon Lawrence Lewis / The Jewish Community of the Gogebic Range (about 700 feet away); Italians on the Gogebic Iron Range (approx. 0.9 miles away in Michigan); Ironwood City Hall (approx. 0.9 miles away in Michigan); Miners Memorial Heritage Park

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(approx. one mile away in Michigan); Commemorating the Iron Ore Industry (approx. one mile away in Michigan); Hiawatha (approx. one mile away in Michigan). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hurley.

Also see . . . Wisconsin Mines. Interesting historic photos of Wisconsin Mines. (Submitted on October 17, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin.)

5 1/2 Foot Diameter Drill Core image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul F, September 22, 2010

2. 5 1/2 Foot Diameter Drill Core

Photographed by Paul F, September 22, 2010

3. 5 1/2 Foot Diameter Drill Core

with Blue Star Memorial Highway marker in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,514 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 11, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.