Along this trail are the “ruins” of the buildings that made up the Plummer Mine Location. Each structure had a special function.
Steam power, created at the boiler House, turned the Hoisting Engine. In the early 1920’s, electricity . . . — — Map (db m45417) HM
Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park
Dedicated to the iron miners and their families who helped build the Penokee Iron Range — — Map (db m45418) HM
Between 1 to 1 1/2 million years ago sediments of slate and cherty iron carbonates were laid down on top of the granite and greenstone bedrock covering this area. Molten lava flowed over the land, seeping into the great cracks on the surface . . . — — Map (db m45414) HM
