Cliffs Shaft Mine

This is the "C" shaft at Cliffs Shaft Mine in Ishpeming. The guy in the lower left corner--I think his name's John--is a retired Cleveland Cliffs engineer who now volunteers at the museum. An interesting and informative guide, I must say.

The tour's basically of the surface workings, which are better-preserved but less interesting than at Painesdale, and (far) more compact than those at Calumet. All the transportation periphernalia is gone, and much of the equipment went elsewhere when the mine closed. The main buildings remain.

Joan and I were the entire tour group. Never took a mine tour with a group of two, before.