Re: A link to Calumet and Helca

John K Wrote:
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> [en.wikipedia.org]
> ning_Company
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> This is a link to the mining company in MI...
> which was very profitable about the time the
> Calumet branch in CO came to be. I've googled the
> history of the Calumet mine, but found no link
> that Calumet and Helca in MI is linked to the
> Calumet mine served by the Calumet branch. Were
> they under the same ownership at one point???
>
> If not, it seems odd that the branch line would
> have ends named "Calumet" and "Helca Jct."


I too am wondering about this connection. On the image in the second post, it says: Map of the "Calumet and Hecla" iron mine line. I assume that is the Calumet and Hecla company that operated the copper mines at Calumet, Michigan. But in googling Calumet, CO, that connection to Michigan is unclear. Reference in Wikipedia mentions the Calumet Coal mine at Calumet, CO, and not an iron mine. It seems that I have heard of Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Co. operating mines in the West.