The Quincy Smelter, also known as the Quincy Smelting Works, is a former copper smelter located on the north side of the Keweenaw Waterway in Ripley, Michigan. It is a contributing property of the Quincy Mining Company Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.
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We visited the Quincy Mine for the first time last year. Our tour guide Eli had suggested if we ever came back to make sure we visit the Smelter. I'm glad we came back and took his advice.
First a warning. You'll be touring an industrial sight. It's old, in disrepair (they're working on that, but it's a huge place!), and can be musty. All that aside this tour is a gem.
If you're in this area find the time to visit this site. I think our guide was Cindy ( I hope that's right! lol). She told a compelling narrative as we toured this facility. To hear how they smelted the ore and to see the facility was amazing. This place first started functioning in the late 1800's and operated until 1971. What an amazing history.
It appears the Smelter association is working on restoring ( as best as can be done in a facility this old and as big as it is) this place, and expanding the tours. Good support this great site and hear about the rich history of the place. You won't be...
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First and foremost, this Google maps location is NOT the Smelting Works.... This location is the above ground mining camp and world area and where one signs up to take the underground tour of the old mine. The Smelting Works is down on Water St. Next to the canal in town. The tour is great and very helpful understanding the history and how everything worked back in the day. It is just over an hour long and the kid we had from the local tech college was fantastic; so good to only be a freshman. He had a real passion for the mine and his family history of...
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Very interesting tour! Rita, the tour guide, missed her true calling as a theater performer. Her dramatic motions and voice intonations really added something to her shtick. If she warned us about the extension cords on the floor one more time, I was going to take one and hang myself from the roof trusses. I felt that Rita rushed the group through the site too fast. I would have liked to spend more time in the buildings to really study the artifacts and...
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