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Crumbling Mine Building

Date: 1909
Description: A deteriorating mining building seen from across a field.
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: View of the large abandoned furnace complex, left, company store, far right, and blacksmith shop behind the company store, on the site of the Jackson Iron ...
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Old Hotel

Date: 02 1925
Description: Workers' houses stand in front of the Fayette Tourists Lodge. After the Jackson Iron Company left in 1891, Fayette became a tourist destination and is now ...
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View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned Jackson Iron Company furnace complex at Fayette, on the shore of Snail Shell Harbor. Lake Michigan is in the background.
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Dolomite Cliffs

Date: 02 1925
Description: Dolomite cliffs along Snail Shell Harbor are seen in the background between the ruined buildings of the company store, left, and the machine shop on the gr...
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Zinc Mine

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the tailings pile, on the left, and on the right, the shaft house of an abandoned mine. The shaft house has been sided with corrugated metal pane...

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