White Pine, Michigan

White Pine, Michigan

White Pine is an unincorporated community in Ontonagon County the U.S. state of Michigan. [ [http://hunts-upguide.com/white_pine.html White Pine - Michigan's Upper Peninsula ] ]

White Pine is located at coord|46|45|14|N|89|35|03|W| [gnis|1622143] in Carp Lake Township between Bergland, Michigan and Silver City, Michigan, and east of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Copper Range Company operated a copper mine in White Pine.

It was a station on the Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul Railway. Thomas H. Wilcox, a mining engineer found mass copper in the Mineral River and formed the White Pine Copper Company to mine it. The settlement was given a post office as "White Pine Mine" in June 1915.cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | authorlink=Walter Romig | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | origyear= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | id = ISBN 0-8143-1838-X]

The White Pine ZIP code 49971 is a P.O. Box only office serving two noncontiguous areas in Carp Lake Township. [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US49971&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 49971 5-Digit ZCTA, 499 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder] , U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census.] [ [http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp USPS ZIP Code Lookup] ]

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External links

* [http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/mining/techdocs/copper/copper4.pdf Mine Site Visit: Copper Range Company White Pine Mine] . U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste, observations from EPA site visit May 5 and 6, 1992


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