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 The upper adit to the Philips Mine partially filled in. |
Philips MineThe Philips Mine has the distinction of having been worked as an iron mine, a copper mine and a sulfur mine. It was even prospected for uranium in the 1950's but this proved not to be mineable. The mine's history is somewhat obscure but it was likely worked for iron in the early 1800's. However, due to the high sulfur content and phosphate of lime, iron mining appears to have ceased sometime before 1843. The mine seems to have been reopened for copper after the Civil War. It was later worked as a sulfur mine before reopening in 1907 again as a copper mine. The workings consist primarily of adits at two levels connecting to a water filled stope and shafts. |
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