Plummer Mine Headframe

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Plummer Mine Headframe
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Plummer Mine Headframe
Location0.25 mi. W of jct. of Plummer Mine Rd. and WI 77, Pence, Wisconsin
Coordinates 46°24′25″N90°17′31″W / 46.40694°N 90.29194°W / 46.40694; -90.29194 (Plummer Mine Headframe) Coordinates: 46°24′25″N90°17′31″W / 46.40694°N 90.29194°W / 46.40694; -90.29194 (Plummer Mine Headframe)
Area12.6 acres (5.1 ha)
NRHP reference # 97001141 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 1997

The Plummer Mine Headframe is located in Pence, Wisconsin. [2]

Pence, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

Pence is a town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 198 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Pence is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Germania is also located in the town.

History

The headframe was operated from 1904 to 1924. It belonged to an iron mine.

Headframe structural frame above an underground mine shaft

A headframe is the structural frame above an underground mine shaft.

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Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust. Its abundance in rocky planets like Earth is due to its abundant production by fusion in high-mass stars, where it is the last element to be produced with release of energy before the violent collapse of a supernova, which scatters the iron into space.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Plummer Mine Headframe". Travel Wisconsin. Retrieved 2018-10-03.