MI Ghost Camps

[surfin]

Hey,
I'm up here in Norther MI and I was planning on hitting some of the old timber camps from the 1800's. I am lucky enough to work with a forester who every time we drive through the woods points the old Timber camps & timber railroads out to me. I think that I could walk over them 1000 times without finding one but with his help I have located about 20 camps and sites so far.

Does anyone have any knowledge of the old timber industry up here? I am sure the relics will be plentiful but what I want to know is how these guys were paid. Im sure they had to have camp stores and stuff like that but I didnt know what to expect in the way of old coinage.

Any thoughts on the subject are welcomed. Thanx

 

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[Greg-in-MI]

Most of the local libraries have old atlas's showing lumber camps, make sure you are hunting on private land and not federal forest or state land. An incident occured last summer around Mesic, MI a couple of people had dug up a old farm on federal property and stirred up a hornets nest up here in the great north

 

[Mich. Wolverine]

The lumberjacks were paid after the season was over. I have hunted a few and it rare to find coins at them. Some of the camps were used by hunters after they were abandoned so there is always a chance to find a coin or two. If your intrest is in iron logging relics you'll find some of them. A guy from Michigan call lumbercamp would be the guy to ask. P.M. him, he might give you some info.

Wolverine.

 

[timbobwey]

U guys ever hunt in southern michigan?