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Alabastine Mine
	Alabastine Mine office
Location
	Alabastine Mine
Location	Wyoming
State	Michigan
Country	United States
Coordinates	42°56′29″N 85°42′02.12″W / 42.94139°N 85.7005889°W
Production
Products	Gypsum
History
Opened	1907
Owner
Website	http://naturalstorage.com/

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The Alabastine Mine is an underground gypsum mine in Wyoming, Michigan, originally dug by hand in 1907. The mine once included an underground stable for the mules used to haul the gypsum.^[1]

Plaster production

The gypsum from this mine was used to manufacture plaster, both for exterior use as stucco and for a tinted interior wall covering known as 'alabastine'.

Use as a Fallout Shelter

New access elevators to the mine were constructed in order to convert the mine to a storage area. Parts of the mine served as a Cold War fallout shelter.

Storage Facility

Since 1957, the mine has been operated by Michigan Natural Storage as a storage facility. It leases space to a firm that provides microfilm records storage for many Michigan courthouses.^[2]

References

^ "Alabastine Mine, Kent Co., Michigan, USA". Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ Vande Bunte, Matt. "Photos: Rare tour of underground record keeping center in Wyoming". Grand Rapids Press. m-live. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

External links

[1] "Alabastine Mine, Kent Co., Michigan, USA". Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[2] Vande Bunte, Matt. "Photos: Rare tour of underground record keeping center in Wyoming". Grand Rapids Press. m-live. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

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 The '''Alabastine Mine''' is an underground [[gypsum]] mine in [[Wyoming, Michigan]], originally dug by hand in 1907. The mine once included an underground stable for the mules used to haul the gypsum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-127051.html |title=Alabastine Mine, Kent Co., Michigan, USA
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+ |access-date=1 February 2011}}
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 ==Use as a Fallout Shelter==
-New access elevators to the mine were constructed in to convert the mine to a storage area. Parts of the mine served as a [[Cold War]] [[fallout shelter.]]
+New access elevators to the mine were constructed in order to convert the mine to a storage area. Parts of the mine served as a [[Cold War]] [[fallout shelter.]]
 ==Storage Facility==
-Since 1957, the mine has been operated by Michigan Natural Storage as a storage facility. It leases space to a firm that provides [[microfilm]] records storage for many Michigan courthouses.<ref>{{cite news |author= |first=Matt |last= Vande Bunte|authorlink= |url=http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/08/photos_rare_tour_of_undergroun.html
+Since 1957, the mine has been operated by Michigan Natural Storage as a storage facility. It leases space to a firm that provides [[microfilm]] records storage for many Michigan courthouses.<ref>{{cite news |first=Matt |last= Vande Bunte|url=http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/08/photos_rare_tour_of_undergroun.html
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+|agency=m-live |newspaper= Grand Rapids Press|access-date= 5 February 2011 |title=Photos: Rare tour of underground record keeping center in Wyoming
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 ==External links==
-* [http://woodtv.triton.net/news/gypsummines/mineinventory.pdf Kent County Inventory of Underground Mines ]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223124/http://woodtv.triton.net/news/gypsummines/mineinventory.pdf Kent County Inventory of Underground Mines ]
 * [http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/pdf/2010/eastern/abstracts/ndx_ringerwol.pdf Mapping the Michigan Natural Storage Gypsum Mine Using a Geological Information System ]
 * [http://www.sauktown.com/field10Alabastine.htm Alabastine Mine (with photos) ]
-* [http://kent.migenweb.net/baxter1891/38gypsum.html CHAPTER XXXVIII: GYPSUM AND PLASTER OF PARIS. - Baxter, Albert, ''History of the City of Grand Rapids'', New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891. (Name Index)]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008130014/http://kent.migenweb.net/baxter1891/38gypsum.html CHAPTER XXXVIII: GYPSUM AND PLASTER OF PARIS. - Baxter, Albert, ''History of the City of Grand Rapids'', New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891. (Name Index)]
 [[Category:Underground mines in the United States]]
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 [[Category:Grand Rapids metropolitan area]]
 [[Category:Mines in Michigan]]
+[[Category:1907 establishments in Michigan]]