Copper Mine Tours | Keweenaw Peninsula
THE PAINESDALE MINE & SHAFT. Champion #4 Shaft House in Painesdale was built in 1902 as part of the Copper Range Mining Co. mines that ran from Atlantic Mine to Painesdale, MI. Champion #4 operated for nearly 65 years before closing in 1967. Tours can be arranged to view the inside of the shaft house, hoist house, and the Captain's office.
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Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from the copper mining …
If you are fascinated by the aura of the past, the Keweenaw Peninsula is the place for you. Wander among ruins of old mines and locations that used to be teeming with excitement. In the late 1800's and early 1900's the Keweenaw Peninsula was alive with the sounds of the copper mines. The miners' picks are quiet now, the families are gone, and ...
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Once a Year, This 19th-Century Michigan Ghost Town Comes …
According to Scarlett, recent scholarship suggests the area's prehistoric residents excavated copper from shallow pits (Central itself was built on one such …
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Michigan's Copper Country
Michigan's Copper Country – CMG 92 01 - page 2 of 144 Preface Few people realize that Michigan's copper had a greater economic impact than the California Gold rush. "Michigan's Copper Country" lets you experience the excitement of the discovery and development of the copper industry. This publication is an attempt to
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About Us | Copper Country Veterinary Clinic
Copper Country Veterinary Clinic is a mixed animal veterinary practice in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We are located 3 miles outside of Houghton, MI. Our practice location is 45815 M26, Atlantic Mine, MI, 49905. This location is brand new – completed in June of 2021! Please see our gallery page to see pictures of our new facility.
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Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan | University of …
In the nineteenth century, explorers and miners discovered evidence of prehistoric copper mining in this region. They used those "ancient diggings" as a guide to establishing their …
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Gold Prospecting in Michigan: 7 Best Locations & Laws
Nestled in the Keweenaw Peninsula, this copper mine has stood out since the mid-1800s. It was the epicenter of the Copper Rush, like the Gold Rush but with more copper and less gold. ... The GPAA Lansing Chapter brings all these national resources to your doorstep in Michigan. Lost Dutchman's Mining Association (LDMA)
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6 Mine Tours To Uncover Our Past | Upper Peninsula
Cliffs Shaft Museum. Housed in the former Cliffs Shaft Mine, this Ishpeming museum tells the story of what was once one of the world's largest iron ore mines from 1867-1967. Visitors can explore the hoist house, machine shop and blacksmith shop. You'll also learn about the daily lives of the miners and their families, geology in our region and …
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Explore Upper Peninsula Mines and Mine Museums | Michigan
The Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee (9 miles west of Marquette), offers photos of everyday life in mining towns and a timeline of how mine work evolved. Outside, a trail connects the museum to the 47-mile Iron Ore Heritage Trail, which passes artwork, interpretive signs and relics of the region's mining history. Story by Gary Thompson.
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Missing: Prehistoric Michigan's Half-Billion Pounds of Copper
In Upper Michigan, the tremendous magnitude of the ancient mining's waste product(the ancient stone mauls used to separate mineral from rock) bring question just how much copper could have been removed after five hundred years, one thousand …
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Freda, Michigan
The closing of the Champion mines and the arrival of the automobile ultimately led to the demise of Freda. Based solely on the railroad system and owned by mining companies, the town quickly lost population. Freda continued to boom after 1918, but its limited market prevented any other growth away from the copper industry.
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Lost Gold of Upper Michigan
Gold had been discovered north of Ishpeming (as evidenced by the Ropes and the Michigan Fire Gold Mines) and traces of gold, copper, and silver were found on Mount …
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Douglass Houghton and the Copper Boom
By 1843, the "Copper Rush" began. Surprisingly, Michigan's copper-not California gold- was the first great mining boom in American history. Houghton continued to work as a surveyor, but he was also Detroit's …
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Keweenaw National Historical Park – Legends of America
By 1849, this area provided 96% of the entire United States copper production; from 1845 to 1887, it was the largest copper-producing region in the United States. By the late 1880s, the Keweenaw Peninsula lost its dominant position as the leading copper-producing region to mines located further west.
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Lost Copper by Wendy Rose | Goodreads
Wendy Rose. 4.11. 9 ratings1 review. Poetry collection by Wendy Rose with an introduction by N. Scott Momaday, published by the Malki Museum Press, Morongo Indian Reservation, Banning, California. Genres Poetry. 128 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1980. Book details & editions.
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How Michigan's worst mining disaster left 51 dead, most
But on Nov. 3, 1926, all but one of the 52 men working in the Barnes-Hecker Iron Mine were killed within minutes. They were trapped in a torrential flood of water, mud and quicksand in what ...
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Mysterious Minoan Miners and the Missing Michigan …
There were no artifacts used in copper mining associated with the tablet, no lost ship. The tablet was reportedly found in the middle of a field, not near the lakeshore. Seriously, there is no reason to connect the two things. ... 5000 years ago; still making them younger than the Michigan Copper mines have been active.
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Discover Michigan's Hidden Treasures: Lost Gold Mines And …
The Copper Country: Michigan's Upper Peninsula was once a major copper mining region, and many abandoned mines still exist. Some treasure hunters believe that lost caches of copper and gold are hidden in the tunnels, waiting to be discovered. However, exploring these mines can be dangerous, and many have been sealed off for safety …
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Eagle Mine | Nickel & Copper Mining in Michigan's Upper …
Eagle Mine. An underground, high-grade nickel and copper mine located in western Marquette County of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The mine is expected to produce 440 million pounds of nickel, 429 million pounds of copper, and trace amounts of other minerals over its estimated mine life (2014 – 2029). Learn More.
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Missing: 500,000 Tons of Copper
Missing: 500,000 tons of copper. A grooved maul used by ancient miners of Michigan copper ore. (S. Braker) For some 1800 years, beginning abruptly about 3000 BC, some industrious peoples mined ore equivalent to 500,000 tons of copper from Michigan's Isle Royale and Keweenaw Peninsula.
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Explore A Ghost Town And Abandoned Mine In …
Cliff Mine is a former copper mine and ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan. Google Maps. Established in 1844, solid copper was mined here ranging from 100 to 1,000 tons and the mine …
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Michigan-Copper-Mines
The Michigan Copper Mining Co. holdings consisted of 4,870 acres of mineral land, 1,466 acres of timber land and a 150 acre mill site. This included the sites and of the old Minesota, Superior and Rockland …
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Copper mining in Michigan Facts for Kids
Copper mining in the Upper Peninsula boomed, and from 1845 until 1887 (when it was exceeded by Butte, Montana) the Michigan Copper Country was the nation's leading producer of copper. In most years from 1850 through 1881, Michigan produced more than three-quarters of the nation's copper, and in 1869 produced more than 95% …
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Michigan approves $50M for Upper Peninsula copper mine …
The state of Michigan has agreed to spend $50 million to support a plan for a new copper mine near the shore of Lake Superior — despite disagreements on whether the economic benefits are worth the environmental risks.. After hearing dozens of speakers and two committee reports during the Michigan Strategic Fund meeting in Lansing, the …
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The No. 2 Quincy Shaft-Rockhouse: 9,240 Feet into the Earth …
The Keweenaw mining industry grew and the region became known for its copper. Michigan produced more copper than any other state in the U.S. when the Civil War started in 1861. At that time, almost 90% of America's copper came from Michigan and over half of Michigan's copper came from the Quincy Mine.
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Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan: The Nineteenth-Century Discovery
Author John R. Halsey, former state archaeologist of Michigan, uses mining reports, newspaper accounts, personal letters, and other sources to reconstruct what these nineteenth-century discoverers found, how they interpreted the material remains of prehistoric activity, and what they did with the stone, wood, and copper tools they …
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6 Amazing Michigan Ghost Towns
Old Victoria, Michigan. Old Victoria is a picturesque ghost town that was once a prosperous copper mining town. When copper was discovered at the site in 1860s a town quickly grew up to serve the miners. The town had hundreds of miners, a post office, a school, churches and a number of businesses.
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Cliffs and Ruins: A night and a day at the Norwich …
I had brought with me a GPS and a small, hand-drawn map. The map was copied from Joseph Papineau's fascinating and heavily en-colon-ed book, The Norwich Mine: An Historical Journey Across Time, …
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michigancopper
The earliest known copper mines in Michigan date back to at least 5,000 years ago. However, it wasn't until the mid-19th century that large-scale copper mining began in Michigan. In the early 1800s, prospectors began exploring the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which was known to contain significant deposits of copper.
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Copper mining history unearthed by Michigan state …
Copper mining history unearthed by Michigan state archaeologist. Posted Thursday, November 8, 2018 10:20 am. David Winkelstern. About the same time the …
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