Abandoned Mining Towns In The Upper Peninsula Of Michigan
While Upper Michigan still has so much to offer much of its industry has ceased to exist. Starting in the mid-1800 s mining was the main industry of Upper Michigan. Upper Michigan had an abundance of copper and other minerals. Stamp Mills began popping up all over Upper Michigan.
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While Upper Michigan still has so much to offer much of its industry has ceased to exist. Starting in the mid-1800 s mining was the main industry of Upper Michigan. Upper Michigan had an abundance of copper and other minerals. Stamp Mills began popping up all over Upper Michigan.
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One noteworthy area is the Ropes Gold Mine north of Ishpeming in Michigan s Upper Peninsula. In 1881 Julius Ropes discovered gold in some rock outcroppings there and formed the Ropes Gold and Silver Company to expand works on his new discovery. Gold mining continued for decades changing hands numerous times until it was closed in 1991.
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Oct 09 2012 · In his 1879 text entitled Ancient Copper Mines of Lake Superior John Jacob Houghton relates beginning on page 141 On the south shore of Lake Superior the works of the ancient miners extend over a district of country comprising what is known as the Trap Range having a length of one hundred and fifty miles through Keweenaw Houghton and Ontonagon Counties Michigan with a
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Michigan has 1 853 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Michigan mines are Iron Copper and Silver .At the time these mines were surveyed 215 mines in Michigan were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop shallow pit or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine. 1 Michigan has 783 prospect mines. 2 818 mines were in
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Jul 24 2017 · The mine was the first Michigan copper mine to switch from fissure mining to amygdaloid mining when the recently discovered Pewabic amygdaloid lode was found to cross Quincy property in 1856. High-grade fissure veins contained large pure masses of copper but the masses could take days or even months to extract at high cost.
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Pieces of the "native" Michigan copper sometimes have crystals of silver inclusions mechanically enclosed but not alloyed this is called "halfbreed copper". In the commercial mines the miners are said to have cut these silver nodules off with knives and take them home. The presence of silver nodules in "Old Copper Culture" tools
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Apr 02 2019 · According to "Michigan Gold Mining in the Upper Peninsula" by author Daniel Fountain more than 40 gold mines and prospects developed in the
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In 1899 the Minesota Mine properties were taken over by the Michigan Copper Mining Co. when it incorporated in January of that year. 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 mines.
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One noteworthy area is the Ropes Gold Mine north of Ishpeming in Michigan s Upper Peninsula. In 1881 Julius Ropes discovered gold in some rock outcroppings there and formed the Ropes Gold and Silver Company to expand works on his new discovery. Gold mining continued for decades changing hands numerous times until it was closed in 1991.
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The old Cliff Mine site is located just south of Phoenix off US-41 on the Cliff Drive. The Cliff Mine was 1 080 feet deep and produced 825 tons of copper in 1875. The town was settled around 1844
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Apr 18 2014 · A value in 1898 dollars of 550 million. Yet beneath each and every modern copper mine was an ancient pit mine. The Old Copper Culture and it s trade partners established a precedent worthy of continuing inquiry. Research of the historical accounts from modern times many originating late in the 1800s yields a summary and cross-reference.
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Department of Environment Great Lakes EnergyThe DEQ has responsibility for issuing permits to engage in the mining of metallic mineral deposits in Michigan under authority of Part 631 Michigan Mine Reclamation Regulations of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act 1994 PA 451 as amended.
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A few of the old mining houses are used by summer residents. Recapture the aura of the mining era when copper was king by walking or driving through some of these ghost locations. Conditions in the late 1800 s and early 1900 s were tough and these men women and children were strong and courageous.
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Nov 28 2019 · The Upper Peninsula grew rich from iron and copper mining in the 1800s. But as the mining industry went bust thanks to depletion or economic downturns the jobs and the money vanished.
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MICHIGAN S COPPER DEPOSITS AND MINING. The first mineral boom in the United States occurred in 1843 when people from all over the continent began to chase the copper silver and iron of Michigan s upper peninsula. These mines were in commercial operation for more than a hundred years.
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One noteworthy area is the Ropes Gold Mine north of Ishpeming in Michigan s Upper Peninsula. In 1881 Julius Ropes discovered gold in some rock outcroppings there and formed the Ropes Gold and Silver Company to expand works on his new discovery. Gold mining continued for decades changing hands numerous times until it was closed in 1991.
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Most of these copper mines in Michigan s Upper peninsula are not that deep in order to maintain enough heat for the exception of the C/H mines in Calumet the red jacket shaft comes to mine 4900 feet it was around 92.f before it was connected by two other tunnels #4 Calumet n south hecla #12 those two tunnels lowered the temperature down to
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Dec 08 2016 · 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
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Michigan was the first major copper mining region in the United States. Copper was shipped in various forms including ingots barreled stampings and large masses of ore. The array of uses included sheathing for ship bottoms boiler plates for locomotives spikes tubing wiring coins and even buttons.
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In 1899 the Minesota Mine properties were taken over by the Michigan Copper Mining Co. when it incorporated in January of that year. 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 mines.
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Dec 18 2018 · Timeline of Michigan Copper Mining Prehistory to 1850. Though the company produced little copper it was the first serious American mining attempt. Sale of copper wire leaps after the message "What hath God wrought" is sent by telegraph from Washington to Baltimore on May 24th ushering in the electronic communication era. By 1846 iron
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