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13-oz. nugget of native copper, Keweenaw County, Michigan.Size 9.5 x 8.6 x 1.7 cm. Native copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan about 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) long. Copper Country is highly unusual among mining districts in that the copper mined was predominantly in its elemental ("native") form, rather than in the form of compounds (mostly oxides and sulfides) that form the basis of the ...
Part of the greater landmass of the Upper Peninsula, the Keweenaw Peninsula projects about 65 miles (105 km) northeasterly into Lake Superior, forming Keweenaw Bay. The peninsula is part of Michigan's Copper Country region, as the region was home to the first major copper mining boom in the United States. Copper mining was active in this region ...
Hanover mine - Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County; Hays mine (originally the Pittsburg and Boston mine) - Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County; Haytown mine (originally the Pittsburg and Isle Royale mine) - Haytown, Isle Royale, Keweenaw County; Hecla mine - Hecla location, Houghton County; Hilton mine (originally the Ohio mine) - Greenland
Copper knife, spearpoints, awls, and spade made from copper deposits mined by Native Americans in Wisconsin from the Late Archaic period, 3000 BC-1000 BC.. Native Americans were the first to mine and work the copper of Lake Superior and the Keweenaw Peninsula of northern Michigan between 5000 BCE and 1200 BCE.
The Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad was an American, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated in the Keweenaw Peninsula, or the extreme northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The line was owned by the Conglomerate Mining Company and ran between a stamp mill at Lac La Belle and the Delaware copper mine from 1883 to 1888, when poor ...
Laurium (/ ˈ l ɔː r i ə m /; LAW-ri-um or / ˈ l eɪ r i ə m / LAIR-i-um) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The population was 1,977 at the 2010 census. The village is mostly surrounded by Calumet Township, with a small portion bordering Schoolcraft ...
The county is part of Michigan's Copper Country region, an area where copper mining was prevalent from the 1840s to the 1960s. Polished native copper nugget from Keweenaw County. Keweenaw County copper mines were important producers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [5] Haven Falls, on Haven Creek near Lac La Belle
The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company (C&H) was the single largest copper mining company in the Copper Country of northwest Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.One of the longest strikes in the Copper Country occurred in 1913 and included all the C&H mines.