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GeneralUndecipherable Michigan Copper Label

24th Aug 2015 01:28 UTCSteve Hardinger 🌟 Expert

Any guesses as to the mine name on this label? (Yes, I can read 'Copper Michigan'.)

24th Aug 2015 02:20 UTCDoug Daniels

Take it to your local pharmacy - they can decipher what the doctor writes......

24th Aug 2015 03:16 UTCTravis Olds Expert

Reminds me of "Champion Mine." Or with some more beer, "Cherokee." If the first mark is an unclosed parentheses... :-S It may not be of much help but what does the accompanying sample look like?

24th Aug 2015 03:16 UTCBob Harman

STEVE, Sort of looks like "MISSOURI MINE" Is there such a named mine up there?? CHEERS…..BOB

24th Aug 2015 05:39 UTCJames Pool

Possibly Kennesaw Peninsula Michigan?

24th Aug 2015 12:21 UTCSusan Robinson

There is a distinct written difference between the capital "M" in Michigan and the assumed "M" in the two words below. We consulted the MR issue of the Copper Country, and none of the mine names come close to what is scrawled on the label.

24th Aug 2015 16:48 UTCHolger Hartmaier 🌟

This link may help:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Copper_Country_mines

25th Aug 2015 01:33 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

To me, it almost looks like a "w" on the end of the longer word. There was a Saginaw Mine on Isle Royale but I don't see any evidence that the first letter is an "S". There was no Missouri Mine, and surely it isn't "Kennesaw" Peninsula. I can almost see it being Minesota, but then where is the "t"?

Maybe a photo of the specimen might help? :-S

25th Aug 2015 01:52 UTCSteve Hardinger 🌟 Expert

As for a photo, the specimen is about a generic as a Michigan copper can get. The lack of a precise locality won't cost me any sleep.

25th Aug 2015 03:22 UTCSusan Robinson

What if the indecipherable info is actually a person's name?

25th Aug 2015 03:57 UTCHolger Hartmaier 🌟

There is also a rock unit called the "Greenstone Flow". Or- it could be the name of a dealer or the person it was obtained from. Try a search of Michigan place names as well. Perhaps it is not a mine name at all.

25th Aug 2015 04:17 UTCDana Slaughter 🌟 Expert

Hi Paul,

I first thought Minesota but couldn't rationalize it due to the missing "t"---it is baffling!

25th Aug 2015 19:15 UTCKeith A. Peregrine

A Copper Country friend suggested the Nonesuch Mine.

25th Aug 2015 19:55 UTCMatt Courville

Nonesuch Mine seems to match the hieroglyphics quite well. The lack of height on the h is just word-end-laziness syndrome;) Funny how the author felt the need to use fancy loops on the beginning of the words, and then scribble the rest.

26th Aug 2015 04:12 UTCKeith A. Peregrine

When I'm tired, I sometimes do the same thing.

27th Aug 2015 01:10 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

I too had thought maybe Nonesuch as well.

Steve has already stated that the specimen is pretty generic, so it might be a case where the label is worth more than the specimen itself. :-D

27th Aug 2015 01:58 UTCSusan Robinson

My first guess was Nonesuch, too.

Susan R.

27th Aug 2015 02:35 UTCDavid K. Joyce Expert

Oh for Heaven's sake! It is the Speresome Mine in Meihign!

David K Joyce

27th Aug 2015 03:01 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

It's "coffee", not copper!

27th Aug 2015 05:34 UTCD Mike Reinke

It is amazing how Mindat threads can go from serious to hilarious so quickly.

27th Aug 2015 13:07 UTCMatt Courville

coffee

munchies

......it's probably a grocery list for field collecting! :-D

27th Aug 2015 15:09 UTCSteven M Smith SR.

Well, my first impression is Kearsarge, that is how my writing would look.

27th Aug 2015 15:12 UTCSteven M Smith SR.

Hmmm, if that is like my writing, it could be Kearsarge. Good luck on that one.

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