 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | https://archive.org/details/copperitsminingu0000west • Copper: Its Mining and Use by the . Aborigines of the...Superior Region Report of the McDonald-Massee Isle Royale Expedition 1928 By Geo. A. West Introduction...of copper rnining techniques, particularly as practiced by the prehistoric Indians on Isle Royale, ~Iichigan...importanc:e of these early miners and fabricators of copper of the Upper Great Lakes Region is recognized in...their time and culture, the Old Copper Indians. An expedition to Isle Royale in 1928 provided data which |  | | Book | | • s TH£ MICHI6AN COPPER COUNTRY SCALE IN MILES 0 s 20 10 ,,,.. BOOM COPPER "--'.',.,,~if,.~...fifties, still work the mile-deep stopes of the Quincy Mine. One of the oldest mines on the North American continent...provided livelihood for so many generations. l BOOM COPPER ..•.....•........................................interest in the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN • 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM...written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Copper Country Edition • 1964 This edition was published |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | PREHISTORIC COPPER MINING IN ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, MICHIGAN by Tyler Johnson Pastian Thom~s...INTERPRETATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . • • 9 THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS . • THE NATURAL SETTING • • • •...PREHISTORIC COPPER MINES . . . . ' . . . 20 • • • 32 OTHER ARTIFACTS FROM ISLE ROYALE . . . . .... . 39 HISTORIC ACCOUNTS OF ABORIGINAL COPPER MINING IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION · . • • • 43 ...portion of the data available on one aspect of Isle Royale archeology . A mor·e comprehensive report is |  | | Journal (issue) | | cameo blank was so marked that the artist could not usa it in the regular course of his work, he would throw...ballast. The numerous specimens termed Brighton, Isle of Wight, Aberystwith, and Irish pebbles, as well...ardent mineral collector, we camped in a tourist park at Two Harbors, Minn., about 25 miles northeast...those much-desired pebbles were found. Leaving the park area, we strolled along the beach and it was not...route and entered the Michigan side of Lake Superior. On the beach at Essay Park, about two miles south |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Report (issue) | | Michigan’s Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents.......................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ............................................................ 6 Europeans Come to the Copper Country .........................................Ontonagon Copper Boulder ............................................................... 18 The Copper Rush...Michigan’s Copper Country – CMG 92 01 - page 1 of 144 Preface Few people realize that Michigan's copper had |  | | Book | | GRAVE Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines LARRY LANKTON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS New...life, work, and death at p.cm. the Lake Superior copper mines./ Larry Lankton. Includes bibliographical...(pap) 1. Copper industry and trade—Michigan—Keweenaw Peninsula—History. 2. Copper miners—Michigan—Keweenaw...¥ mS Preface It is quite possible that the Keweenaw was in the long run the most profitable of any...Perhaps the reason for its lack of fame outside Michigan itself is that its annals, like those of happy |  | | Report (issue) | | STATES GEOLOaiCAL SURVEY CLARENCE KING DIRECTOR THE COPPER-BEAEING ROOKS LAKE SUPERIOR Bv ROLAND IDXJER...ilhistrations of Prof Roland D. Irving's memoir on the Copper-Bearing Rocks of Lake Superior. Very respectfully...herewith the manuscript of my memoir on the Copper- Bearing or Keweenawan Rocks of Lake Superior...Extent and General Nature of the Keweenaw Series Lithology of the Keweenaw Series Section I. Basic Original...III. Summary View of the Original Rocks of the Keweenaw Series Section IV. Detrital Rocks Chapter IV. |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (edition) | | ~ ele Or WHITMAN COLLEGE LIBRARY GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS PENROSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Whitman College...Class of 1957 25th ~ Reunion Fund GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS Third Edition Ann G. Harris Youngstown...eastern tip of Anacapa Islands in Channel Islands National Park, California. The bedrock is volcanic. Photograph...Photograph courtesy Channel Islands National Park Collection. The drawings by Genevieve Shimer on pages 1...475, and 497 are maps of the national parks from A Guide to the National Parks—Their Landscape and Geology |  | | Book (volume) | | 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Special acknowledgment is due the United States National Museum, in particular to Dr. George Switzer, for...Photographs and information on the Petrified Forest National Monument were supplied by Fred C. Fagergren, Superintendent...respect to Isle Royale National Park were rendered by Superintendent John G. Lewis and Park Historian...Historian Lloyd Abelson in the case of Pipestone National Monument. Information on gems and gemstones in the American |  | | Book | | Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...time when Neolithic man was picking up gold and copper nuggets to be hammered into ornaments ( 20,000-14...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...territorial legislature and created the Petrified Forest National Monument to preserve the area from further destruction...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel |  | | Book (edition) | | Minor time divisions are not included except for national parks where the terms significance. Adapted from...President, Director of National Book Program Alfred C. Grisanti Assistant Director of National Book Program Paul...Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii U.S. National Parks Location Map xiv Part | ScENERY DEVELOPED...The Geologic View of Time 5 1. Grand Canyon National Park Geologic Features 10 Box 1.1 How Rocks Are...CLASSIFIED Geologic History 5. Canyonlands National Park 7 13 19 Box 1.2 AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGIC |  | | Journal (volume) | | ns er ,.. PAGE Boston Mining Fluctuatio Adventure Mine 66 , for Octob 550 “ November, Alabama, Mineral...Wealth of ................ 96 Bowden Copper Mine .. Algomah Mine.... with Cumberla 73 Brick Burning 66...Coal....... 66 552 Algomah Mine, Alkali Trade. Connec Bristol Coppe Mine, 351 ticut.......... r Altitudes...Region Top Coal 186 Aluminum .. 233 Bruce Mine... Amadore Company Mine, California ....... 184 Burnett Stone...Report...... 204 319 AnthraCGcite Coal 91 Cabarrus Mine.. 66 Trade for 1854. 209 California Gold Fields |  | | Report (volume) | | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...concerning the State. C. M. Burton, Michigan Historical Society, Detroit, Michigan, for assistance in collecting...Historical Library, Helena, Montana, for data concerning county and town names in the State. Eugene Howell, by...counties. Nearly all the information concerning county names in this State was furnished by him. John...connection with the State names. Complete lists of county and town names were sent by him, and information |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ......................... Granite of northern Michigan and Wisconsin.......................................................................... Presque Isle area..............................................1445 Map of Marquette and associated areas of Michigan.......................................... 1446...Wisconsin. The studies in Wisconsin and northern Michigan were conducted by Marsden and Tyler of the University...central Minnesota, and across Wisconsin and northern Michigan, and from the complex series of Keweenawan igneous |  | | Report (volume) | | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...Connecticut. C. M. Burton, Michigan Historical Society, Detroit, Michigan, for assistance in collecting |  | | Report (issue) | | MINISTER; CHARLES CAMSELL, DEPUTY ~1INISTER NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA W. H. COLLINS, ACTING DIRECTOR...Annual Report for 1929 CONTENTS PAGJI I or Ta. NATIONAL MuSEu11 OJ> CAN ~DA: W. H. COLi.INS .... . . ...\1INISTERj CHARLES CAMSRLL, DEPUTY MINISTER NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA w. H. I COLLINS, ACTING DIRECTOR...1929 CONTENTS PAGJ!l GENERAL ACTfV1TIE8 OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA: W. H. CoLLINS . .. . .........PETERBOROUGH, ONT ARlO • GENERAL ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA By W. H . Collins, Acting Director |  | | Book | | Deputy Minister of Mines of Ontario says . . . "MINE-FINDERS” is one of the most inter¬ esting surveys...comparatively favourable financial position today. "MINE-FINDERS” is the History and Romance of Canada’s...Grenville Street, Toronto, Canada. Price $3.00 MINE-FINDERS THE HISTORY AND ROMANCE OF CANADIAN MINERAL...and in the end,—a New Continent, a few beads of copper from the savages, and vaults of worthless muck...a New Nation. Such was the fate of the gold and copper wealth of New France which, sought after at the |
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