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Michigan Technological University began as the Michigan Mining School in Houghton in 1885 Established by the state of Michigan to train mining engineers to better operate the local copper mines the school started with four faculty members and 23 students on the second floor of a building on Montezuma Avenue in Houghton
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Michigan Mining School and Michigan College of Mines The Upper Peninsula of Michigan was home to one of the United States great metal mining booms in the late 1800s Starting around 1850 native copper metal was mined and in the 1880s and 1890s the activities grew to truly massive proportions fed by the nation s demand for electrical wiring
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Northern Michigan University yearbooks also available 8 Marquette County Telephone Directories Alphabetical listing of names by communities from 1914 to the present 9 Iron Mine Records Inspector of the Mines reports from 1889 to the 1970 s Index of mining fatalities in Marquette County by name date and mine beginning in the 1860 s
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It is estimated that half a billion pounds of copper were mined in tens of thousands of pits on Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan by ancient miners over a period of a thousand years Carbon dating of wood timbers in the pits has dated the mining to start about 2450 BC and end abruptly at 1200 BC
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Mining History Mine Shafts of Michigan Part 3 The Gogebic Mineral Range is located in the western Upper Peninsula and extends into neighboring Wisconsin The iron mines in this range were among the deepest underground iron mines developed in the country In 1906 the Norrie mine was considered the greatest iron mine in the world
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Loosely translated as strength of will and courage in the face of adversity the Finnish word SISU encapsulates the spirit of the Ironwood community The ethos of sisu is evident in the stories of Ironwood s past from its early days as a mining town to World War I where Ironwood residents gave their lives in service to this country
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Mining in Michigan The Department of EGLE Oil Gas and Minerals Division OGMD regulates several mining industries in Michigan including metallic mining native copper mining sand dune mining and coal mining The OGMD enforces regulations which address issues such as transportation storage treatment and disposal of ore waste rock
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In 1900 Bay and Saginaw mines produced almost 800 000 tons while Jackson mined a meager 23 317 tons only 3 percent of the state s output Coal mining in Michigan reached its zenith in 1907 see chart below The state produced 2 million tons in that one year compared to million tons during the entire previous century
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The first permanent European settlement in Michigan was founded in 1668 at Sault Ste Marie by Jacques Marquette a French missionary The French built several trading posts forts and villages in Michigan during the late 17th century Among them the most important was Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit in 1701 it became the city of Detroit
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JILL COLVIN NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is renewing attention to his long history of turning a blind eye to bigotry after dining with a Holocaust denying white nationalist and the
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To search this digital book A history of the northern peninsula of Michigan and its people its mining lumber and agricultural industries Volume I scroll to the bottom right of the book and click on the magnifying glass image You can also go to the next page go to a specific page and increase to full screen size at the bottom of the book
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The outside ruins are also really neat but since most of it is roped off you ll have to enjoy from the perimeter 4 Adventure Mining Company 210 Mines By sweberman friendly and knowledgeable about the commercial history of the mine how the miners worked and geology of the mine 5 Chapin Mine Pit
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Open File Report Gold in Michigan Page 4 of 34 MINERAL STATISTICS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN FOR 1884 p 9 11 Marquette Mining Journal Publishing House
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Timeline of Ishpeming 10 000 Years Ago The last of the great continental ice sheets recedes from the Upper Peninsula 8 000 Years Ago Paleo Indians at Deer Lake Ishpeming 1671 Father Jacques Marquette explores the Lake Superior shoreline near present city of Marquette 1845 Dr Douglass Houghton made a geological survey of the
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A Brief History of Mining in Michigan s Marquette and Menominee Iron A Brief History of Mining in Michigan s Marquette and Menominee Iron Ranges The Upper Peninsula of Michigan the as the locals call it has been blessed with a wealth of mineral resources The Native Americans were the earliest miners using float copper left
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Michigan s economy originally based on small scale agriculture became dependent on lumbering and mining by the late 19th century Lumbering of vast white pine forests proceeded at a feverish pace between the 1830s and 1905 until the forests wealth was virtually exhausted By the 1980s iron and copper mines had opened in the western
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October 9 2024 The area now known as Michigan s Upper Peninsula contains rich copper resources that were mined extensively beginning in the second half of the nineteenth century Amazingly the professional miners who worked the area beginning in the 1850s all describe evidence of extensive ancient mining activity in the area evidence that
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The Michigan Mines In the late 1800s Michigan was regularly producing gold During this period it became home to a number of commercial mines Many of these mines enjoyed periods of profitability and in some cases wild success Julius Ropes was responsible for one of the earliest Michigan mines
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The pasty came to the Upper Peninsula through Cornwall England When tin mining started going bad in England during the 1800 s the Cornish miners immigrated to America hoping to earn there fortunes in newly developing mines No one knows for sure though whether the Cornish invented the pasty or whether they picked it up from some other group
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Copper mining is as ubiquitous to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as the automobile industry is to the Lower Centuries before the first white man set foot in the New World local natives used rocks to pound copper free from the earth shaping it into goods traded across the continent
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Located at Calama in northern Chile archeologists have found evidence of its first excavation by Incan and Spanish explorers In the modern era the history of mining Chuqui goes back to the late 19th century Between 1879 and 1912 Chilean and British companies mined Chuqui for brochantite In 1910 American lawyer and industrialist Albert C
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A Brief History of Mining in the Upper Peninsula 1844 Iron ore is discovered in the Upper Peninsula by William A Burt the United States deputy surveyor 27 1845 The first major discovery of ore is made near Negaunee Michigan 28 July 23 The Jackson Mining Company is formed The Jackson Mine is opened in Negaunee Michigan
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The Quincy Mine is located in the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan s Upper Peninsula Mining operations have been closed for many years but the site is preserved as a cooperating site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park We offer two options for touring the Quincy Mine Site
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Mining for Michigan The History of Mining Along the Great Lakes and the $ Free shipping Houghton County Michigan 1883 History Upper Peninsula Hancock MI Reprint New $ $ shipping Picture Information Click to enlarge Hover to zoom Have one to sell Sell now
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In 1881 the Hughitt Mine made its first shipment of 4 352 tons In the winter and spring of 1882 a diamond drill in charge of Harry McDermott operated on the Ludington property on Section 25 and the main vein of ore and extension of the Chapin Mine was discovered
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Important Dates Events and Milestones in Michigan History Offers a chronological timeline of important dates events and milestones in Michigan history 1842 Copper mining operations begin near Keweenaw Point 1844 Iron ore is discovered in the Upper Peninsula at Negaunee 1847 January 27 Underground Railroad Francis Troutman and
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By 1911 his gravel interests had merged with the behemoth that was the Michigan Pressed Brick Company of Detroit and he was mining 250 tons of crushed granite a day
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Located on Park City Road between the Michigamme River and School Lake and near the south entranc e to the Iron Ore Heritage Trail Daily weekly and monthly rates Contact the Republic Township Hall at 906 376 8827 for reservations Pine Crest Northwoods 12199 Pine Crest Lane Republic Michigan 49879
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Mining History Sites Michigan has a long mining history Copper iron gold silver gypsum slate salt coal and limestone have been mined in Michigan This is a list of some of the mining history sites related to mining in Michigan
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Unlike the lumbering industry the mining industry was dependent on the railroads to provide a means of transporting ore to Lake Michigan communities for smelting a single attempt to Smet Ore locally was made in Iron River in 1885 by the Iron River Furnace Company but was soon abandoned due to lack of profit
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