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Keweenaw Peninsula and surrounding areas. The Keweenaw Peninsula ( / ˈkiːwɪnɔː / KEE-wi-naw, sometimes locally /ˈkiːvənɔː/) is the northernmost part of Michigan 's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States, leading to its moniker of " Copper Country ."
Modern mining industry Mid-19th century Cornish miners worked in the mines of the "Copper Belt" of the Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Miners at the Tamarack Mine in the Copper Country of Michigan in 1905. Copper being loaded onto a steamer in Houghton, Michigan, c1905 Michigan mined copper production
Although numerous mining companies operated in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the late 19th century, The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company had the greatest longevity, production, and influence in the Michigan industry, as well as exhibiting substantial technical innovation. The company was one of the first to adopt steam-powered technology.
Jul. 18—BARAGA — Two small children played in the day's gentle surf on a seemingly unending beach on the Keweenaw Bay shoreline, running back and forth along dark-colored sands warmed by the ...
This mine was one of the most productive mines in the Copper Country. The Copper Country is an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, including Keweenaw County, Michigan, Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon counties as well as part of Marquette County. The area is so named as copper mining was prevalent there from 1845 until ...
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. The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) first established a local in the area in 1908. Still ...
Mohawk Mining Company. / 47.30806°N 88.35556°W / 47.30806; -88.35556. The Mohawk Mining Company was a major copper mining company, based in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, that was established in November 1898 and lasted until 1932. The company, between 1906 and 1932, paid out more than $15 million in shareholder dividends. [1]
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 ...