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DURING THE SUCCEEDING YEARS MINES WERE DISCOVERED
THAT FOR TWO GENERATIONS PRODUCED A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE
WORLD'S COPPER. THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL MINE WAS THE CLIFF MINE
NEAR PHOENIT ON US.41. IT WAS LOCATED IN 1844. THE CONGLOMERATE LODE
AT CALUMET, PRODUCED OVER 4,000.000,000 LBS. OF COPPER AND PAID
OVER $160.000.000 IN DIVIDENDS. SCATTERED ALONG U.S.41 AND M-26
YOU WILL FIND ROAD-SIDE MARKERS THAT RECORD ONLY A SMALL PERCENT-
AGE OF THE GHOST MINES'N WHICH THE HOPES, THE AMBITIONS AND THE
FORTUNES OF A TOUGH AND HARDY GROUP OF PIONEERS LIE FOREVER BURIED.
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR MEMORY. IT WAS THEIR COURAGE AND CONFI-
DENCE THAT LED TO THE ENRICHMENT OF MANKIND. IN THE PURE AIR
AND THE SCENKC BEAUTY OF KEWEENAW LAND WE HAVE AN ORE BODY
THAT CAN MEVER BE MINED OUT. WE INVITE YOU TO SMARE IT WITH US AND
WISH FOR YOU A PLEASANT AND MEMORABLE VISIT.
THE COPPER COUNTRY
AN ANCIENT VANISHED RACE MINED NATIVE COPPER HUNDREDS OF
YEARS AGO IN COUNTLESS PITS AND TRENCHES SCATTERED AMONG THE
HILLS FROM COPPER HARBOR TO ONTONAGON AND ON ISLE ROYALE.
THE EXPLORER, JACQUES CARTIER, REPORTED IN 1536 THAT INDIANS
ON ST. LAWRENCE RIVER TOLD HIM OF GREAT HILLS OF NATIVE COPPER
FAR TO THE WEST.
THE JESUIT, FATHER CLAUDE ALLOUEZ, WAS THE FIRST WHITE
MAN TO REPORT SEEING COPPER ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF
LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS WAS IN 1666.
IN 1771 A COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED IN LONDON, ENGLAND, WHICH
SENT AN UNSUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION TO THESE SHORES TO MINE COPPER.
A TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE CHIPPEWA
INDIANS ON MARCH 12 TH 1843 OPENED THE DISTRICT TO MINING
KEWEENAW COUNTY
OAD COMMISSION
WEST BLUI
THE LEGENs OF THE
MIGHIGAN COPPEN
COPPER COINTRY
COUNTRY
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