Most of the copper mines were in the western part of the Upper Peninsula; the iron mines were in the central region. The mines created an economic boom in the U.P. that produced more wealth than the California Gold Rush had done during the era of the "Forty Niners." The Soo Locks in...
There are still a few active gold mines in Michigan according to the USGS but mounting a big operation to extract may not be economically feasible. Finding a gold vein and digging to it's depth can be costly. If you do decide to join the Michigan Gold Rush a few decades too late, you...
Finding a gold vein and digging to it's depth can be costly. If you do decide to join the Michigan Gold Rush a few decades too late, your best bet for gold prospecting in Michigan are in the western Upper Peninsula, mostly in Marquette, Menominee, and Gogebic counties.Getty ImagesIf you...
If you’ve never been to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, you really need to make the trip. It’s another world up there, a trip back in time. I took this inHoughtona few years ago with my film camera on an overcast day. Some of my ancestry is from Cornwall, UK and were miners....
Havingacquiredall of Rio Tinto’s exploration properties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Highland now dominates sulfide-mining exploration in the UP. A multi-billion dollar mining behemoth like Rio Tinto could arguably have left these copper, zinc and gold sites idle for a rainy day. The same ...
Check out these 16 famous and/or notable people that were born in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Robert J. Flaherty André Bourbeau via YouTube Robert J. Flaherty Flaherty was from Iron Mountain and directed/produced the documentary Nanook of the North in 1922. George Gipp Warner Archive via You...
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We do this using a case study of Calumet, Michigan in the heart of the former copper mining district in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We define sustainability broadly, following the three pillars of social, economic, and environmental sustainability as put forth at the 2002 World Summit on ...
Genesis of native copper lodes in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Norther Michigan: A hybrid evolved meteoric and metamorphogenic model. Econ. Geol. 2006, 101, 1437–1444. [CrossRef] 46. Bornhorst, T.J.; Barron, R.J. Copper deposits of the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Inst. Lake Super....