ANCIENT MINING ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR

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Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan: The Nineteenth-Century …

Isle Royale and the counties that line the northwest coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula are called Copper Country because of the rich deposits of native c... Front Matter Download; ...

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Map showing Archaic Period copper sites and the Lake Superior copper

Throughout the mid to late 19th and early 20th centuries, amateur archaeologists and geologists wrote extensively about "Ancient Diggins" of native copper in the Lake Superior Basin (Drier ...

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Copper Mining

There is a rich lore about ancient copper mining in the Lake Superior region. Most of it is highly speculative and is unsupported, but fervently believed. ... These early mines found native …

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Selected Readings on Ancient Copper and Ancient Copper …

Wonderful Power: The Story of Ancient Copper Workings in the Lake Superior Basin (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999) ... Prehistoric Copper Mining in the Lake Superior Region …

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Copper mines many millennia old on Isle Royale designated as …

"In the opening of our principal mines we have followed in the path of our ancient predecessors, but with much better means of penetrating the earth to great depths," the …

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Ancient Large-Scale Mining Discovery Near Lake Superior Starts …

A study published in late 2022 found evidence of heavy metal emissions from ancient Native American mining efforts. In yet another shocking discovery that contributes to …

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Mining in Northern Wisconsin

Mining on Lake Superior "Ancient copper mining on Lake Superior" and "White fish sustenance of ancient miners" Figures 1 and 2 following page 116 Vol. 5 Plate 16, "The Indian Tribes of the …

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Outline map showing the position of the ancient mine pits of Point

Determining the timing and transport mechanisms (i.e. fluvial and/or atmospheric) of pollution associated with ancient copper mining on Isle Royale in Lake Superior (United States) is …

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Conflicted Over Copper: How the Mining Industry Developed Around Lake

The Keweenaw Rift jutting up into the middle of Lake Superior is the world's most important native copper mine and would go on to be exploited for decades. More than 140 …

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Archaeological History of Isle Royale and Ancient …

Artifacts of Lake Superior copper ultimately made their way to the southern Lake States and New England. Unfortunately, very little is known about the way of life of these earliest miners, since no habitation sites from the mining period have …

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Secrets Of Minnesota's Ancient Copper Mines

Ancient copper mines, dating back thousands of years, tell stories of early civilizations. These mines are scattered across the state, each with unique tales. 1. Isle …

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Michigan Copper in the Mediterranean – Book of Mormon Evidence

Martin, S.R., Wonderful Power, The Story of Ancient Copper Working in the Lake Superior Basin, Wayne State Univ. Press, Detroit, 1999 (ISBN 0-8143-2843-1) 12. Trevelyan, …

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Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Superior – Gen 6 Giants

Hagar, Albert D. Atlantic Monthly 15 (Mar. 1865): 308-315. IN the month of March, 1848, O. Knapp and J. B. Townsend discovered, from tracks in the snow, that a …

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Indigenous Mining

Oral tradition and archaeological research indicate that they began mining the Keweenaw's copper deposits as early as 8,000 years ago and on Isle Royale only slightly later some 6,500 years ago, making these two land …

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Disclosed: The Lake Superior Anomaly

Estimates regarding the amounts of copper mined in ancient times is upwards of a half billion pounds! Lake core samples and carbon dating have placed the ancient mining operations …

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Native Americans Conducted Large-Scale Copper …

Both ancient and modern mines for the extremely useful metal abound in North America's Lake Superior region; long before modern miners extracted the ore from deep underground, local Indigenous...

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Ancient mining pollution in early to middle Holocene lake …

The regions surrounding Lake Superior in the United States, including Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, are home to widespread copper deposits that were …

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OneMine | On the Ancient Copper-Mines of Lake Superior

THE ancient copper-mines of Lake Superior, having been destroyed or covered by-modern mining-dumps, are not accessible to the present inhabitants of that region, and, since no more …

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Native Americans Mined Copper on a Large Scale 6,000 Years Ago

Copper's allure has endured for millennia. Both ancient and modern mines for the extremely useful metal abound in North America's Lake Superior region; long before modern …

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Mining: Copper Mining in the Great Lakes (USA) | SpringerLink

The bedrock geological history of the Lake Superior region is fairly well understood (LaBerge 1994); its basement of pre‐Cambrian bedrock, part of the Canadian Shield, is very ancient.The …

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SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

smithsoniancontributionstoknowledge. 155 ancientmining shoresoflakesuperior. by charleswhittlesey. [acceptedforpublication,april,,1862.]

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An analysis of sediment cores drawn from McCargoe Cove on Isle Royale adjacent to a high concentration of ancient copper mines show increases of lead (leached from mine tailings and …

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Copper I

Michigan's unique contribution to archeology is found in the ancient copper mines of the Lake Superior region. The presence of copper in the rocks of the Keweenaw Peninsula has been …

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Miners Left a Pollution Trail in the Great Lakes 6000 …

Now, new research suggests that Isle Royale's mining boom peaked about 6000 years ago and left a legacy of aquatic pollution. The high levels of copper, lead, and potassium in sediments from a...

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The ancient copper mines of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

In his 1879 text entitled Ancient Copper Mines of Lake Superior, John Jacob Houghton relates, beginning on page 141: On the south shore of Lake Superior the works of the ancient miners extend over a district of country …

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Ancient mining on the shores of Lake Superior

Modern archaeology has demonstrated that Native Americans mined copper at Lake Superior sites between Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Penninsula as early as 4,000 B.C.

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Native Americans Mined Copper on a Large Scale …

Both ancient and modern mines for the extremely useful metal abound in North America's Lake Superior region; long before modern miners extracted the ore from deep underground, local Indigenous communities dug it …

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ANCIENT MINING ON THE SHORES OF LAKE …

ANCIENT MINING ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR BY CHARLES WHITTLESEY WASHINGTON CITY: PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. APRIL, 1863. NEW YORK: D. APPLBTON & CO. ... and were …

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Michigan Copper in the Mediterranean

18. Whittlesey, C., Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Superior, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 1862, reprinted 2007 Gustavs Library, Davenport Iowa, no ISBN 19. Henderson, …

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Copper mining on Isle Royale 6500– 5400 years ago …

McCargoe Cove; a long, narrow inlet of Lake Superior on Isle Royale that receives drainage from a watershed that contains numerous ancient copper mines. At McCargoe Cove, …

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Missing: Prehistoric Michigan's Half-Billion Pounds of Copper

Records made over twelve years at the turn of the century reveal that two and one-half million tons of copper passed through the Soo Locks. A value in 1898 dollars of $550 …

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Michigan Back Roads Copper Country Mystery

There was still a lot of easy copper to be found. Below is a slab of copper recovered from Lake Superior in the 1970s. So, why did the mining activity stop so suddenly? Where is all that copper removed from these thousands of …

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Secrets Of Michigan's Ancient Copper Culture

Isle Royale, a remote island in Lake Superior, is not only a natural wonder but also a significant site for ancient copper mining. The island's rugged terrain and pristine waters …

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Old Copper Culture | Milwaukee Public Museum

There has been little dispute over the last century that the primary copper sources that were exploited by the Old Copper Complex manufactures came from natural ore deposits spanning …

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Bronze Age Part II: The Case of the Missing Copper

During the Bronze Age, 3500 to 1000 BC, five thousand copper mines were excavated on the south shore of Lake Superior. Millions of pounds of copper were extracted.

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