The Making of a Mining District: Keweenaw Native Copper 1500-1870

by David J. Krause

Book Overview

The Keweenaw Peninsula of northern Michigan is the only place on earth where large amounts of copper are found in the pure metallic "native" state. The Making of a Mining District is the first book to fully document how the value of these unique deposits came to be recognized, from the time Europeans first became aware of the native copper shortly after 1500 to the establishment of the region as one of the great copper mining districts of the world.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081432407X
• ISBN13: 9780814324073
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Great Lakes Books Series
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great history reference of copper country

This is a good historical reference for Michigan's Upper Peninsula copper industry. It covers all the famous discoveries an the mines that were open up. A good historical reference for anyone interested in mining history and the people of the Upper Peninsula well worth the money.