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Hollowed ground : copper mining and community building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s Cover Image Book Book

Hollowed ground : copper mining and community building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s / Larry Lankton.

Lankton, Larry D. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780814334584 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 081433458X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780814334904 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0814334903 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 376 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Keweenaw copper : geology, discovery, dreams of wealth -- Getting the copper out : exploration, development, and the tools of production -- Islands of industry in a sea of trees -- Out at the locations : from camps to communities -- The Quincy Mine : taking the long road to success -- The era of Michigan domination : 1865-1890 -- The largest and best copper mine in the world : Calumet and Hecla -- Befitting a copper king : C&H's visible empire -- A far more typical mine : Quincy, 1865-1890 -- Quincy makes itself over : 1890-1912 -- Calumet and Hecla : profits now, problems later -- An important find : the Copper Range mines open the Baltic Lode -- Paternalism revisited : the Baltic, Trimountain, and Champion mines -- Holding on : corporate power in an age of social change, 1890-1912 -- Show them who's boss : the strike of 1913-1914 -- Making the hard turn : from growth to decline -- The Quincy Mine : from struggle to shutdown -- Calumet and Hecla : down with the king -- Copper Range : staying alive -- White Pine : a new mine, a new era -- Something old, something new : the White Pine townsite -- White Pine : no solution -- Legacy.

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Subject: Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > History.
Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > Social conditions.
Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > Economic conditions.
Copper mines and mining > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History.
Copper mines and mining > Social aspects > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History.
Community life > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History.
Mining camps > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History.
Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > History, Local.
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