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National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form 1
NFS Form 10-900 (3-82) OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NFS use only National Register of Historic Places received Inventory Nomination Form date entered See instructions in How to Complete National Register*Forms Type all entries complete applicable sections_______________ 1. Name__________________ historic Quincy Mining Company Historic District and or common 2. Location street & number from Portage Lake to the brow of Quincy Hill not for publication city, town Hancock _JL vicinity of state Michigan code county Houghton code 3. Classification Category Ownership Status Prestent Use _ X. district public X occupied agriculture X museum building(s) X private unoccupied _ X. commercial __ park structure both work in progress educational X private residence site Public Acquisition Accessible entertainment religious object in process X yes: restricted government scientific being considered .. yes: unrestricted X industrial __ transportation no military other: 4. Owner of Property name Please see continuation sheets street & number city, town vicinity of state 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Houghton County Courthouse street & number city, town Houghton state Michigan 6. Representation in Existing Surveys title Historic American Engineering Records this property been determined eligible? __ yes .X_ no National Register of Historic Places nomination for #2 Shaft and Hoist Houses date 1978; 1970_______________________________-^- federal __ state __ county __ local depository for survey records Library of Congress; National Register of Historic Places______ _ city, town Washington, D.C. state 7. Description Condition Check one Check one excellent deteriorated unaltered original site _X_good ruins altered moved date fair unexposed Some historic buildings are now in ruins. -
Theatrical Entertainment, Social Halls, Industry and Community: Houghton County, Michigan, 1837-1916
INFORMATION TO USERS This reproduction was made from a copy of a document sent to us for microfilming. While the most advanced technology has been used to photograph and reproduce this document, the quality of the reproduction is heavily dependent upon the quality of the material submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help clarify markings or notations which may appear on this reproduction. 1.The sign or “target” for pages apparently lacking from the document photographed is “Missing Page(s)”. If it was possible to obtain the missing page(s) or section, they are spliced into the film along with adjacent pages. This may have necessitated cutting through an image and duplicating adjacent pages to assure complete continuity. 2. When an image on the film is obliterated with a round black mark, it is an indication of either blurred copy because of movement during exposure, duplicate copy, or copyrighted materials that should not have been filmed. For blurred pages, a good image of the page can be found in the adjacent frame. If copyrighted materials were deleted, a target note will appear listing the pages in the adjacent frame. 3. When a map, drawing or chart, etc., is part of the material being photographed, a definite method of “sectioning” the material has been followed. It is customary to begin filming at the upper left hand comer of a large sheet and to continue from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. If necessary, sectioning is continued again—beginning below the first row and continuing on until complete. -
Michigan's Copper Country" Lets You Experience the Require the Efforts of Many People with Different Excitement of the Discovery and Development of the Backgrounds
Michigan’s Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface .................................................................................................................. 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ........................................................................................... 3 The Primitive Miners ................................................................................................. 6 Europeans Come to the Copper Country ....................................................................... 12 The Legend of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder ............................................................... 18 The Copper Rush .................................................................................................... 22 The Pioneer Mining Companies................................................................................... 33 The Portage Lake District ......................................................................................... 44 Civil War Times ...................................................................................................... 51 The Beginning of the Calumet and Hecla ...................................................................... 59 Along the Way to Maturity......................................................................................... 68 Down the South Range ............................................................................................. 80 West of the Ontonagon............................................................................................ -
Break Down the Nature-Culture Divide in Parks
770 The Journal of American History December 2013 (p. 15). The authors respond by offering a litany of fixes: break down the nature-culture divide in parks; highlight the open-ended nature of the past; embrace controversy and dis- parate understandings of history; learn from the public; work more closely with scholars in the academy. These suggestions could, if implemented, usher in a new era for history in the . In the end, however, the agency finds itself in a state of ongoing organizational triage. Like so many other gears of the federal apparatus in recent years, the has faced massive budget cuts. And with the so-called sequester contracting rather than expanding funding, there appears to be little cause for optimism. Given the fiscal realities, one wonders if the has the resources necessary to stem the bleeding and embrace best historical practices— or if the ghost of George Hartzog will enjoy the last laugh. Ari Kelman Downloaded from University of California–Davis Davis, California doi: 10.1093/jahist/jat460 http://jah.oxfordjournals.org/ Keweenaw National Historic Park, Calumet, Mich. http://www.nps.gov/kewe/index.htm. Permanent exhibition. Park established 1992. Permanent exhibition. “Risk and Resilience: Life in a Copper Mining Community” exhibit, opened 2011. 7,000 sq. ft. National Park Service, curatorial director; Krister Olmon, exhibit designer; Harvest Moon Studios, exhibit script. Permanent exhibition. Keweenaw Heritage Site at Quincy Mine no. 2, opened 1994. Quincy Mine Hoist Association, interpretation and mine tours. at Knox College on April 3, 2014 Permanent exhibition. Self-guided tours of downtown and industrial Calumet, opened 1992. -
Keweenaw National Historical Park National Park Service Keweenaw Michigan U.S
Keweenaw National Historical Park National Park Service Keweenaw Michigan U.S. Department of the Interior The Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan was home to the world’s During the late 1800s the American Dream was sought by thousands and most abundant deposits of pure, elemental copper. It was also home to found by few on the Keweenaw, much like the rest of America. Working class the pioneers who met the challenges of nature and technology to coax it immigrants from around the world came to this copper region to improve from the ground and provide the raw material that spurred the American their lives, and in doing so, helped transform a young and growing nation Industrial Revolution. into a global powerhouse. The Rush for Copper Reports in 1843 of enormous copper The copper companies became known People found common interests in their By the late 1800s the company enjoyed direct more and more complex industrial reaffirmed the companies’ domination over deposits on the Keweenaw Peninsula worldwide as leaders in modern, dreams of a better life, fueled by a sense of a reputation as one of the nation’s best- technologies. The working class, however, the workers. A pall of bitterness, resent- spawned one of our nation’s earliest scientific mining technology. Keweenaw optimism and a persistent desire to succeed. known business enterprises. Between 1867 grew restless under an increasingly imper- ment, and social polarization descended mining rushes, preceding the famed copper even affected the outcome of the Their struggle to adapt to profound and 1884, it produced one-half of the coun- sonal style of management and supervision. -
An Integrated Assessment of Torch Lake Area of Concern Noel R. Urban, Carol A. Maclennan, Judith A. Perlinger
An Integrated Assessment of Torch Lake Area of Concern Noel R. Urban, Carol A. MacLennan, Judith A. Perlinger Michigan Technological University Funding provided by Michigan Sea Grant This is Contribution No. 53 of the Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Technological University Calumet & Hecla operations in Lake Linden ca 1940. In the foreground are the Calumet and Hecla stamp mills with the stacks of the power house. Photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Archives. Acknowledgments The authors thank Michigan Sea Grant for funding to enable this integrated assessment. Without the support, insights, historical knowledge and perspectives offered by Sharon Baker, MDEQ site coordinator for many years, this project would not have been possible. We also owe tremendous thanks to the two students, Ankita Mandelia and Emma Schwaiger-Zawisza, whose thesis research contributed major parts of this report. Other people who have contributed to our understanding of the site and its history are too numerous to mention individually, but include state and federal agency personnel, colleagues at MTU and the Keweenaw National Historic Park, TLPAC members, and community members. Administration and staff members at Sea Grant were very helpful in administering the grant, creating and maintaining a web site for the project (http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/torchlake/), and facilitating compilation of the final report. The assessment was greatly improved thanks to the contributions of eight anonymous reviewers representing agency, scientist, and local citizen viewpoints. -
Keweenaw Guide Summer 2012 Issue
National Park Service Park News U.S. Department of the Interior The official newspaper of Keweenaw National Historical Park and the Keweenaw Heritage Sites The Keweenaw Guide Summer 2012 Issue Welcome from the Keweenaw Seasons Park Superintendent Welcome to Keweenaw IF You’re lIKE MOST PEOPLE You’re prOBABLY READING THIS Visitors who do their homework will find many of the Keweenaw National Historical Park, article during a beautiful Copper Country summer month. Keween- Heritage Sites are open to the public in the winter, often by means one of 397 units in your aw National Historical Park and its 19 Heritage Sites typically receive of self-guided grounds tours. Popular winter activities include cross National Park System. the bulk of their visitors in July and August, when days are usually country skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling. Travel by snow- This year marks the park’s warm and sunny. The Copper Country is full of adventures waiting mobile allows for much of the same access to sites as traveling by 20th anniversary. The to be experienced during the summer. Have you ever wondered car does. All winter recreationists are asked to be extra mindful in park was established by about the adventures that fall, winter, and spring have to offer? the winter months of safety hazards and of protecting our treasured an action of Congress signed by President cultural resources. Deep snow often obscures holes, historic struc- George Bush on October 27, 1992, and our Autumn may be one of the best times of year to be in the Copper tures and artifacts, so please stay on designated trails. -
PU 08 Part 2
STATE OF MICHIGAN Plate VI. C. New Baltic Mine, 1911. ......................................18 MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY Plate VII. A. Installing new hoist at Lake Mine, 1911.............18 Publication 8. Geological Series 6. Plate VII. B. Skips and man car at Red Jacket vertical shaft. 18 Mineral Resources of Michigan with Plate VII. C. One of the Calumet and Hecla hoisting Statistical Tables of production and value of engines...........................................................................18 mineral products for 1910 and prior years Plate VIII. A. Tamarack Mine. ...............................................18 Plate VIII B. Red Jacket rock house and power house. ........18 PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF R. C. ALLEN Plate VIII C. Red Jacket shaft. ..............................................19 DIRECTOR, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY Plate IX. A. Timber at Tamarack shaft. .................................24 PUBLISHED AS A PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT 0F THE Plate IX. B. Rock house and storage bin at Ahmeek Mine....24 BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR Plate IX. C. Shaft house at North Kearsarge Mine. ...............24 1911 Plate X. A. Mesnard shaft, Quincy Mine................................25 LANSING, MICHIGAN WYNKOOP HALLENBECK CRAWFORD CO., STATE Plate X. B. Rock house at Shaft No. 2, Quincy Mine.............25 PRINTERS Plate X. C. New rock house at vertical shaft, Hancock Mine. 25 1912 Plate XI. A. Drilling competition, Hancock, 1911. ..................25 Plate XI. B. Drilling by steam in St. Louis lode, 1911. ...........25 Contents Plate XI. C. Shaft sinking on St. Louis lode...........................25 Letter of Transmittal. ...................................................... 1 Plate XII. A. Ahmeek stamp mill, Torch Lake. .......................26 Introduction by R. C. Allen ............................................. 1 Plate XII. B. Tailings conveyor, Winona stamp mill, 1911. -
In the Shadows of the Shafts
In the Shadows of the Shafts Remembering mining in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan in 1972-1978 Meeri Karoliina Kataja University of Helsinki Faculty of Social Sciences Political History Master’s Thesis May 2020 Tiedekunta/Osasto – Fakultet/Sektion – Faculty Laitos – Institution – Department Faculty of Social Sciences Tekijä – Författare – Author Meeri Karoliina Kataja Työn nimi – Arbetets titel – Title In the Shadows of the Shafts: Remembering Mining in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan in 1972–1978 Oppiaine – Läroämne – Subject Political History Työn laji – Arbetets art – Level Aika – Datum – Month and year Sivumäärä – Sidoantal – Number of pages Master’s Thesis May 2020 89 Tiivistelmä – Referat – Abstract Copper mining has characterized the Keweenaw Peninsula, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from the 1840s. The industry that lasted in the region over 100 years has been profoundly studied, but the industrial heritage has received less attention. This study is interested in the memory of mining and in the future prospects of locals right after the closure of the mines in 1969. This study is data-driven, using the interviews conducted within the Finnish Folklore and Social Change in the Great Lakes Mining Region Oral History Project by the Finlandia University in 1973-1978. The method is thematic analysis, which is used to identify, analyze and report themes related to talk on the mines, mining, the 1913 Strike, and the future. Two main themes are negative and positive talk. Within negative talk, three sub-themes are identified: insecurity, disappointment and loss. There is more negative talk within the data set, especially because of the 1913 Strike and the Italian Hall Disaster, which were still commonly remembered. -
NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90)
NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. =============================================================================== 1. Name of Property =============================================================================== historic name Laurium Historic District other names/site number =============================================================================== 2. Location =============================================================================== street & number Roughly bounded by Calumet, Stable, N. Florida, and Isle Royale Streets. not for publication city or town Laurium vicinity state Michigan code MI county Houghton code 061 zip code 49913 ============================================================================== -
National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form 1. Name___2. Location___3. Classifi
NPS Form 10-900 (3-82) OHB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS UM only National Register of Historic Places received Inventory Nomination Form date entered See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries complete applicable sections________________ 1. Name__________________ historic Calumet Historic District_____________________ and or common______________________________________ 2. Location________________ street & number not for publication city, town Calumet vicinity of state Michigan code county Houghton code 3. Classification Category Ownership Status Present Use X district public X occupied agriculture museum building(s) private unoccupied X commercial park structure X both work in progress educational X private residence site Public Acquisition Accessible entertainment religious object in process X yes: restricted government scientific being considered X._ yes: unrestricted industrial transportation no military other: 4. Owner of Property name multiple owners; please see continuation sheets street & number city, town vicinity of state 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Village of Calumet and Calumet Township street & number city, town Calumet state Michigan- 6. Representation in Existing Surveys title National Register of Historic Places has this property been determined eligible? yes______no (Calumet Downtown Historic District and Calumet Industrial District) date 1974 _JL_ federal __ stale __ county __ local depository for survey records National Register of Historic Places city, town Washington, D.C. state 7. Description Condition Check one Check one excellent deteriorated unaltered X original site _K_good ruins JL_ altered moved date fair unexposed Describe the present and original (iff known) physical appearance CALUMET AND HECLA MINE LOCATION The Calumet conglomerate lode was deposited in a narrow belt, approximately two and one-half miles long, running northeast to southwest mid-way up the Keweenaw Peninsula. -
Portals to the Past: a Bibliographical and Resource Guide to Michiganâ
Northern Michigan University NMU Commons Books 2017 Portals to the Past: A Bibliographical and Resource Guide to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Russel Magnaghi Northern Michigan University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://commons.nmu.edu/facwork_book Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Magnaghi, Russel, "Portals to the Past: A Bibliographical and Resource Guide to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula" (2017). Books. 27. http://commons.nmu.edu/facwork_book/27 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by NMU Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Books by an authorized administrator of NMU Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected],[email protected]. CENTER FOR UPPER PENINSULA STUDIES Portals to the Past: A Bibliographical and Resource Guide to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Russell M. Magnaghi 2017 Revised edition Portals to the Past: A Bibliographical and Resource Guide to 2017 Michigan’s Upper Peninsula TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................................... 2 REVISED INTRODUCTION FOR SECOND EDITION ............................................................................ 6 GENERAL OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 8 AGRICULTURE ............................................................................................................................... 13 AMERICAN PRESENCE, 1796-1840