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

Published Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 376 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Great Lakes books Great Lakes books. Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Community life Copper mines and mining Copper mines and mining -- Social aspects Economic history Mining camps Social conditions SUBJECT Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) -- History Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) -- Social conditions Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) -- Economic conditions Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) -- History, Local Subject Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula Genre/Form History Local history Form Electronic book ISBN 0814336965 9780814336960

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