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Location:
Isle Royale and in the Upper Peninsula regions of Michigan that we know as Keweenaw, Houghton and Ontonagon counties Surrounded by Lake Superior

Place: Physical Characteristics Nearly a hundred miles long and some twenty miles wide of rolling, rocky land inland lakes, streams, hills and forests.

Human Characteristics Shortly after the retreating glaciers had finished molding the landscape, a race of seemingly intelligent people, whose origin remains unknown, migrated into the Lake Superior region. These people discovered Michigan's copper, and after learning of its strength and malleability, mined and used it to make ornaments, tools, and armaments.

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Movement (of natural resources/ goods that come from this natural resource):

Using hammerstones, Native Americans broke off chunks of the pure soft metal. Sometimes they heated the rock with fire, then cooled it with cold stream or lake water to make it break apart more easily. Early mine excavation was accomplished by hand drilling and blasting with dangerously unstable black powder. In the early 1880s, mining companies switched from black powder to dynamite for blasting.

tools, implements and ornaments Michigan copper eventually reached as far as southern Florida through their trade networks. In early days, copper was used for utensils and sheathing on the bottoms of oceangoing wooden ships. Other uses included coins, plumbing, roofing and alloys such as brass, bell metal and gun metal. Edison's invention of the electric light in the 1870s created the biggest market for Michigan copper. After the 1870s, half of Michigan's copper output was used in products for the electrical industry. Steam, and later, gasoline engines speeded the transport of both miners and ore.

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Language Copper as a natural resource Landforms such as Lake Superior, the forests, hills Government established counties

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mines opened in the 1840s The copper strike of 1913-14 started in July and lasted nine months. It was one of Michigan's most bitter labor actions. The introduction of the one-man drill triggered the strike. Miners feared cutbacks on the number of jobs and working alone. Michigan was the nation's leading copper producer from 1847 to 1887. But it faced increasing competition at the close of the 19th century. New mines in Montana and Arizona quickly surpassed Michigan's copper production. The state's actual output continued to grow, but its share of the national total declined. The open pit mines of the West and other countries produce copper more cheaply than Michigan's deep shaft mines. Michigan's last operating copper mine, the White Pine Mine, closed in 1997

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