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View of miners in rectangular box angled downward, with wooden infrastructure surrounding them.

Copper Mining and Its Monumental Structures

Posted by: Melissa Lindberg

The following is a guest post by Ryan Brubacher, Reference Specialist, Prints & Photographs Division. I recently returned from an information-soaked conference in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where I toured and learned about structures related to the fascinating history of the copper mining industry in the Keweenaw area. When I came home, the experience …