Mining History Association 8th Annual Conference, June 5-8, 1997 Houghton, Michigan
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SOCIAL EVENTS Welcoming Reception, June 5, 1997, the Michigan Tech Archives and Copper Country Historical Collection and the Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton Reception, June 6, 1997, Franklin Square Inn, Houghton (Sponsored by Inmet/Copper Range) Awards Banquet, June 6, 1997, Franklin Square Inn. Speaker: Larry Langton, Michigan Tech, “Life on the Copper Mining Frontier” TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS (CLICK ON TRIPS BELOW TO VIEW PHOTO GALLERIES) Quincy Mine Tour, June 6, 1997 Jane’s Magical Mystery Tour for Mining Widows and Widowers, June 7, 1997, Houghton Tour of the Keweenaw Peninsula, June 8, 1997
VISITOR INFORMATION Copper Country Trail, National Byway Delaware Copper Mine Tour, Delaware, MI Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, Copper Harbor, MI Houghton County Historical Museum, Lake Linden, MI Isle Royale National Park, accessible from Copper Harbor or Houghton, MI Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau, Calumet, MI Keweenaw County Historical Society, Eagle Harbor, MI Keweenaw National Historical Park, Calumet, MI Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Houghton, MI Painsdale Mine and Shaft [Preservation of Champion #4 Rock House], Painsdale, MI Quincy Mine and Hoist, Calumet, MI Quincy Smelter [Historic Preservation], Calumet, MI Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI
READINGS AND REFERENCES C. Harry Benedict, “Red Metal: The Calumet and Hecla Story,” (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1952). B. S. Butler and W. S. Burbank, “The Copper Deposits of Michigan,” U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 144, (Washington: GPO, 1929). William Byram Gates, “Michigan Copper and Boston Dollars,” (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1951). Larry D. Langton, “Cradle to Grave: Life and Work and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991). Larry D. Langton and Charles K. Hyde, “Old Reliable: An Illustrated History of the Quince Mining Company,” (Hancock, MI: Quincy Mine Hoist Association, 1982). David Krause, “The Making of a Mining District: Keweenaw Native Copper 1500-1870,” (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992). CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS Erik and Jane Nordberg Program: Duane Smith, Lynn Langenfeld, and Clark Spence
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