Admit it or not, we are all wannabe artists. At one time or another, in one way or another, we feel the need to express ourselves. The question is how – vocally? In gestures? In what medium? This is the story of one person who took over 80 years, in an effort to make people see beauty as he ...

By the mid-1930s, tractors were more and more finding favor with farmers. Modern machinery, in conjunction with modern farming methods, including chemical applications, were increasing agricultural yields. In the Copper Country, a high percentage of farmers benefited from new and improved ...

Now that I got your attention, and probably made you irritated, (which my belief is no one makes you mad/irritated it’s your reaction), please let me clarify. First, every generation above us and every generation below us will state that theirs is best and the rest are “out of control”. I ...

Part One For decades before the onset of the Great Depression, mineral producers throughout the Lake Superior copper region suffered from a continually increasing decline in underground workers, particularly unskilled laborers such as trammers. Also included in the category were, simply, ...

The morning was nearly pitch black as we got outside to head to school. It was normal for it to be dark as we had the early bus arrival. It was fall. In the distance it sounded as if the bus was on the way. We could hear the motor of the bus as it was a distinct sound. We all begin to hustle to ...

In 1929, the Report of the Directors of the Quincy Mining Company boasted that production of 4 and a half million pounds of copper had been sold at an average price of just under 19 cents per pound. Most of the copper had come from development operations. The copper mining industry boomed after ...