The rapid development of technology that had begun in the 1850s continued on into the 20th century. Mining companies working low-grade copper deposits were quick to adopt machinery that, although not intended for mine work, were of immeasurable benefit to the Lake Superior mines. Eli Whitney ...
Good friends – the following is just what you might suspect what we over 60ers have been thinking. If you fit into our age group you will likely agree wholeheartedly. If not, bear with us as we clear the air for the next generation: For those of you still listening to radio: do you find ...
“They say hope it springs eternal in a young man’s breast and every time you turn around they’re puttin’ it to the test.” – Steve Forbert As I looked up the slope, I could see snow on the ground had slowly receded into a narrow and thin, irregular shape of cold, white ...
When Cornish mining native Edward Jennings, the first superintendent of the Cliff Mine, on Keweenaw Point, constructed the first successful copper concentrating plant in the copper district in 1849, the Cornish system he built had scarcely evolved from concentrating technology of the 1500s, ...
By 1900, the efficiency and power of modern milling technology had reached a point that, in some instances, copper production was inhibited by the mine’s inability to supply sufficient rock to the mills. The Annual Report of the Copper Range Consolidated Company (CRCC) for 1902, stated that ...
“Moving in line then you look back in time to the first day.” – Jeff Lynne I count backwards from one hundred. I stop when I get to my age. The counting takes a good deal less time to complete than it used to. I contemplate that despite adding another tree ring to my own ...