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<p>[QUOTE="Rono, post: 1052436, member: 6492"]Howdy,</p><p> </p><p>The western end of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan is Copper Country. Go back over a 100-150 years and it was like Virginia City. It's pure nugget copper and referred to as 'float copper' because the nuggets rise to the surface and float on the soil. Calumet almost became the capitol of Michigan instead of Lansing because of the copper and the mining population. Downtown, they've got a float nugget on the square that's huge and some about 6 feet long and 3-4 feet in diameter.</p><p> </p><p>Here are some images from google:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&expIds=25657,27213,27744&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=float+copper&cp=9&wrapid=tljp1291894475442014&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=z74ATbXjMNCLnAfrm5DlDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQsAQwAQ&biw=1276&bih=746" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&expIds=25657,27213,27744&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=float+copper&cp=9&wrapid=tljp1291894475442014&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=z74ATbXjMNCLnAfrm5DlDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQsAQwAQ&biw=1276&bih=746" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&expIds=25657,27213,27744&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=float+copper&cp=9&wrapid=tljp1291894475442014&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=z74ATbXjMNCLnAfrm5DlDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQsAQwAQ&biw=1276&bih=746</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reason they stopped mining was not because they ran out of copper but because the mines got so deep they couldn't keep them dry. Also, this part of Michigan averages over 110-120 inches of snow every winter. Yeah, their sidewalks become tunnels.</p><p> </p><p>peace,</p><p> </p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rono, post: 1052436, member: 6492"]Howdy, The western end of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan is Copper Country. Go back over a 100-150 years and it was like Virginia City. It's pure nugget copper and referred to as 'float copper' because the nuggets rise to the surface and float on the soil. Calumet almost became the capitol of Michigan instead of Lansing because of the copper and the mining population. Downtown, they've got a float nugget on the square that's huge and some about 6 feet long and 3-4 feet in diameter. Here are some images from google: [URL]http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&expIds=25657,27213,27744&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=float+copper&cp=9&wrapid=tljp1291894475442014&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=z74ATbXjMNCLnAfrm5DlDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQsAQwAQ&biw=1276&bih=746[/URL] The reason they stopped mining was not because they ran out of copper but because the mines got so deep they couldn't keep them dry. Also, this part of Michigan averages over 110-120 inches of snow every winter. Yeah, their sidewalks become tunnels. peace, rono[/QUOTE]
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