Michigan History CH 9.2 Copper and Iron!

This map shows the area in Michigan where some of the richest copper deposits ever found were located and mined. This area is called the:

• Keweenaw Peninsula

• Lower Peninsula

• Saginaw Bay Area

• Iron Country

The Chapin Mine near Iron Mountain in the UP had vast amounts of iron ore, but a major problem had to be overcome before it could be mined. What was this problem?

• A person yelled fire and killed many innocent people.

• The ore was very low grade and couldn't be processed.

• The ore was under a large swamp millions of gallons of water had to be pumped out.

• The area was controlled by hostile Native Americans

This northern Michigan city was a huge, successful copper mining city in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1913, a horrible tragedy took place there during a Western Federation of Miners Christmas party.

• Hecla

• Columbine

• Houghton

• Calumet

This city on the Garden Peninsula was a bustling iron smelting and charcoal making operation from 1867 to about 1892, but now is ghost town and state park

• Fayette

• Lafayette

• Calumet

• Houghton

Which of these cities were famous for iron mining in Michigan? Choose all that apply.

• Iron Mountain

• Calumet

• Norway

• Owendale-Gagetown

• Iron River

Which of these cities were famous for copper mining in Michigan? Choose all that apply.

• Iron Mountain

• Calumet

• Houghton

• Owendale-Gagetown

• Detroit

In addition to iron and copper mines, this type of mine was opened in 1881 by a man named Julian Ropes near Ishpeming:

• diamond

• gold

• uranium

• vibranium

• Arby's Beef and Cheddar

People came from many places to work in the mines in Michigan. Almost all of these immigrants were from :

• Northern and Central Europe such as Finland, Poland, and England

• Mexico and Central America

• Interior regions of China and Mongolia

• Southern US States

This mine was briefly the largest copper mine in the United States and produced almost half the copper produced in all of Michigan:

• Suomi Mine

• Cliff Mine

• Anaconda Pass Mine

• Calumet and Hecla Mine

• Mine Mine Mine

The primary cause of the bitter 1913 Calumet strike was the company deciding to move to this type of mining equipment:

• 1 man drill

• 2 man drill

• non Union steam robots

• Halogen headlamps