- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 376 p.) : ill., maps.
- Series Statement
- Great Lakes books
- Uniform Title
- Hollowed ground (Online)
- Great Lakes books.
- Alternative Title
- Hollowed ground (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Keweenaw copper : geology, discovery, dreams of wealth -- Getting the copper out : exploration, development, and the tools of production -- Islands of industry in a sea of trees -- Out at the locations : from camps to communities -- The Quincy Mine : taking the long road to success -- The era of Michigan domination : 1865-1890 -- The largest and best copper mine in the world : Calumet and Hecla -- Befitting a copper king : C&H's visible empire -- A far more typical mine : Quincy, 1865-1890 -- Quincy makes itself over : 1890-1912 -- Calumet and Hecla : profits now, problems later -- An important find : the Copper Range mines open the Baltic Lode -- Paternalism revisited : the Baltic, Trimountain, and Champion mines -- Holding on : corporate power in an age of social change, 1890-1912 -- Show them who's boss : the strike of 1913-1914 -- Making the hard turn : from growth to decline -- The Quincy Mine : from struggle to shutdown -- Calumet and Hecla : down with the king -- Copper Range : staying alive -- White Pine : a new mine, a new era -- Something old, something new : the White Pine townsite -- White Pine : no solution -- Legacy.
- LCCN
- 2009047227
- OCLC
- ssj0000605895
- Author
Lankton, Larry D.
- Title
Hollowed ground [electronic resource] : copper mining and community building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s / Larry Lankton.
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2010.
- Series
Great Lakes books
Great Lakes books.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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