Michigan Copper Mining: The Black Powder Era

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@greglee101
@greglee101 3 жыл бұрын
Great presentation. I went to school at Michigan Tech. My roommate and I met an old miner that lived in Hancock. He was one of the last steam hoist operators at the Quincy Mine. He said they found a solid piece of copper the size of a school bus. It was so big that they could not cut it up in to pieces small enough to bring out. Saws would heat up and melt the copper behind the saw. Blasting was attempted but failed. They ended up going around it and he said it is still there. He as very specific and even knew the level it was on.
@tboniusmaximus3047
@tboniusmaximus3047 2 жыл бұрын
The point was it was more trouble then it was profitable to get it out
@fishhuntadventure
@fishhuntadventure 2 жыл бұрын
@@tboniusmaximus3047 These days people only think one or two linears and thereby judge things only by their context and so miss the bigger picture.
@KPMACHINE1
@KPMACHINE1 2 жыл бұрын
The meth heads that steal Cats from cars in parking lots could have that copper outta that mine in just 5 minutes.
@jamesnorman4965
@jamesnorman4965 2 жыл бұрын
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@buckodonnghaile4309
@buckodonnghaile4309 2 жыл бұрын
@@KPMACHINE1 tweakers are an industrious bunch.
@TradeWorks_Construction
@TradeWorks_Construction 2 жыл бұрын
While I can say I've never once had the thought to learn about historical copper mining in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, this turned out to be far more entertaining than I thought possible. The oratory was delivered exceptionally well. It's not often you find someone who speaks both fluently (w/o "umm"), succinctly while naturally progressing through the many aspects of the subject.
@codemcloud6073
@codemcloud6073 2 жыл бұрын
Too true. In school most of my teachers would deduct a point from your oral report for every ummm pause. I can't help but notice a lot of French constantly stop with a uhhhhhh in between words. Grand rapids Michigan native here
@royreynolds108
@royreynolds108 Жыл бұрын
@@codemcloud6073 People who do not speak English since childhood need to translate to speak and probably need to translate in their head thus use uhhhhhhh or ummmm to give themselves time to search for the appropriate word to use in conversation.
@Veevslav1
@Veevslav1 3 ай бұрын
It would be better if he was better educated on the subject...
@WesternReloader
@WesternReloader 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate when someone has an interest in history
@bradmorcom1788
@bradmorcom1788 4 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully done. Thankyou. I am a lifelong Upper. My 100 yr old grandmother said I am the fifth generation miner in our family
@waveranger4974
@waveranger4974 6 жыл бұрын
Wow! Sir, that was excellent. I have never learned so much in one session about the old practices of copper mining. You just can’t get this kind of detail from books or photographs. Well done!
@zovaynezovanyari5442
@zovaynezovanyari5442 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I had no idea there was so much involved. Thank you.
@toddhendricks8239
@toddhendricks8239 2 жыл бұрын
Now you know a area that will be more prone to suffer from a EMP . That whole area will be like a antenna for the EMP plus the power surge after
@pat8988
@pat8988 2 жыл бұрын
@@toddhendricks8239 Not if the miners have anything to say about it. Isn’t that area mined out?
@charlesrudolphi890
@charlesrudolphi890 2 жыл бұрын
@@pat8988 shutdown
@vincentfontana7915
@vincentfontana7915 3 жыл бұрын
Loved your show I'm into michigan mine and railroad artifacts of the Keweenaw myself and also have a collection. I know what mines and areas your talking about well. I'm also a Keweenaw historical artist in extreme detail. Four generations of my family history were Keweenaw miners and are all buried there. I still have family in Mohawk who just happen to live in the mining captains old house now nicely restored. Been going up all my life now 57 I'm still like a kid when I get there metal detecting and staying and fishing at Lac La Belle near the old Delaware stamp mill and dock. I could go on like you sharing stories and hunting. I've even have a 18lb copper ingot from the wreck of the pewabic so I decided to draw the ship as she looked from old photos. Wish someone had some old video of the Keweenaw Central steam train ride out of Calumet from 1967 to 1971 it was the first train I rode on that turned me into a model railroader. I even have two copper range locomotives lol soon to be four. Well now that everyone's computers and phones are smoking ill end it here. Take care.
@rudolfyakich6653
@rudolfyakich6653 2 жыл бұрын
I still have a copper slab that I found in 1972 at Houghton. I visited Isle Royale that year. In 1989 I worked an underground mine. This presentation brings back memories even though they may not be fine ones. It was hard work.
@Norm475
@Norm475 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a very interesting and informative presentation on the copper mining history in the UP. I was born in the UP and my father earned a living by trapping, hauling scrap metal, and selling Christmas trees. I remember he came home with a large chunk of float copper, I don't remember how large it was, everything seems larger when you are young. But, I think it weighed about 25-30 pounds. It would be nice to have that displayed next to my fireplace today.
@garrockwaters304
@garrockwaters304 2 жыл бұрын
That was a great presentation and nice delivery! That was very interesting American history and enjoyable.
@mga1858
@mga1858 5 жыл бұрын
From a Michigander: Thank you for sharing your in-depth knowledge. Very informative, thorough understanding and priceless.
@codemcloud6073
@codemcloud6073 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a Grand Rapids native of 33 years. Where do you hail from my friend?
@franktrask1264
@franktrask1264 2 жыл бұрын
My great Grandfather, John Wellington Nichols was one of the founders of the Brotherhood of Blacksmiths at the Calumet and Hecla Mine, and this was after it had become a well founded mine, his birthdate being around 1845 to 1850. He learned his craft sharpening drill steel and making tools of all kinds, starting as a boy in the surface shops, and he ended his work in Montana as a car shop foreman on the Milwaukee Road. My grandmother was born at Calumet. Both my Dad and I graduated from the Montana School of Mines, so our copper tradition was more from Butte, but much came there from Michigan! Thanks for a nice bit of history.
@StephenMortimer
@StephenMortimer 2 жыл бұрын
My great grandpa Tryck mined in Ishpeming (hius boys went to Alaska) , so it burns me to see "immigrants" today get welfare for just coming to the usa (illegally also)
@samfrancisco8095
@samfrancisco8095 2 жыл бұрын
Grandfather was a hoist operator at the Quincy Mine in the 20's- 40's. My Dad and Uncle graduated from Michigan Tech. Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. I miss Toni's Pasties on Kearsarge. We'd ride our bikes from Laurium to Eagle Harbor and Copper Harbor during our many summers visiting from NJ. Blueberries at Gay and Thimble Berries so "Nanny" GM. could make pies and jam. We'd go to Brockway Ridge at night and watch all the freighters passing. Overnight camp at Bete Grise and cook hotdogs on found sticks. Grandmother taught at the Sacred Heart School where my aunts, Dad and uncle went to school. Jureki's sauna was a weekly event. My Dad's favorite place was the Hut Inn after he retired and spent half the year in Laurium and the other half in San Antonio, TX.
@MyName-pl7zn
@MyName-pl7zn 2 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMortimer where was your great grandfather born?
@StephenMortimer
@StephenMortimer 2 жыл бұрын
@@MyName-pl7zn sweden livedIshpeming mich
@MyName-pl7zn
@MyName-pl7zn 2 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMortimer I have been there it is a beautiful place with fantastic people.
@10thstjeep
@10thstjeep 2 жыл бұрын
I just happened upon your site while doing some investigating on copper ores. Im in Arizona and am a very active rock hound. Copper and mineing being relevant to my wanderings, I wanted to tell you, I was impressed with your no nonsence explainations. Expecially because now,I can better understand the tools of the trade (so to speak). I just wanted to say thank you! Your programs have taught me more information to date, then any other that I have found so far. Your ability to tell a story and teach is exceptional! Not only engaging, but wonderfully crafted! That fact that you gave books to read, to continue learning was a nice touch! I am eager to watch more! (Just watched the logging episode- fantastic!) Basically, nice job! Thanks for the insight! I feel Ive learned more from these two programs of yours, then I have in lots of research. You Rock! Pun intended!!
@kenlansing1216
@kenlansing1216 2 жыл бұрын
My father worked as a lumberjack for awhile. He said one advantage of oxen was that when they got tired they would kneel down and catch their breath, holding the load right where they were, while a tired team of horses would usually back down to the bottom of the hill to rest.
@goldenrules3763
@goldenrules3763 7 ай бұрын
What an excellent, informative video, and told with the true passion of a natural teacher! 👍👍👍 I really enjoyed it, thank you!! My great grandfather owned a small coal mine in ohio that he worked with a pony and cart. There was a cave-in one day, breaking his back. He hooked himself up to the pony and she dragged him home, where his wife put him to bed. There was no medical attention because they were too poor to afford a doctor, so he stayed there until he healed enough to go back to work! This incredible toughness is what BUILT our country..their can-do spirit is an inspiration, and your video keeps that spirit alive! ❤
@paulvolk5446
@paulvolk5446 2 жыл бұрын
I have a short attention span but when I looked up when your talk was done I couldn't believe that much time had passed. Very interesting and well presented.
@georgecoulter1935
@georgecoulter1935 3 жыл бұрын
Talk about some man killin' work! Unreal how hard making a living was back in the day. Thank you James for an amazing insight!
@lanemcreynolds9894
@lanemcreynolds9894 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this interesting video about copper mining,, but more so about Michigan. I m from Texas but moved to Michigan for construction work, it was a big change from southern Texas but well worth it. I really liked all the time I spent up yonder. It was right out of high school. I loved living up there and am still very interested in all things Michigan.
@charlesericgarrison1517
@charlesericgarrison1517 2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding talk ! Mr. James Cassell is very knowledgeable on this very interesting subject !
@jerrydeanswanson79
@jerrydeanswanson79 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. This Wisconsinite learned much this morning!
@wwisaacson4807
@wwisaacson4807 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. My ancestors worked in the copper mines from around 1900-1940s. My grandfather earned 10 cents an hour as a kid working with the horses around 1920.
@rabidXmexijewX
@rabidXmexijewX 8 жыл бұрын
i love my papa jims passion on this subject ive lisented to him talk about this for hours and have never been bored
@kerrydennison7947
@kerrydennison7947 6 жыл бұрын
Cody Yorks , I would like to get to meet this gentleman I have a big collector of mining tools also
@jasontwynn7356
@jasontwynn7356 4 жыл бұрын
I'm from lower Mich, Muskegon . I found this video very informative. Thank you for sharing your time and information with us.
@jeanmeslier9491
@jeanmeslier9491 2 жыл бұрын
Very good and interesting. My Father and his brothers and his Father were coal miners in Arkansas. After WWII my Dad (a disabled vet) sometimes worked one and two man mines around Ft. Smith. There was a market because a lot of people still burned coal. My Dad was a dynamiter. In the small mines he sometimes used blasting powder and sometimes dynamite. After a shoot, he was the first one to the site to check to see that all the shots had gone off. The tools were similar, only he had a couple of star (or cross) drills. Carbide lamps were in use by then, generating acetylene gas which burned with a bright white light. The small Welsh and Shetland ponies were bred to be used in mines in the UK. It was and is, a miserable way to make a living. At the bigger mines, the crew was paid by the ton for the coal they dug. They had to dig 2200 pounds (a long ton) and were paid for just 1 ton. The mine owners got a free ton of coal every 10 tons the miners dug. In the 1700 and 1800s, boys and girls as young as 10 years old worked in the mines world wide, the US included. It is estimated that most of the gold ever mined is still in use. In the Greek mines, child slaves dug the gold. The life expectancy was 6 months.
@jldc1759
@jldc1759 2 жыл бұрын
Lots of great information and I haven’t had much interest in mining until watching this. Cheers to my dad who introduced me to this.
@davidmunro1469
@davidmunro1469 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you man . Your video is a college course. My father was a sampler at Lacnor uranium mine near Eliot Lake.
@peterparker9286
@peterparker9286 Жыл бұрын
What state is that located in ? Thanks
@carlcushmanhybels8159
@carlcushmanhybels8159 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Excellent presentation. I also enjoyed your MI accent. I have a 4" piece of native copper i found as a kid when we hiked up to an abandoned copper mine shaft on the UP. My dad was from MI and had done his Master's History thesis on a giant copper boulder of the UP hauled out in the 1840's. Years later i saw the boulder in the Smithsonian. I grew up in New England but we'd visit MI relatives & 1 week my family toured the UP. Most haunting was an abandoned copper processing factory, last used during WWII. Wish I knew quite where on the UP that was/is? Had ore cars rusting on tracks outside. Inside the 1 story factory, some machinery was still there. And real WWII posters were still on the wall! (This was 1970.) I took a Red Cross Homefront / Build Morale poster.
@grantrennie
@grantrennie 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great museum history video on old times mining ,thank you
@ericgulseth74
@ericgulseth74 2 жыл бұрын
I through hiked Isle Royale a few years ago. Poked around some of the mine sites. Gotta say, these small channels are some of my favorite type of content. People putting videos together because they love the subject matter. Subscribed!
@gaborkorthy8355
@gaborkorthy8355 2 жыл бұрын
As a child in the early sixties I spent summers on the Kiweenaw at Bete Gris. At that time the Kingston mine was still operational. I often went to the Delaware mine and searched the huge piles of tailings looking for copper. Back than it was all by sight no metal detectors. We had considerable luck often finding chunks of copper as large as my hand.
@jamiehughes5573
@jamiehughes5573 Жыл бұрын
Yeah back in the day, mines were not as efficient as mines today, today those tailings could of been processed even more to maximise copper extraction
@apachepaul
@apachepaul 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome talk! Having had visited the U.P. and toured some copper mines, this filled in and colored my understanding of the men and processes used.
@karmsenrab8587
@karmsenrab8587 2 жыл бұрын
I like the fact that he points out that it is his speculation unlike a lot of so-called experts in certain fields that try to pass off their opinion as fact
@leenelson1950
@leenelson1950 5 жыл бұрын
I like Michigan history and your video fit the bill for me. It is nice to learn about things that were only used in Michigan mines. Good job.
@mr.smitty1993
@mr.smitty1993 2 жыл бұрын
As a native Michigander, this is exceptionally cool info. Thanks much.
@centerice
@centerice 2 жыл бұрын
Super interesting! Thank you for documenting this information for Michigan UP posterity! It is remarkable how little the current generation living up in the Houghton area know about their local history. Tourists nearly ALWAYS ask about the 19th century ruins of the old mines but are usually met with a shrug of the shoulders.
@johnn3542
@johnn3542 2 жыл бұрын
Great info, live in Michigan but never heard details like you gave about the copper mining
@karlkomec1427
@karlkomec1427 2 жыл бұрын
Top of the line presentation! Thank you, Maestro! Makes me so happy to have an office job.
@randallfrank5682
@randallfrank5682 2 жыл бұрын
This is a very interesting video about early mining techniques. I was born and raised in Alaska and I am very familiar with gold mining and copper mining history in Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada.
@jasonasselin
@jasonasselin 6 жыл бұрын
I found float copper in a place where copper was never mined. Always looking for more info, this was an interesting video of history!
@jjmckay6man1
@jjmckay6man1 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video presentation! I live abut 2 miles or so as the crow flies from the cliff Mine!
@RSSIPPEL.ART.
@RSSIPPEL.ART. 2 жыл бұрын
The Keewanaw Penninsula is the most beautiful, natural, place I've ever been. I used to snorkel up there; looking for Agates and Calcite, along Lake Superior, during camping.
@codemcloud6073
@codemcloud6073 2 жыл бұрын
If you've never been to torch lake it's a bucket list location. I've never seen a freshwater lake that looked so tropical and beautiful the water is breathtaking and the channels leading to the lake is dream scenery . If you couldn't taste the water you'd never guess it was fresh.
@peterparker9286
@peterparker9286 Жыл бұрын
@@codemcloud6073 Code what are you saying ??? are we even alive ??? Seriously Thanks.
@kc7brj
@kc7brj 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent! I lived in the west end of the UP for a few years, knew of the mining in the past but never the, "how they did it", thanks.
@riverraisin1
@riverraisin1 3 жыл бұрын
Superb presentation. I learned more about early copper mining processes from this video than all the books I've read and museums I've visited in the Copper Country. BTW - I found one of those chiseled copper chips on the surface of one of the old mines back in the 1980's (can't remember which one). I had no idea what it was other than a piece of copper, so just left it.
@MagicNate
@MagicNate 8 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, thanks for putting this info out there! I'm a detectorist and occasionally dig float copper in the Fox river valley of Wisconsin; it could be either glacial deposit or stock carried down by the copper culture natives. Gotta make a trip up there sometime and see if there's any left :)
@guynorth3277
@guynorth3277 2 жыл бұрын
Just being out there for the hunt is so invigorating and satisfying, spent a Summer on Isle Royale.
@Syclone0044
@Syclone0044 2 жыл бұрын
@@guynorth3277 I know of a certain visitor center there in Wisconsin where a huge copper nugget is sitting out on display, I forget it’s weight but it’s about the size of 3 footballs; I doubt one person could lift it. The information plaque said a local farmer found it deposited by glaciers in his field. I always found this very odd that it would just be sitting there in the open at this visitor center. Isn’t it worth a great deal of money?
@royreynolds108
@royreynolds108 Жыл бұрын
@@Syclone0044 It may be "worth" a great deal of money, but only if you can move it and sell it to a place or person who can use it. If you can't handle the object, it is basically worthless.
@SpaceWormMark
@SpaceWormMark 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome presentation, thank you Mr. Cassell for sharing your collection and knowledge
@davegunall1450
@davegunall1450 2 жыл бұрын
"They put their thumb over the drill" really trusted their fellow workers :) Great story and presentation !
@royreynolds108
@royreynolds108 Жыл бұрын
The thumb story is told in the silver and gold mines in Colorado also.
@Bozcard
@Bozcard 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I backpacked on Isle Royale years ago. I saw a TV show once in which the host speculated the Upper Peninsula copper trade reached the Mediterranean in the Bronze Age.
@guitarzan7227
@guitarzan7227 2 жыл бұрын
There is supposedly some 5 tons of copper on IR unaccounted for.
@fishhuntadventure
@fishhuntadventure 2 жыл бұрын
@@guitarzan7227 unaccounted for?….
@Bozcard
@Bozcard 2 жыл бұрын
@@fishhuntadventure I have read that many years ago the Native Americans rode their canoes to Isle Royal to mine copper.
@guitarzan7227
@guitarzan7227 2 жыл бұрын
@@fishhuntadventure yes, unaccounted for. They "don't know where it went..." And I'm pretty sure that is a low estimate on my part. Just like archeologists aren't sure where the Mediterranean came up with all of the copper during the bronze age.
@tomnekuda3818
@tomnekuda3818 2 жыл бұрын
This was an absolutely excellent presentation with powerful visual aids. I worked for Dow Chemical in Midland and sometimes on our days off a buddy of mine and I would take our dirt bikes and explore the area you speak of and the Upper Peninsula. There is so much interesting history in that area and the dirt bike was the perfect vehicle for exploration. I notice that you have a hay saw hanging on the wall behind you....I used one to cut into haystacks in the winter to feed cattle on my Dad's place in South Dakota. It sure saved a lot of work getting the hay loose for the cows in the winter.
@glenmcmillian6206
@glenmcmillian6206 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for one of the best and most informative presentations about early industry in the USA I've ever seen for free! Being from a farming background, and thus knowing a good bit about horses, mules, and steers..... One of the more important reasons for using steers for such work as pulling wagons and plows, logging, and so forth was that steers were generally much cheaper to buy, and much cheaper to feed, especially in places a long way from farms where corn or other grain was grown. Horses and mules need better quality feed than steers to work them. I've no expertise in actually training steers or horses, personally, having never done so, but I've watched horses and mules being trained. According to my grand parents, who passed on back in the fifties and sixties, training steers was not that different from training horses. Their own parents, my great grandparents, did use steers sometimes, but they were on their way out by the turn of the twentieth century. Farmers in this area gave up steers once they were able to grow enough grain to feed some to their horses and mules when they were working them, which was mostly during the plowing season, and sometimes when they needed their wagons for a few days or weeks to haul crops in from the fields or to town to sell. Otherwise horses and mules spent most of their time on pasture, not being worked sometimes for weeks at a time. Both horses and mules do fine on pasture without supplemental feed so long as you're not working them.
@FlyboyUS
@FlyboyUS 2 жыл бұрын
This was an awesome video. Thank you.
@Taylor-ve8so
@Taylor-ve8so 7 жыл бұрын
Loved this video! Very informative!!! Glad to see a fellow Michigander with such a passion
@scottsmith8546
@scottsmith8546 2 жыл бұрын
Great job on this presentation and video, the man was extremely well spoken and filled my head with many a thoughts of what it was like back in those days mining copper. Outstanding explanation of how the Michigan became a copper captial!
@luacreskid
@luacreskid 2 жыл бұрын
Good job...having been up there a few times, years ago, it filled in a lot of questions.
@robertodebeers2551
@robertodebeers2551 2 жыл бұрын
Very good presentation. My grandad worked in a silver mine that was inside our family ranch there. So I have several of the tools you mentioned.
@KowboyUSA
@KowboyUSA 2 жыл бұрын
Several ton pieces of native copper would be a thing to behold, especially in this era of copper demand/value.
@chrismartin4856
@chrismartin4856 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome !! I like The "metal " buisness, PLUS both my parent's worked for "Denison Mines", and "Bond Gold" mine .Thanks for such an amazing look at how hard it was 150 YEARS ago.
@rebayousaf1844
@rebayousaf1844 2 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating video! I loved the part about the lamp wick!
@fzapp
@fzapp 3 жыл бұрын
Well done my friend...well done. I have a small collection of pre carbide mining lamps. One is from a copper mine on the Keweenaw peninsula. Thanks again!
@jimnunes6286
@jimnunes6286 2 жыл бұрын
Great history lesson, people do not realize how hard people had to work in those times to make a living! Most people don't realize how easy they have it now! Thank you!!!
@richardwolske2015
@richardwolske2015 2 жыл бұрын
Great video . I’ve learned more watching great videos like this then my history teachers ever shared with my classmates. Sad but true.
@CurlyToedShoes
@CurlyToedShoes 3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and informative talk! Just returned from a visit to the Keeweenaw and am able to have even more appreciation for the history of the area after learning more about mining tools and methods from this presentation.
@jyjimbugi
@jyjimbugi 2 жыл бұрын
I saw a huge copper nugget at my friend's house. it was about the size of a 12 lb turkey it had lots of sharp edges like shrapnel. .
@allancrow134
@allancrow134 2 жыл бұрын
I definitely learned something about native copper mining. Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge.
@ssnoc
@ssnoc 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent talk and information - Thanks👍
@mikeroup2721
@mikeroup2721 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video.I grew up in Danville PA and this area mined iron ore. I've seen similar tools but never a better explanation of there use. There are still round walking paths that mules used for wrapping the lifting cables. You can still see them if you know what you're looking for. Amazing to me how this work was done. HARD work and inginuity. Great job.
@destravlr
@destravlr 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating presentation of history and techniques of the copper mining. Very clear explanations, and entertaining, as others have mentioned.
@tomkinzel4854
@tomkinzel4854 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this great video! I've been exploring abandoned mines for over 45 years, mostly in the southwest. I started out in Upper Michigan because it was close to my Wisconsin home. My favorite mines were the Cliff and Minnesota mines. We searched all over the upper and lower Cliff Mine looking for a way in, back in the 70s. No luck. We did however talk to a guy who knew of a secret entrance, which he kept covered up, but he wouldn't tell us where it was. It was fun exploring around the buildings and smokestack literally buried in the poor rock at the upper mine. We also met an old guy living up the road in Phoenix who was a hoist operator for the Cliff Mine when very young. He even had a Cliff Mine stock certificate he bought when he worked there! I found one of those copper chiselings while at the Minnesota Mine that looks very much like yours. That group of mines has several shafts that can be explored. The Lake Mine also is impressive to explore underground.
@jimmeh213
@jimmeh213 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't stop watching the whole time, excellent!
@johncooper4637
@johncooper4637 2 жыл бұрын
Too bad this wasn't available when my wife and I visited the mine about 10 years ago. We spent a month on the U.P. and barely scratched the surface. I did manage to find some copper with my metal detector in the mine tailings. We also enjoyed the Seaman and Quincy Mine museums.
@gyrgrls
@gyrgrls 2 жыл бұрын
Dynamite was introduced in 1867. It was invented by Alfred Nobel. Now, it's a blast from the past. Still, the English (British) idiom rings true today: "sitting on a powder keg". I love your videos. You are true history and archeology buff. Keep 'em coming!
@michaelbuck7940
@michaelbuck7940 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lecture Good information Good communication easy to watch enjoy watching
@basknation
@basknation 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best presentations on the history of mining I have seen. Thank you for your decades of knowledge Mr Cassel. Not to mention your hilarious outro.
@otilium7503
@otilium7503 2 жыл бұрын
That's an awesome presentation. Thank you for sharing with such great references!
@NoctorialMysteries
@NoctorialMysteries 7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. Made me feel like I was there myself.
@RochesterHillsTV
@RochesterHillsTV 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! And, just as a head's-up, Jim Cassell will have another program (on WWI tools and weapons) coming soon!
@baobo67
@baobo67 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Well told. Thankyou.
@chriscodrington5464
@chriscodrington5464 2 жыл бұрын
Thank for a fascinating presentation.
@SMOBY44
@SMOBY44 2 жыл бұрын
For a description and talk type video, this was very informative and entertaining! Loved it!
@hillwalker8741
@hillwalker8741 6 жыл бұрын
wonderful! - I find a had a passel of relatives at the Minesota Mine - one was a shoemaker - imagine all the various industries to support a little town then -
@stevenosborne5117
@stevenosborne5117 6 жыл бұрын
Michigan, the Delaware Copper Mine was my first Michigan Copper Mine Tailings, My Father took me and my two brother for metal detecting in the tailing piles, all the tailing (boulders, needing smelting/ before refining) were pulled out and still had raw copper. Found lots of raw nuggets in the tailings, great childhood experience. Summer of 1974. Munising, MI (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munising,_Michigan} and Tahquamenon Falls, Mi, (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahquamenon_Falls) Harbor, Eagle Harbor n, Pictured Rocks Park, to name a few. Devils Log Slide and so many more. Michigan History.
@1978garfield
@1978garfield 2 жыл бұрын
Old mining was really inefficient. I know there are companies that mine coal tailings piles for coal using modern technology. I won't be surprised if they start mining the copper tailings for copper.
@shawnsan9
@shawnsan9 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome history lesson and loved seeing the authentic artifacts from the period. Much appreciated sir.
@dorisruttle4088
@dorisruttle4088 6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, informative, historical presentation...thank you!!
@gibbyrockerhunter
@gibbyrockerhunter 2 жыл бұрын
I have learned so much from this video. It is totally excellent.
@letthedeedshaw7541
@letthedeedshaw7541 2 жыл бұрын
This guy knows how to teach people...
@JuanHernandez-gy2jh
@JuanHernandez-gy2jh 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative Thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. This is priceless Thanks
@malcolmyoung7866
@malcolmyoung7866 2 жыл бұрын
Stumbled across this video.. I am of an age where subjects such as this peak my interest. It didn’t disappoint. Great presentation from someone who is evidently passionate about copper mining history. Some interesting info indeed. I wonder how many thumbs were lost in those mines. Thanks for sharing the info.
@jamesmoon1841
@jamesmoon1841 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting history of UP mining. Have a very good friend that does long-hole drilling in base metal mines in northern Manitoba. I got to tour underground about 10 years ago on his night shift. The tools are basically the same function only bigger and mechanically powered. Of interest in the closed mine the old iron rails have been plated with copper from years of leach water exposure. Mining history is fascinating to me.
@easygoing2479
@easygoing2479 2 жыл бұрын
This is just speculation on my part, but this was fascinating!
@busterbeagle2167
@busterbeagle2167 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers from West Michigan
@ecv03
@ecv03 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great presentation. I live in the Serra's and come across cool relics all the time. It is always good to learn what some of the finds are.
@walter2990
@walter2990 2 жыл бұрын
I throughly enjoyed your presentation!! Thanks for taking the time to educate those of us who have never heard about this past history!
@samking73
@samking73 7 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation, thank you!
@Lucas12v
@Lucas12v 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure why youtube recommended this too me but I'm glad that it did. This was a really interesting and well done presentation.
@jeffzutler1747
@jeffzutler1747 2 жыл бұрын
We explored several mines during my time at MTU, 1965-1970, and we used carbide lamps, which weren't mentioned in your talk. They must have been later technology that was not used in the earlier days?
@josephlwallssr6166
@josephlwallssr6166 2 жыл бұрын
Very, good listening! So much information, on the many different, mining tools used for copper, out of the peninsula of Michigan! Thank you!
@callmeBe
@callmeBe 8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic presentation! Thanks for spending so much time ironing (or copperizing) down your facts . . .
@RochesterHillsTV
@RochesterHillsTV 8 жыл бұрын
Lol - thanks!
@glenkelley6048
@glenkelley6048 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You SIR for a fine presentation on an interesting subject. I now have an idea about the name "Cliffs" in "Cleveland-Cliffs". I was a proud sailor on the CLIFFS VICTORY early in my long career at sea, and loaded many times at Marquette! Everything about your program is well done and I will be looking for more. Other sources report that much older mining operations were done in both Kewenau and Isle Royal, even back to the time of King David. Happy New Year to you!
@robertknowles2699
@robertknowles2699 2 жыл бұрын
Mom, Margaret Keal's first skool teach employment was in Marquette . Building boat in Cedar Key, FL since '91. Made special point to include a 1/2 in. forward rising wood theaded bolt of strong Cu alloy. Unsure of ore boat names off shore on Lake Erie; little far for canoe!
@RochesterHillsTV
@RochesterHillsTV 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We'll pass you kind words on to Mr. Cassell. He also did a video about Michigan Logging Tools - the link is kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJKmZpuXirKtp80 and the Tools of WWI, that link is kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5yoeZdvdrxnh9E
@GettingToHeaven
@GettingToHeaven 11 ай бұрын
Absolutely GREAT narrating. So informative video. Thanks a bazillion!
@ramseydieter
@ramseydieter 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, your knowledge and humility is well appreciated
@RochesterHillsTV
@RochesterHillsTV 8 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it, too, Cody. Thanks for watching!
@Stevedude-ky4ig
@Stevedude-ky4ig 7 жыл бұрын
Good to know. My grandfather started as a drill boy at the Arcadian at the age of 12
@jimksa67
@jimksa67 8 жыл бұрын
Well done! Thanks for your very informative talk! Tap'er light :)
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