History

The Baltic Mine c.1905

To help show the progress of copper mining in the U.P., I have broken the history of the Copper Country into these categories:

The early boom years 1844 -1850

Post-boom years 1851 -1861

Civil War 1861 -1865

Postwar years 1865 -1880

Expansion period 1880-1900

Twentieth Century 1900-1967

Note: If you are doing additional research into any of the various 400+ mining companies that had operations in the Copper Country from

1844-1967, don't forget to review my "Illustrated Bibliography" section.  You'll find additional material to help in your work.