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Keweenaw National Historical Park The Coppetown Mining Museum resides in the pattern shop located in the former Calumet & hecla industrial core.
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Keweenaw National Historical Park
Coppertown Mining Museum
Exhibits at the Coppertown Mining Museum help visitors experience the many aspects of Calumet
Exhibits at the Coppertown Mining Museum help visitors experience the many aspects of Calumet & Hecla's mining operations.
 

Calumet & Hecla's distance from manufacturing centers required the company to be self-reliant. In the pattern shop, skilled workers crafted wooden patterns that were used in the foundry that once stood next door to cast parts and tools need for mine operations.

Today, the Coppertown Mining Museum, a Keweenaw Heritage Site, is located in the former C&H Pattern Shop building. The museum features exhibits both on mining operations and life in a mining town.
Located at 101 Red Jacket Road, Calumet, MI.
Phone 906-337-4354.
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Once the scene of buslting industry, the Quincy shaft-rock house at the number 2 shaft and accompanying hoist house sit silent today.

Did You Know?
Despite ups and downs in copper production and prices, the Quincy Mining Company on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was able to pay its investors dividends nearly every year from 1862 to 1920, earning it the nickname "Old Reliable." The company closed in 1945 after nearly 100 years of operation.

Last Updated: January 06, 2012 at 14:05 MST