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Copeland (James) Mine, miners being hoisted in a bucket
Petersen, Max S. Arthur Lakes Library Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive United States. Bureau of Mines
Petersen, Max S.
Arthur Lakes Library
Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive
United States. Bureau of Mines
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1946-03
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Two miners are shown being hoisted in a bucket in the Doyle-Hardy shaft underground at the Copeland (James) Mine. The Copeland Mine (James Mine?) was an underground lead-zinc mine with surface workings in the Shullsburg area in the Upper Mississippi River Valley mining region of Wisconsin. The Upper Mississippi River Valley mining region was being prospected for lead in the 1820s and by the 1850s it had become an important lead producer. Zinc ores, originally discarded, were later identified as valuable. By the 1870s zinc production exceeded that of lead. The last zinc mine in the region closed in the 1970s.
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