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Copper mining in Michigan
Important industry in the 19th and 20th centuries / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Michigan, copper mining became an important industry in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its rise marked the start of copper mining as a major industry in the United States.
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