Upper Peninsula tin mining file, 1935-1940.

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Upper Peninsula tin mining file, 1935-1940.

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Series 3 of record group RG 82-78 consists of an information file of tin mining in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for the years 1935-1940. Includes reports and correspondence relating to the presence of tin in Marquette and Baraga counties in the late 1930's. Also contains reports of discoveries of gold with tin in certain areas.

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