Mine appraisal notebooks, 1911-1926.

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Mine appraisal notebooks, 1911-1926.

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Series 2 of record group RG 81-69 consists of mine appraisal notebooks (1911-1926). Beginning in 1911, the Michigan Geological Survey was required to gather data on the Upper Peninsula iron and copper mines for the State Tax Commission. The details assembled were than used in assessing the value of these extractive industries for taxation purposes. The notes taken relate to such matters as kind and amount of property owned, chemical analysis of ore, amount of ore mined and still in reserve, shipments made, and prospects of the operation. The final product of this exercise are in RG 81-14.

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...