Quincy Mining Company and Huron Mining Company Photograph Collection.

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Quincy Mining Company and Huron Mining Company Photograph Collection.

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Photograph collection, undated, featuring glass plate negatives of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan and the Huron Mining Company in Houghton, Michigan. Both mine and mill sites are depicted, as well as other Copper Country locations.

0.18 cubic feet; 1/2 manuscript box (letter size)

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8098158

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Huron Mining Company

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Quincy Mining Company

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The Quincy Mining Company was founded in 1846 to mine native copper deposits on property near Hancock, Michigan. During the course of the next one hundred and fifty years, the company produced 1.5 billion pounds of refined copper and issued $3 0 million in shareholder dividends. Its ability to consistently produce copper and stock dividends garnered it the nickname ₃Old Reliable₄ and spread its fame throughout the mining world. Before closing on May 6, 1967, the Quincy reclamation plant recovere...