From Marsh to Sands
the coarse and dark sands at Copper Falls Walking out on the sands at Copper Falls quickly became a surreal experience. The sands spread outwards in all directions, drifting off into the forest...
View ArticleCopper Falls
It was obvious that a stamp mill once existed along the edges of these sands. Knowing a thing or two about stamp mills we had an idea of where to look. Stamp Mills relied on two things in order to...
View ArticleAtop an Adit
Hidden planks in the ground. Were these perhaps remains of a short rail line? Even after 150 years man’s presence remains. By now, however, that presence has managed to blend rather nicely into the...
View ArticleAnatomy of the Underground
The adit we discovered at Copper Falls in only part of a much larger labyrinth of tunnels and shafts that comprise a Copper Country mine. The copper rich rock that mines sought were localized and...
View ArticleWhere Once Was a Mill
a sandstone block sitting alone in the forest The adit here on the side of the hill was only a small part of the Copper Falls operation. The main focus of the company was a series of shafts sunk high...
View ArticleThe Mill Foundation
The passing of over a century of time can do a lot to cover the ruins of men. Once the Copper Falls Mill sat alone on a deforested hillside. Now a forest has grown up around it, and all that it was has...
View ArticleOwl Creek Fissure
The high rocky ridge that forms the Keweenaw’s “spine” is more segmented and fractured then whole. In places – such as the Allouez Gap – large sections of the spine is missing. In other parts, the...
View ArticleCopper Falls Mill Stack
Deep within a twisted tangle of cedar and spruce bordering Owl Creek can be found this interesting artifact from a more industrious time. It lays broken and scattered within a deep ravine once traverse...
View ArticleThe Arnold and Eagle Harbor Railroad
Before the arrival of the Keweenaw’s first common carrier railroads – the Mineral Range – the peninsula’s transportation heritage rested solely with the variety of small, short line roads operated by...
View ArticleWhispers in the Forest
A walk through the forest is a peaceful stroll. The flutter of leaves high above, the moaning of old and tired tree trunks, and the soothing hush of wind through the canopy tends to drown out the...
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