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205:"Old Nonesuch Lode in the Porcupine Mountains was Once Heralded as One of the Richest Copper Beds Ever Found." October 17, 2007. Copper Country Vertical File: Copper and Mining - Companies - Nonesuch Mining Company (1955). MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical collections, Michigan Technological University, Michigan.
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The copper at the mine was found in a 4-foot-thick (1.2 m) bed of sandstone, and the underlying shale, also a few feet thick. These shales and sandstones were given the name
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106:"Discovered in 1865 the mine was first opened in 1867, since which time it has swallowed several large fortunes, and has yielded the insignificant amount of 180 tons 1,072 pounds of refined copper from one of the richest beds of copper-bearing rock ever opened."
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270:"Nonesuch." October 17, 2007. Copper Country Vertical File: Copper and Mining - Companies - Nonesuch Mining Company (2004). MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical collections, Michigan Technological University, Michigan.
236:"Nonesuch." October 17, 2007. Copper Country Vertical File: Copper and Mining - Companies - Nonesuch Mining Company (2004). MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical collections, Michigan Technological University, Michigan.
196:"Nonesuch." October 17, 2007. Copper Country Vertical File: Copper and Mining - Companies - Nonesuch Mining Company (2004). MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical collections, Michigan Technological University, Michigan.
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111:"The copper is there-millions and millions of pounds of it, not worth a penny a ton in the mine. Some day the problem will be solved, and a new crop of millionaires made from the Nonesuch."
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