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Updated: June 2, 2025
Radisson was told that "at the end of the point there is an isle all of copper." This is not very far from the truth, for this peninsula contains, about Keweenaw Point, the richest copper deposit in the world. In 1857 there was taken from one of the mines a mass of ore weighing 420 tons and containing more than ninety per cent of pure copper.
Leaving Marquette and the iron range at 7 A.M., on the 3d of August, we sailed for Portage, the first harbor in the copper mountains, arriving about noon. Portage is a shallow bay or mouth of the river of the same name, on the east shore of Keewaiwonah Promontory, or, as it is commonly called, Keweenaw Point. The mines and town of Portage lie at the mountains, about sixteen miles inland.
The Chippewas worked the copper mines at Keweenaw Point before the white race had learned of a Western land, but they did so timidly, for they believed that a demon would visit with injury or death the rash mortal who should presume to pillage his treasure, unless he had first bestowed gifts upon him.
The mass of copper had been raised several feet, along the foot of the lode, on timbers, by means of wedges.” At this place was found a stone maul weighing thirty-six pounds, and also a copper maul or sledge weighing twenty-five pounds. The dark spots are masses of copper. The modern mining works are mostly confined to that part of the copper region known as Keweenaw Point.
The Chippewas worked the copper mines at Keweenaw Point before the white race had learned of a Western land, but they did so timidly, for they believed that a demon would visit with injury or death the rash mortal who should presume to pillage his treasure, unless he had first bestowed gifts upon him.
Radisson's Experiences as a Prisoner among the Iroquois. He plays the Indian Warrior. Escapes to the Dutch. Makes his Way back to Canada. He and his Brother-in-law set out for the Upper Lakes. Fight with Iroquois. Storm an Indian Fort. Reach Lake Superior. "The Pictured Rocks." Keweenaw Point. Long Overland Journey. Summer and Feasting. Winter and Famine. Feasting again. Fine Ducking.
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