Title: MTU - Students
Photographer: Joe Kirkish
Subject Headings: Education, Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources - Copper Mines and Mining
Condition: Good
Description: Students examine the float copper dsplayed on the Michigan Tech campus. Specimans such as the one shown and the Ontonagon Boulder (also float copper) were evidence of the potential of copper mining in the area. The mining of copper and iron ore led to the need for a mining school. [Michigan Tech Centennial Page 239]
Source of Description: Back of photo [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Raymond Smith
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 12.6 cm x 17.9 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: Book LD3328H3-239-1
Collection Name: Centennial
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