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1855 Report of Phoenix Copper Co. (by. Samuel W. Hill) w/ Four Maps

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1855 Report of Phoenix Copper Co. (by. Samuel W. Hill) w/ Four Maps
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Important 28 page report from a very prominent mining geologist (Hill) with four fabulous maps with geological detail. Reports by Samuel W. Hill (superintendent), L.W. Campbell (clerk) and Charles Whittlesey (esq.). The property is 1700 acres on Lake Superior, including the port of Eagle River. Hill's report is 13 pages. Samuel W. Hill was a geologist and surveyor who was a very important figure in Michigan Copper country. What makes this report so great are the mining maps. Maps include: Diagram of the Phoenix Location showing the prominent Geological Features and Relative Course of Veins, S.W. Hill, drawn by Hulbert & Lum (8.5" x 5.5"); gorgeous color Geological Section from Lake Superior...On the Course of the Phoenix Vein, Made by S.W. Hill and C. Whittlesey, 1854", drawn by Hulbert & Lum (6.25" x 40") (toning and bends); color Vertical Section of the Shafts & Sand Galleries of the Phoenix Mine made by C. Whittlesey from surveys of M. Corvell in 1847, and Descriptions of Capt. J. Paull 1854 (9" x 31.5") (toning and bends); and Plan of the Sand Galleries at the Phoenix Mine Worked in the year 1846 & 1847, drawn by Hulbert & Lum, 1854, with three inset cross-sections (17" x 29") (toning and folds). Printed by Evans & Plumer, Boston. New covers. Some toning to pages. 8.5" x 5.5" City: Lake Superior State: Michigan Date: ID# 34815