Ducktown's First Copper Mine
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N 35° 01.984 W 084° 22.876
16S E 738896 N 3879845
Ducktown's First Copper Mine
Waymark Code: WM25RH
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2007
Views: 23
HIWASSEE MINE
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A reconstructed steam hoist engine boiler chimney, originally constructed ca 1854, marks the site of the discovery of copper in 1843 by a prospector name Lemmons. In 1847 A.J. Weaver leased and dug at this place 90 casks or ore, hauling them on mule back to the railroad 70 miles away at Dalton, Georgia. The ore was sold to the Revere Smelting Works, near Boston. At this site in 1850 T.H. Callaway opened the first mine in Ductown Mining District, the Hiwassee Mine.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1847
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