Comments on: A Hecla Shaft http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/ an exploration journal into the shadows of the copper country Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jay Balliet http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5520 Jay Balliet Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:08:22 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5520 While we're at it, there's a few more things....ah...nevermind. ;) While we’re at it, there’s a few more things….ah…nevermind.
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]]> By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5519 explorer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:36:53 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5519 Your all welcome, now quit your whining!! :) Your all welcome, now quit your whining!! :)

]]> By: dcclark http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5518 dcclark Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:19:38 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5518 Sweet! Thanks Mike! Sweet! Thanks Mike!

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5517 Jay Balliet Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:12:15 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5517 Dave nailed it. We get some topics that just dominate the comments and someone new (or a regular) posts a comment on an old topic hoping for an answer or more info only to have their comment quickly bumped off the list. BTW, I just noticed the "View More" link...very nice!!! Thanks Mike!!! Dave nailed it. We get some topics that just dominate the comments and someone new (or a regular) posts a comment on an old topic hoping for an answer or more info only to have their comment quickly bumped off the list.

BTW, I just noticed the “View More” link…very nice!!! Thanks Mike!!!

]]> By: dcclark http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5514 dcclark Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:21:27 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5514 I second Jay -- the list of the 5 most recent comments (on the front page) is frequently too short, so that new comments disappear off the list before we can see that they were there. I second Jay — the list of the 5 most recent comments (on the front page) is frequently too short, so that new comments disappear off the list before we can see that they were there.

]]> By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5513 explorer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:15:48 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5513 Jay... I'm not sure why you "hate to ask", but what specifically did you have in mind? Is it just a lack of comments displayed that's the problem or something else? Jay…

I’m not sure why you “hate to ask”, but what specifically did you have in mind? Is it just a lack of comments displayed that’s the problem or something else?

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5510 Jay Balliet Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:43:07 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5510 Mike, I hate to ask, but would it be possible to add a "new comments" feature? The current one is nice, but sometimes there's much discussion on one topic (like the Stamp Sands series) and someone's comment might get lost in the shuffle, especially on an older topic. Mike,

I hate to ask, but would it be possible to add a “new comments” feature? The current one is nice, but sometimes there’s much discussion on one topic (like the Stamp Sands series) and someone’s comment might get lost in the shuffle, especially on an older topic.

]]> By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5464 explorer Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:09:33 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5464 While it is true that US41 follows portions of the original military road, that distinction is also shared by M26 as well as a large number of other small forest roads and trails. Over time, even some of those sections of highway that followed the original road have since been re-aligned and re-routed. So it would be difficult to follow the old route with much certainty. I think things are a little easier down south, near Wisconsin and the border. Up here in the Keweenaw, however, the current route of US41 for the most part is no where near the old road. The current US41 runs along the major copper bearing lodes connecting various mine locations with Houghton and Hancock to the south. Since the old road was laid before these lodes were even discovered, it would be a remarkable coincidence that the road was laid right along the copper deposits. I know for a fact that most of the current highway between Mesnard Location and Calumet didn't even exist before the Depression, and M26 between Copper Harbor and Eagle Harbor was laid during the depression. But if you look carefully at maps you're bound to find several roads marked as "military road" or "old military road". I'm sure that these were all at some point part of the original road. You'd just have to find a way to connect them all. While it is true that US41 follows portions of the original military road, that distinction is also shared by M26 as well as a large number of other small forest roads and trails. Over time, even some of those sections of highway that followed the original road have since been re-aligned and re-routed. So it would be difficult to follow the old route with much certainty.

I think things are a little easier down south, near Wisconsin and the border. Up here in the Keweenaw, however, the current route of US41 for the most part is no where near the old road. The current US41 runs along the major copper bearing lodes connecting various mine locations with Houghton and Hancock to the south. Since the old road was laid before these lodes were even discovered, it would be a remarkable coincidence that the road was laid right along the copper deposits. I know for a fact that most of the current highway between Mesnard Location and Calumet didn’t even exist before the Depression, and M26 between Copper Harbor and Eagle Harbor was laid during the depression.

But if you look carefully at maps you’re bound to find several roads marked as “military road” or “old military road”. I’m sure that these were all at some point part of the original road. You’d just have to find a way to connect them all.

]]> By: Herb from Wisconsin http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5460 Herb from Wisconsin Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:31:05 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5460 The Indians even had a local industry of sorts promising to lead the greedy prospectors to copper masses deep in the woods even larger than the Ontonagon Copper Rock. They'd wander for days while the red guide sought the assistance of spirit helpers, and then when the miners would start to grumble and suspect a ruse, the Indian would quietly would slip away. If you travel the Military Road (Hwy-41) today, don't forget to stop where it crosses the Ontonagon to see the little Lincoln marker and monument there. The Indians even had a local industry of sorts promising to lead the greedy prospectors to copper masses deep in the woods even larger than the Ontonagon Copper Rock. They’d wander for days while the red guide sought the assistance of spirit helpers, and then when the miners would start to grumble and suspect a ruse, the Indian would quietly would slip away.

If you travel the Military Road (Hwy-41) today, don’t forget to stop where it crosses the Ontonagon to see the little Lincoln marker and monument there.

]]> By: Herb from Wisconsin http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5459 Herb from Wisconsin Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:25:54 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/06/05/a-hecla-shaft/#comment-5459 Lots of the old timers quipped that the Fort was built and manned more to protect the Indians from the miners than vice versa. Perhaps not exactly true, but how things turned out. Reading the early accounts about copper fever it had nearly all the excitement of a gold rush and just as picturesque. Lots of the old timers quipped that the Fort was built and manned more to protect the Indians from the miners than vice versa. Perhaps not exactly true, but how things turned out. Reading the early accounts about copper fever it had nearly all the excitement of a gold rush and just as picturesque.

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