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Lake Superior
Short-sighted fear! The demand for copper soon became imperative; the ordnance department wanted all and more than could be produced. The production was thereby greatly stimulated ; the mines were pushed to their utmost capacity, and general prosperity came rolling in. Mine dividends came as a new and encouraging feature, and before the war was over copper had gone up in price from 17 cents to 50 cents per pound. With all these factors at work, it would be strange if our mining towns did not prosper. Hancock, from a mere hamlet in 1860, soon out-ranked Houghton in population and business; the country was filled up with people who were not miners
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