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Letters and Recollections of Alexander Agassiz; With a Sketch of His Life and Work


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV 1867-1868 THE CALUMET AND HEOLA MINE Agassiz had not been long established at the Museum before he realized that his salary would be entirely insufficient for the support of a family, to say nothing of his desire to possess the means to continue and publish his original work. Looking about for some remunerative employment, he obtained, through his friend Mr. J. M. Forbes, the presidency of some coal mines in Pennsylvania, a position for which his studies at the Scientific School had especially fitted him. Little is known of this episode; for a time in the early sixties, he appears to have managed the enterprise from Boston, with occasional visits to Pennsylvania, but seems finally to have realized that the occupation was not likely to prove advantageous. It is not clear how, with his duties at the Museum and his research, he managed to find time for this additional work. This experience, though little in itself, must have disclosed his ability to handle men, and given him confidence. Without it, the owners of the Calumet and Hecla Mines might never have given him his chance, by turning to him as a forlorn hope when that venture seemed desperate. The story of the discovery of the Calumet Mine, though based on apparently sufficient evidence, reads like a page of "Monte Cristo," rather than a forgotten leaf from the early history of northern Michigan. The Keweenaw Peninsula, a celebrated copper region, juts out to the northeast from the south shore of Lake Superior. The copper-bearing strata run parallel to the coast and dip sharply to the northwest. The district is one of the very few places in the world where the metal is found in its native state, scattered through the rock in small particles, and less frequently in great tangled masses. This r...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781154006575
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 122
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154006573
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 286 gr


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