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| | The ghosts of copper country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Created by Congress in 1992, the 2,000-acre park tells the history of copper, the metal that industrialized the United States. |
 | | In the 1840s and continuing for more than four decades, this mineral-rich peninsula that juts 50 miles into Lake Superior, was the richest copper-producing region in the U.S. The park, one of the newest in the National Park Service system, is divided into two major sections. |
 | | Though greatly exaggerated, glaciers had, indeed, deposited solid copper nuggets on hillsides and river banks thousands of years ago. |
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