Postwar years 1865-1880

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The boom years 18441850"><U>The boom years 1844-1850</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id191.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postboom years 18511861"><U>Post-boom years 1851-1861</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Civil War years 18611865"><U>Civil War years 1861-1865</U></A></div> <div> <B>Postwar years 1865-1880</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Expansion Period 18801900"><U>Expansion Period 1880-1900</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Twentieth Century 19001967"><U>Twentieth Century 1900-1967</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Copper Country Reflections</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copper Country Reflections"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History"><U><B>History</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><U>P</U></B><B><U>o</U></B><B><U>stwar years 1865-1880</U></B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="7130c880.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="392" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> Calumet Mining Company Stamp Mill, 1870, near Calumet pond</div> <bR> <div> The period following the Civil War was one of great difficulty for the majority of the mines, and yet in these years came the discovery and development of one of the richest mines in the world, the Calumet & Hecla.</div> <div> The demand and price for copper decreased following the war, closing most of the smaller and newer mines.  Most of the fissure mines (those relying solely on mass and barrel copper for their production) were also unable to sustain themselves, and investors were slowly realizing the importance of the amygdaloid and conglomerate veins (and also the large amount of capital required to open these).  But due to a nationwide depression following the stock market crash of 1873, financing became more difficult.  The great C&H mine almost did not make it through its early years of 1866-1870.</div> <div> Here are some companies that you may find interesting...</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amygdaloid M. Co."><U>Amygdaloid M. Co.</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central M. Co."><U>Central M. Co.</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id265.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girard M. Co."><U>Girard M. Co.</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St.Clair M. Co."><U>St.Clair M. Co.</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id280.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other companies"><U>Other companies</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id344.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calumet Hecla"><U>Calumet & Hecla</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>