Amygdaloid M. Co.

<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> <B>The Amygdaloid is perhaps one of the greatest failure stories during this, or any other, time period in the Copper Country.</B></div> <div> <B>Organized in July, 1860, this company immediately set forth on a grand scale.  A large mining plant was installed, a stamp house with 32 Gates' stamps and many buildings and dwellings were built.</B></div> <div> <B>The following summer, a massive fire destroyed almost everything, including the homes and stamp mill.  By the end of the same year, most of the buildings had been rebuilt.</B></div> <div> <B>However, the mine produced very little copper.</B></div> <div> <B>The stamp mill was later rebuilt, but suffered another failure when it's boilers exploded!  But, believe it or not, the mill was rebuilt once again the next year.</B></div> <div> <B>Due to the lack of qualified workers during this period, men from Canada were imported.  But as soon as they arrived, they ran to avoid paying their fares.  Again, the company lost a large sum of money.</B></div> <div> <B>By 1878, the company was abandoned, leaving behind a rather large deserted village.  </B><A HREF="id327.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meier contd"><U><B><U>Click here to see a 1915 photo of the property.</U></B></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> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central M. Co."><U><B><IMG SRC="0410e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id261.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postwar years 18651880"><U><B><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Click arrows to go through series.  Use the UP arrow to go back to main page.</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> Amygdaloid M. Co.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="6efcca70.jpg" border=0 width="460" height="423" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="85ace5f0.jpg" border=0 width="462" height="607" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>