Chippewa Hill Mining History

Three bicyclists smile at a vantage point with a view of Copper Peak's ski jump.

Copper Peak and Chippewa Hill where it sits, has been named a Michigan Historical Site (#292) because of its rich copper mining history. As a part of the “copper rush” of the mid-1840s, four exploratory pits were dug on the eastern and southern face of the hillside with several of them marked and accessible to visitors. […]