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SOLD - Copper infused smelter brick slab. (Historic)
Copper firebrick is from the old, hand-fired copper smelter of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., at Hubbell, Michigan. Hubbell is on the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as the Copper Country. The old hand-fired smelter was built in 1885/86. But, by the end of the mid-1920s, furnaces were added. The smelter continued to operate until 1968. It was then closed and dismantled from 1968-1973. Over the years, the smelting process resulted in the firebrick absorbing molten copper and other metals from the ore charge. When the smelter was torn down, local rock-hounds and lapidaries quickly discovered that the copper in the bricks made beautiful clocks, book-ends and jewelry. This is a rare piece of Michigan history.
Copper firebrick is from the old, hand-fired copper smelter of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., at Hubbell, Michigan. Hubbell is on the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as the Copper Country. The old hand-fired smelter was built in 1885/86. But, by the end of the mid-1920s, furnaces were added. The smelter continued to operate until 1968. It was then closed and dismantled from 1968-1973. Over the years, the smelting process resulted in the firebrick absorbing molten copper and other metals from the ore charge. When the smelter was torn down, local rock-hounds and lapidaries quickly discovered that the copper in the bricks made beautiful clocks, book-ends and jewelry. This is a rare piece of Michigan history.
Copper firebrick is from the old, hand-fired copper smelter of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., at Hubbell, Michigan. Hubbell is on the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as the Copper Country. The old hand-fired smelter was built in 1885/86. But, by the end of the mid-1920s, furnaces were added. The smelter continued to operate until 1968. It was then closed and dismantled from 1968-1973. Over the years, the smelting process resulted in the firebrick absorbing molten copper and other metals from the ore charge. When the smelter was torn down, local rock-hounds and lapidaries quickly discovered that the copper in the bricks made beautiful clocks, book-ends and jewelry. This is a rare piece of Michigan history.
12”x9.5”x3/4”. 6.8 Lb. Historic live-edge copper smelter firebrick on one side. Cut and polished shiny & smooth on the other side.