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Michigan's UP ISLE ROYAL
The latter are found in large quantities in the rubbish forming the tumuli at the mouths of the pits, as well as in the excavations themselves, where, mingled with considerable amounts of charcoal, they seemingly had been pushed behind those miners as they advanced in "the exploration of the vein, the walls of which were generally left unbroken.
At an indentation of the coast on the south side of the island, where a stream about 40 feet in width had cut a channel through the rocks and formed quite a fall of water, was discovered what is taken to be the site of the town, or the habitations of these people. It occupies an elevated slope, giving an extensive view of Lake Superior, and overlooking the intervening point of land which makes the little bay an excellent harbor. The remains consist of a series of shallow excavations, generally about four feet in depth, and occupying the successive terraces of the slopes. Some of these pits are circular, others are quadrangular, and they vary from 10 to 30 feet in diameter.
Upper Penisula
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