Mandan is a

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in Grant Township,

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, on

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, about twelve miles south of Copper Harbor. It was the site of the Mandan Mine and the Medora Mine, two copper mines which were organized in 1864 and worked intermittently until their abandonment in 1909. The town was served by the

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References

* Monette, Clarence J. All About Mandan, Michigan. Lake Linden, MI: C.J. Monette, 1982. In the collection of th
Clarke Historical Library
Central Michigan University. * Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, 1911.

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