This article covers facts about copper such as who discovered copper, what is copper used for and where is copper found.

This discovery of copper has been led back to ancient man. No, David Copperfield did not invent copper. Copper was a prehistoric metal. Copper was first mined in that area by an ancient vanished race between 5,000 and 1,200 bc. It was fond uncombined and ancient peoples used it for jewelry and spear tips. Copper has been led back to the indians of the upper peninsula. The first mineral boom in the USA occurred in 1843 when people from all over the states began to chase the copper, silver and iron of Michigan’s upper peninsula. These mines were in operation for more than a hundred years.

What is copper used for? In architecture copper sheets are used for roofing. Brake lines & brazed copper-brass radiators are used in cars. Almost all electrical building wires, power lines and phone lines are copper. I could spend hours decribing all of the uses for copper because they’re truly endless but I think I covered the most popular uses. An average single-family home uses 439 pounds of copper in places such as building wire, plumbing & appliances.