Trivia #16 Bronze (9/16/2014)

[Trivia Master]

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The capture of which mines ended the Confederacy's ability to produce bronze cannons?
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[Bob Owen]

Copper mines of Tennessee

Edit - Although the Trivia Master was going specifically for the Ducktown mines, the post by St. Albans Raid (post # 32) contains a link to a source indicating that Ducktown was not the only mine producing copper in Tennessee.

Therefore, I'm going to accept this answer.

Hoosier

 

[ErnieMac]

Ducktown mines near Chattanooga, TN.

 

[chellers]

Ducktown copper mines

 

[Littlestown]

Ducktown copper mines

 

[DickWilliams]

The Ducktown mines near Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

My Answer: The Ducktown copper mines near Chattanooga.
Thanks!

 

[E_just_E]

The Ducktown mines near Chattanooga Tennessee, 11/1863

 

[truthckr]

the Ducktown copper mines outside Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

[Eagle eye]

Ducktown, TN

 

[adisciu9]

Ducktown copper mines

 

[War Horse]

Selma

Edit - Selma, AL, was a major site for manufacturing war materiel during the Civil War, but I can't find evidence that there were any mines there.

Hoosier

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

The Ducktown Copper Mines in TN

 

[Nathanb1]

Ducktown copper mines in Tennessee

 

[LZRD WZRD]

Ducktown

 

[Karlos63]

The Ducktown mines near Chattanooga TN.

 

[TinCan]

The Ducktown mines

 

[godofredus]

The Ducktown mines near Chattanooga Tennessee Unfortunately for the Confederacy, the Ducktown mines were taken in November of 1863 by the Union. This ended bronze Napoleon production in the South
https://www.iusb.edu/ugr-journal/static/2001/stanage.php

 

[csb1971]

The Ducktown Mines

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Ducktown copper mines near Chattanooga.