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    Laurium (/ˈlɔːriəm/; LAW-ri-um or /ˈleɪriəm/ LAIR-i-um) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center...
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    Lavrio (redirect from Laurium)
    Lavrio, Lavrion or Laurium (Greek: Λαύριο; Ancient Greek: Λαύρειον (later Λαύριον); from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια Ergastiria) is a town in southeastern...
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    George Gipp (category People from Laurium, Michigan)
    Rockne, All American, he was portrayed by Ronald Reagan. Born and raised in Laurium, Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula, Gipp entered...
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  • Olympiakos Laurium F.C. is a Greek football club, based in Laurium, Attica. The club was founded in 1926. They will play in Football League 2 for the...
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    The mines of Laurion (or Lavrion) are ancient mines located in southern Attica between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, approximately 50 kilometers south of...
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    Thomas H. Hoatson House (now known as the Laurium Manor Inn) is a house located at 320 Tamarack Street in Laurium, Michigan. It was listed on the National...
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    City Oakland 4,088 4,075 +0.3% 4,236 1.5 3.9 2,716.7/sq mi (1,048.9/km2) Laurium Village Houghton 1,864 1,977 −5.7% 2,126 0.65 1.7 3,041.5/sq mi (1,174...
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    The valuable silver used in Athenian coins was gathered from Athens's Laurium Mines in Attica, which were subject to large-scale use and exploitation...
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  • Percy Ross (category People from Laurium, Michigan)
    to $30 million over a period of 17 years. Ross was born and raised in Laurium, Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan's upper peninsula, about...
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    which provided the bullion. Most well known were the silver mines of Laurium in Athenian countryside. The Athenian tetradrachm was stamped with the...
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  • The Public Schools of Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw is located in Calumet, Michigan. The district is Michigan's northernmost K-12 school district. In 1867...
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    to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Elefsina, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and...
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    in Europe has a very long history. Examples include the silver mines of Laurium, which helped support the Greek city state of Athens. Although they had...
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    In 483 BC, a vast new seam of silver was found in the Athenian mines at Laurium. Themistocles proposed that the silver should be used to build a new fleet...
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    Albion Station is an unincorporated community, south of Calumet and west of Laurium. Blue Jacket is an unincorporated community in the township. The origin...
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    rise of Athens was partly made possible by the nearby silver mines at Laurium, from which they extracted about 30 tonnes a year from 600 to 300 BC. The...
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    Seneca tribe. Until 1895 the name "Calumet" was used by the nearby town of Laurium, Michigan; present-day Calumet was not legally named so until 1929. Red...
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  • $30 million investment would be made in the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium, Michigan. Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital in Portage, Wisconsin Aspirus...
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    also known as the Calumet-Laurium Miners and the Calumet Wanderers, was a professional ice hockey team from Calumet & Laurium, Michigan. The team played...
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    the principal fortresses of Attica. Its proximity to the silver mines of Laurium probably contributed to its prosperity, which passed into a proverb; but...
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  • Μαρώνεια) was a settlement in ancient Attica, located near the Mines of Laurium. Its site is unlocated.  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary...
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  • Abdel Rahim started his career with Greek lower league side Olympiakos Laurium after playing for the youth academy of AEK (Athens), one of the most successful...
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    "Gipper"—immortalized in the film Knute Rockne, All American—was born in Laurium. He was the first All-American player of the Notre Dame football program...
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    483 BC, a massive new seam of silver was found in the Athenian mines at Laurium. Themistocles proposed that the silver should be used to build a new fleet...
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    France General Toshevo, Bulgaria Greenport, United States Karmiel, Israel Laurium, Greece Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina Porto Viro, Italy Santa Severina,...
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  • and the junction with Swedetown Road. It is south of Calumet and west of Laurium and the intersection of US 41 and M-26. It is the site of the Swedetown...
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    are those of Oenoe, Decelea, Phyle and Aphidnae. To protect the mines at Laurium, on the coast, Athens was protected by the walls at Rhamnus, Thoricus,...
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  • Hubbell Hurontown Jacobsville Kearsarge Lac La Belle Lake Linden Lake Medora Laurium Linwood Little Betsy Mandan Mason Mellonsville Mohawk Misery Bay Ojibway...
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    23.931°E / 37.753; 23.931 Laureotic Olympus (named for the region of Laurium, also Όλυμπος Αττικής "Attic Olympus", Σκόρδι) is a hill in Attica, just...
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  • mined in southern Attica at Laurium and Thorikos by a huge workforce of slave labour. A major silver vein discovery at Laurium in 483 BC led to the huge...
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