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- proper noun The formal name or nickname of many settlements established around, or that are dominated by, copper-mining industry.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The remains of 'Copperopolis' - once the epicentre of the world's copper industry - are to be preserved as a major heritage complex on a currently derelict 12 acre site in Swansea, South Wales.
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I immediately thought of Swansea's Industrial Museum where there are displays of steam-powered paraphernalia which once made Swansea become nicknamed 'Copperopolis' as it was the world's largest copper producer during the 1800s
Steampunk Bob Lock 2008
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I immediately thought of Swansea's Industrial Museum where there are displays of steam-powered paraphernalia which once made Swansea become nicknamed 'Copperopolis' as it was the world's largest copper producer during the 1800s
Archive 2008-04-01 Bob Lock 2008
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The shop stocks all Gower Society publications, as well as popular local titles such as Gower Fishing and Copperopolis, a history of Swansea's copper industry.
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Then, parting company with the prospectors, he borrowed a horse and rode another twelve miles to the “hell-fired” town of Copperopolis, so named for the giant Union Copper Mine.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Following his death, the young widow decided to move home to Copperopolis, a ...
Marine Widow Michaela Brummund Battles Verizon Over $350 Termination Fee 2010
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Following his death, the young widow decided to move home to Copperopolis, a small California town with a population of just over 2,000, in order to be closer to her family and grieve.
Marine Widow Michaela Brummund Battles Verizon Over $350 Termination Fee 2010
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Then, parting company with the prospectors, he borrowed a horse and rode another twelve miles to the “hell-fired” town of Copperopolis, so named for the giant Union Copper Mine.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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It is uphill nearly all the way from Copperopolis to Angel's Camp, but mostly you are in the pine woods.
A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country Thomas Dykes Beasley
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Bottom, and Copperopolis, tell a more forcible, though not as beautiful a tale, as the melodious titles, San Buenaventura, San
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