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Rock House - Champion Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, |
Rock house at the Champion Mine in Painesdale. Once the shaft house of an independent firm, Champion for many years has been the property of the Copper Range Co. The structure is similar to most Copper Country shaft enclosures. Its form is considered characteristic of the region. The Champion produces some 4 million pounds of refined copper each year. [Exterior view of the shaft house.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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White Pine Copper Company |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor |
A long line of men wait for the White Pine buses just outside the gate and time shed of the White Pine Copper Co. As quickly as possible, they board the buses and soon are on their way back to Calumet and Lake Linden via Ontonagon, Mass, Painesdale, South Range, Atlantic and Houghton and Hancock. White Pine employs slightly under 3,000 persons. The company is operated by the Copper Range Company which originally worked mines in the Painesdale - Atlantic region. Copper Range began its White Pine operations in 1953. [Workers with their lunch pails line up outside the building.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Dredges |
Excavation, Dredging, Water, Lakes, |
The Col. D. D. Gaillard, consistent dredge visitor to Portage Lake and Ontonagon harbor. Serviced by either of two tugs, the Lake Superior (successor to the Gen. C. B. Sears) or the Marquette (successor to the Essayons), this steam dredge buckets its lake bottom sand into steel scows to be emptied in deep portions of water. [Image of the dredge in operation.] Scanned: January 23, 2007 |
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Lighthouses |
Aids to Navigation, Lighthousers, , |
The pioneer Copper Harbor Lighthouse. [Exterior view of the lighthouse] Scanned: January 22, 2007 |
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Lighthouses |
Aids to Navigation, Lighthousers, , |
Stannard Rock - Cornerstone of Loneliness. [Aerial view of the lighthouse] Scanned: January 22, 2007 |
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Saw Mills |
Forest Products Industry, Locomotion, Boats and Boating, Workboats, Transportation, Automotive |
Loading Lumber Ford Saw Mill - L'Anse, MI [Photo of two freighters at the dock. Several vintage automobiles are also pictured.] Scanned: January 22, 2007 |
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Stamp Mills |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Buildings, Water, Lakes |
Stamp Mills of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co. - Lake Linden. [View from the water of the stamp mill in operation.] Scanned: January 22, 2007 |
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Flour Mill |
Manufacturing Process, Buildings, Transportation, Automotive |
Houghton Flour Mill [Picture of the Houghton Flour Mill which was located at 96 N. Franklin Street. The steeple of St. Ignatius Church can be seen in the background.] Scanned: January 22, 2007 |
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Stamp Mills |
Manufacturing Process, Buildings, Transportation, Railroads |
Champion Mill on Copper Range R. R. [Photo of rock crushing operations at the mill at Freda] Scanned: January 22, 2007 |
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Railroads |
Transportation, Railroads, Railroads, Cars, Seasons, Winter |
Through car moving southerly from Calumet to Houghton about 1917. The site is St. Marys named for the St. Marys mine and the Mineral Land Company. The site today, is said to be immediately south of the hamlet of Boston. [A lone car travels the wooden trestle in winter.] Scanned: January 30, 2007 |