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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns |
View from hilltop looking down on QMC Smelter. C. 1910.
Scanned: October 2, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Seasons, Winter |
View of Quincy Smelter with assay office in foreground; cupola building and Quincy Hill in the background. C. 1900.
Scanned: October 2, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Persons |
Early 20th century view of copper "cakes" ready to be shipped from Quincy Smelter.
Scanned: October 2, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Water, Lakes |
View of Quincy smelter as seen from the Houghton side of Portage Lake. Cupola building on left with stack; reverberation furnace in center with stack.
Scanned: October 2, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, |
View of west end of smelter complex, showing (left to right) cooper shop (1898); lumber shed (c. 1917); cooper stockhouse (1898) and machine shop (1907).
Scanned: October 3, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, |
View from east end of smelter complex, showing (left to right) dockside warehouse (1898); reverberatory furnace building (1898); and casting plant (1920).
Scanned: October 3, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, |
View from the east. Embankment leading to mineral house (1904). Casting plant (1920) on left; railroad warehouse on right.
Scanned: October 3, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, |
View from slag dump along trestle to cupola building.
Scanned: October 3, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, |
South elevations of (left to right) boiler building (1919); cupola building (1898); pump house addition, behind trestle (1906); briquetting plant (1906).
Scanned: October 3, 2008 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Quincy Smelter on Portage Lake |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, |
"Blast furnace, Quincy smelter, Hancock, Mich." Details, elevations and plan.
Scanned: October 3, 2008 |
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