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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 of (left to right) railroad warehouse (1901); briquetting plant (1906); cupola building (1898) and machine shop (1907).

Scanned: October 3, 2008


Drilling Contest

Contests, Drilling Contests, Manpower, Persons Drilling Contest - Calumet vs. Butte [Number 4 in a series of 11 photographs entered on separate records depicting a drilling contest held in Calumet in 1912. Please see comment section of MS042-065-999-Z796A for further information.]

Scanned: September 21, 2010


Cook's Camp

Manners and Customs, Persons, Buildings Interior Bob Halls Camp - Cooks Camp. [A man rests his foot on a Jumbo brand stove while smoking his pipe. A kettle sits on the stove and socks are hanging on a wire to dry. Two beds are on each side of the room]

Scanned: March 15, 2010


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, View of safety timbers and planking in place, also uncovering of ledge. [Seventh in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Tamarack #5 shaft. Boiler house interior. [Men are pictured shoveling coal.]

Scanned: November 9, 2009


Cemeteries - Pinery

Burials, Cemeteries, , [View of two of the grave houses at the Pinery Indian Cemetery at L'Anse.]

Scanned: November 29, 2010


Painesdale High School

Buildings, Education, High School, Painesdale, Mich. [Exterior view of the building.]

Scanned: December 2, 2010


Cities and Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Transportation Houghton to Hancock on ice (ice road). [A well-traveled road over Portage Lake is shown. The No. 2 Foundry building is shown as well as a "Drop No Anchor" sign."

Scanned: April 14, 2008


Cities & Towns - Houghton

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Transportation, Railroads, Street, Railroads View from Houghton Masonic Temple - Houghton, Shelden Street [A look at a underdeveloped Shelden Avenue. Streetcar tracks run down the street.]

Scanned: August 1, 2006


Cities and Towns - Houghton and Hancock

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Water, Lakes [Panoramic view of Houghton and Hancock showing the fire hall building with a clock tower.]

Scanned: August 31, 2009