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Churches - Hancock |
Buildings, Church Buildings, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns |
[Exterior view of St. Josephs Church in Hancock. Walts Gas for Less is located across the street.] Scanned: January 15, 2007 |
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Nordberg Hoist - Quincy Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , |
This is the famed Nordberg Hoist at the Quincy Mine, North of Hancock. It has hoisted copper ore from a depth of 9,300 feet. [Image of the impressive piece of machinery] Scanned: January 15, 2007 |
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Adventure Tourist Mine - Greenland, MI |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
Mrs. Jack Neph, part owner of the Adventure Mining property, here is crouched near the entrance to one of the early adits dug by miners back as far as 1850. The miners took what copper there was in a highly indescriminate manner. They paid attention only to the metal derived and cared nothing as to how the shafts or adit would appear. Therefore, there is no regularity to the digging. The property was open to tourists as the Adventure Tourist Mine. [Photo of a woman about to enter the mine.] Scanned: January 15, 2007 |
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Cliff Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , |
Cliff Mine in Keweenaw County as it appeared in 1850, according to Foster and Whitney's report. [Pencil type sketch of the Cliff Mine.] Scanned: January 15, 2007 |
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Quincy Mining Company - Shaft House #6 |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , |
One of Quincy Mining Company's shaft houses (No.6) extends to a depth of almost 6,000 vertical feet on the Hancock hill, just outside of Hancock. [Exterior view of the shaft house.] Scanned: January 15, 2007 |
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White Pine Mining Company - Ontonagon, MI |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , |
No. 3 shaft of the White Pine Mining Company in Ontonagon is due to produce over 20,000 tons of rock each day. It is indicated that native copper will make up from three to ten per cent of the total copper elevated from a depth of 1650 feet in the shaft. It is said that the production can go on for better than 50 years, so large is the ore reserve. [Exterior view of some of the mining structures.] Scanned: January 15, 2007 |
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Shaft Houses at Baltic |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Human Settlements |
Shaft Houses at Baltic Upper Michigan [View of the mining operations from a distance.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Shaft House - Arcadian Mining Co. |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, |
What an old copper shaft looks like. Arcadian Mining Co., founded 1864. This section is being reopened. [Exterior view of the crumbling structure.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Engine at Red Jacket Shaft, Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Engines, Persons |
New engine for the Red Jacket Shaft, Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. [View of the impressive piece of machinery. Two men stand on the balcony overlooking the equipment.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Adventure Mine, Ontonagon County |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
A new tourist mine has opened at Greenland in Ontonagon County. Known as the Adventure, it has borne this name since 1850 when it first was opened. It operated, intermittently, until 1898 during which year it was reorganized and operated somewhat steadily until it ceased to operate in 1917. During its post 1900 days, it produced as much as two million pounds of red metal in a single year. It possesses considerable silver for its current tourists but the amount derived is no where near what it was prior to 1898 when some $3,000 worth was taken out in a few days. Here, Frank Shabal, a one time Quincy Mining Co. miner, analyzes the reopened adit for copper samples. Standing and looking on is Jack Neph, owner of the mining property whose tract is 110 acres. [Image of the two men at the mine opening.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |