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Mills - Quincy Stamp Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork Quincy Mill pump house. View (left to right) of coal hoist, No. 2 boiler and pump houses at QMC stamp mill on Torch Lake. [Smoke billows out of the chimney near the boiler.]

Scanned: February 14, 2008


Mills - Quincy Stamp Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork Quincy Mill from the launder. View looking north of QMC mill No. 1 [From a distance view of mining operations at the mill.]

Scanned: February 14, 2008


Copper Mines and Mining - Quincy Mining Company

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, View looking east showing NO. 6 shaft rockhouse when structure was erected in 1892. [Exterior view of the shaft house with two separate buggies of sight seers.]

Scanned: April 20, 2010


Buildings - Unidentified

Buildings, , [Exterior of a building which could possibly be a warehouse of some type. Stacks of lumber are piled near the building.]

Scanned: February 28, 2008


Islands - Isle Royale and Fishing Industry

Industries, Water, Woody Plants, Trees Chippewa Harbor [Tranquil photo of fishing shanties and boats.]

Scanned: August 23, 2010


Parade in Hancock

Manners and Customs, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Villages, Persons Social Life and Customs - Parades. [Spectators gather to watch Hancock's Forth of July parade.]

Scanned: December 15, 2013


Parade in Hancock

Manners and Customs, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Villages, Persons Social Life and Customs - Parades. [Spectators gather to watch men run with barrels down a road in Hancock.]

Scanned: December 15, 2013


Copper Mines - Companies - Isle Royale

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , This mass of pure copper, weighing about 6,000 pounds was found upon the property of the Minong Mining Company situated at McCargo Cove, Isle Royale, L.S. It was taken from an ancient mine pit 16 1/2 feet deep, and is just discovered, showing ancient stone hammer marks. [The boulder sits on a make shift wagon made of logs.]

Scanned: March 8, 2007


An aerial photo of the Michigan Tech Campus

Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Buildings, Water Mich. Tech - Aerial [An aerial photo taken in the 1950's showing the campus and the industries along the Portage Canal. A train is running along the Portage and the Quincy and Hancock mines are visible in the background.]

Scanned: October 17, 2005


Michigan College of Mines (Michigan Tech) Campus

Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Buildings, Seasons, Winter School from a southern hilltop [A winter, overview shot of the campus from the south. Hubbell Hall, the Mechanical Engineering building and a number of residences are visible.]

Scanned: October 17, 2005