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Fire #4 Shaft - North Tamarack Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Seasons, Winter, Accidents, Fires Fire #4 Shaft - North Tamarack Mine [A winter photo of a fire at a mine shaft. A number of men and boys are posing in front of the structure. The negative is imprinted with the words "Fire No 4 Shaft North Tamarack Mine Feb 2, 97, Photo by Isler #12". ]

Scanned: October 7, 2005


Quincy No. 2 Shaft-Rockhouse Interior

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents, Fires, Miners Inside shafthouse, six men on car [An interior photo of the Quincy No. 2. shaft-rockhouse. The men on the man car are preparing to enter the mine after a fire and they are all wearing breathing masks. A water bailer skip is hanging from a crane on the left side of the photo.]

Scanned: January 16, 2007


Quincy Mining Company - U.S. Bureau of Mines Photographs from 1927 fire and collapse.

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Accidents, Fires Emergency crew (Fire fighters) ready to descend in man car at No. 6 shaft. Note rock skip suspended out of the way.

Scanned: September 25, 2008


Quincy Mining Company - U.S. Bureau of Mines Photographs from 1927 fire and collapse.

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Accidents, Fires Emergency team preparing to go down and inspect fire damage via the man car at No. 2 shaft.

Scanned: September 25, 2008


Quincy Mining Company - U.S. Bureau of Mines Photographs from 1927 fire and collapse.

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Accidents, Fires "Car No., 8 parked at Quincy No. 2 Shaft." Car No. 8 carried Bureau of Mines emergency team to Quincy to help fight an underground fire.

Scanned: September 29, 2008


Calumet and Hecla Shaft House, burning at Hecla

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents, Fires, Calumet and Hecla Shaft House, burning at Hecla [A photo of a burning structure with several people standing around. The original negative is very dark.]

Scanned: January 18, 2007


Osceola Fire

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents, Fires, Mine Fires, Sept. 7 1895 Osceola Fire [Isler photo of large group outside a smoking shaft-rockhouse. In addition to Isler's lable, the negative is imprinted with "Osceola Shaft No. 3, Mine Fire, Sept 7, 1895, 30 Lives Lost."]

Scanned: May 17, 2006


Osceola Mine Fire Shaft #3 rear view

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents, Fires, Mine Fires, Osceola Mine Fire Shaft #3 rear view [Isler photo showing shaft house, elevated tramroad and smoke billowing.]

Scanned: June 14, 2006


Fire - C & H Mine

Disasters, Fires, Mine Fires, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents, Explosions C & H Mine Fire (Isler photo of Superior engine house explosion]

Scanned: April 27, 2006


Fires

Disasters, Fires, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents Stamp battery at Cliff after the fire. [View of equipment after the fire.]

Scanned: August 4, 2008