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Copper Mines - Kingston #1

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , Kingston #1 - Telephone located at all plats (levels). [Photo of the telphone box complete with a light bulb.]

Scanned: September 22, 2009


Quincy Mining Company - Technological Support Facilities at the Mine Location (Railroads, Machine Shops, Blacksmith Shops, Dry Houses, Compressor and Boiler Houses Plus General Views of the Mine.

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons Old Pewabic boiler/hoist house revamped in 1907 to serve as QMC's No. 6 dry house. C. 1910.

Scanned: September 24, 2008


Cliff Location

Buildings, Dwellings, Human Settlements, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining Cliff Location [Image of life at the Cliff. A horse and buggy is parked alongside of a house. Washing hangs on the line next to a wood shed. Mining operations are shown in the background.]

Scanned: October 2, 2007


Old Franklin Shaft House

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Old Franklin Shaft House [A photo of a wooden shafthouse among piles of poor rock. Another shafthouse is visible in the background.]

Scanned: August 23, 2006


Baltic Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Batlic Mine - shaft and plant [Exterior view of the mining operations at Baltic.]

Scanned: August 25, 2010


Calumet and Hecla Mills and Reclamation Plant - Dredge Discharge

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , Dredge Discharge - Rubbish Screen [An exterior photo showing equipment at the shore end of the pontoon line from the dredge. This equipment was used to separate larger pieces of junk from the stamp sand.]

Scanned: January 11, 2006


Quincy Mining Company - Underground Scenes: Conveyances For Hoisting Men, Rock and Water

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Underground view showing miners cutting mass copper by hand. Note candles for illumination. Mining captain in white.

Scanned: September 25, 2008


Calumet and Hecla

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Disasters, Mine Accidents, A rescue crew near shaft house, Calumet-Hecla Mines, Calumet, Mich. [Men outfitted in masks and tanks resembling scuba diving gear pose for a photo while transporting a man on a stretcher.]

Scanned: December 15, 2009


Calumet and Hecla - Unwatering the Osceola Lode

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , Various pictures of the unwatering of the Osceola Lode Project. [Unknown piece of equipment.]

Scanned: February 9, 2010


Rescue and Safety

Miners, Manpower, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining Rescue and Safety Related Pictures at Ahmeek No. 3 and No. 4

Scanned: May 31, 2013