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Industry - General

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Engines, Pumping Machinery, Manpower, Labor Superior Engine - [A worker stands in between the wheel spokes]

Scanned: April 20, 2006


Mills - Quincy Stamp Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Manpower, Labor Quincy Mill Interior of wash floor c. 1900 Additional print: HAER MI-2-159 [Good photo of the inside of the mill]

Scanned: April 20, 2006


Tamarack Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork Tamarack Mill Stack [Photo showing six men on top of the stack]

Scanned: May 2, 2006


Tamarack Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork Tamarack Mill Stack [Similar photo to MTU Neg 00140a]

Scanned: May 2, 2006


Michigan Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Woody Plants, Trees, Michigan Mine Ontonagon Co. [An exterior photo of a mine site. A tall shafthouse, hoist house, and rockhouse are visible. The rockhouse is connected to the shafts be elevated trestles.]

Scanned: May 11, 2006


King Philip Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , King Philip Mine [An exterior photo of a mine site. The shafthouse, hoist house and other equipment are visible. An electric light is on a pole next to the structures.]

Scanned: May 11, 2006


Tamarack Mining Company

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Underground Tamarack Mine, Red Jacket Mich. [Scene of five men working underground]

Scanned: May 2, 2006


Red Jacket Shaft

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Red Jacket Shaft Oct. 26, 1896 [A photo of the Red Jacket Shaft under construction. A crane is being used on top of the structure and a number of men are posing for the photograph. The photographer has written the following words on a bin in the picture: "Calumet and Hecla Red Jacket Shaft, October 26, 96, Union Bridge Company, Photo by Adolph Isler Lake Linden, McKinley President, Mining Views".]

Scanned: October 7, 2005


Cities and Towns - Calumet

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Calumet and Hecla from South Hecla Stack (Calumet) [Calumet in background]

Scanned: May 17, 2006


Red Jacket Shaft tail house

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Seasons, Winter, Red Jacket Shaft tail house [The interior of the tail-rope house under construction. This was part of the Whiting hoisting system in use at the Red Jacket shaft.The negative is imprinted with the words "Red Jacket Shaft Tail House, Photo by Isler, Calumet and Hecla.]

Scanned: May 11, 2006