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Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Tamarack #5 shaft. Boiler house interior. [Men are pictured shoveling coal.]

Scanned: November 9, 2009


Calumet and Hecla

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Loading 1400 tons of copper on a boat, Houghton, Mich. [Men load an amazing amount of copper onto a ship.]

Scanned: December 15, 2009


Strike Duty

Labor Movements, Peace Officers, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining Michigan National Guard Stike Duty at Calumet

Scanned: July 8, 2014


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 of two miners ready to blast. C. 1920

Scanned: September 25, 2008


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Tamarack #2 Shaft. Stope on 21st South. [Miners fill a car with ore.]

Scanned: November 6, 2009


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


Franklin Mine

Miners, Copper Miners, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor Franklin Mine [Underground shot of workers in the mine.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Copper Miners - Rockland, Michigan

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Group of copper miners in Rockland, Michigan. Picture throught to be taken before 1900. Name of the mining company is unknown. Back row: Mert Shiroda is the taller of the two men standing in front of the window. Middle row: Fred Shiroda is the fourth man from the right. He has a mustache and is wearing a lighter colored hat.

Scanned: September 23, 2010


Franklin Rock House

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor Franklin Rock House - Interior [Interior view of men at work in the rock house.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009