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North Tamarack Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Water north Tamarack Mine from Daisy Field [Photo of the number three and four shaft houses from across the pond]

Scanned: October 8, 2007


Quincy Mill Hancock

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Water, Lakes, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining Quincy Mill Hancock - a good photo from a distance, showing mill, waterfront warehouses, and city of Hancock. [The landscape is nearly void of trees and the Hancock No. 1 shafthouse is in the lower left of the image.]

Scanned: January 24, 2006


Cliff Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Water Cliff Mine Views (over water at Cliffs) [View of cliff with a few buildings]

Scanned: April 24, 2006


Tamarack Dredge

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Excavation, Dredging, Water, Lakes Tamarack Dredge [View of dredge and another building. Snow still covers the ground and the water is slushy.]

Scanned: May 3, 2010


Freda Mill

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water Freda Mill [View of milling operations at Freda.]

Scanned: July 18, 2008


Freda Mill

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water Freda Mill [View of milling operations at Freda.]

Scanned: July 18, 2008


Huron Dam

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Lakes, Huron Dam [A photograph of a pond with stumps in the foreground. Piles of poor rock and several buildings are in the background.]

Scanned: January 18, 2007


Victoria Mine and Dam

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Earthwork, Dams, Water Contributing to the prosperity of Ontonagon county and especially the Rockland area was the Victoria Mining Co. of a few years back. Now but a series of foundations, abandoned buildings and vacant and windowless log houses, the old Victoria property is still the object of visitation by tourists and yesterday's resident who continue to come back to revision the scenes and happenings of a former day. [Image of the dam at Victoria. Please see comment section for further information on the mine.]

Scanned: April 17, 2009


Victoria Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Hydraulic Blow Off, Victoria Mine, Mich. [A geiser like spray shoots out of a large pipe.]

Scanned: March 5, 2009


Map- Property of the Isle Royale Copper Company

Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Lakes Map showing the property of the Isle Royal Copper Company. [Map key highlights the surface owned by the company, 57.84 Acres, and the Right of Way only. Attention is also paid to the stamp sands, and how they have extended into Portage Lake over the course of several years.]

Scanned: July 19, 2012