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Calumet and Hecla

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Disasters, Mine Accidents, Persons Final cave in at surface, showing upper part of last stope, all copper rock below having been removed. Calumet - Hecla Mines, Calumet, Mich. [Two barely visible men stand in opening of stope. Mining buildings in full operation stand above the crater.]

Scanned: December 15, 2009


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


Fires

Disasters, Fires, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents Isle Royale after fire of December 24, 1914 at 11:30 p.m. [Image of the rubble after the fire.]

Scanned: August 4, 2008


Fires

Disasters, Fires, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents Isle Royale after fire of December 24, 1914 at 11:30 p.m. [View of the twisted metal of what used to be the interior of the building.]

Scanned: August 4, 2008


Fires

Disasters, Fires, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents Isle Royale after fire of December 24, 1914 at 11:30 p.m. [Image of the twisted remains of the mill.]

Scanned: August 4, 2008


Fires

Disasters, Fires, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Accidents Isle Royale after fire of December 24, 1914 at 11:30 p.m. [Image of the remains of the mill.]

Scanned: August 4, 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