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Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor |
Isle Royale Blacksmith Shop [Interior view of the shop and several of the men working there.] Scanned: November 24, 2009 |
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Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor |
Isle Royale Carpenter Shop [Interior view of the shop and several of the men working there.] Scanned: November 30, 2009 |
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Quincy Rockhouses |
Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor |
Laborers posed in front of Quincy's rockhouse. C. 1875 Scanned: September 19, 2008 |
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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, Manpower, Labor |
Work force assembled behind the hoist house between shafts No. 3 and 4; Many sitting atop the snowshed over a tram road. C. 1875. Scanned: September 22, 2008 |
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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, Manpower, Labor |
Blacksmiths outside their shop, built C. 1860. Rockhouse is in the background on the far left. C. 1875. Scanned: September 22, 2008 |
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Michigan Smelter |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Buildings |
Interior Michigan Smelter [Interior view of the smelter with several men posing for the camera. Various pieces of equipment and machinery are shown.] Scanned: July 13, 2009 |
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Calumet No. 2 Shaft |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor |
Calumet No. 2 Shaft [Good photo depicting the activity at this mining operation. Smoke billows out of two stacks while men and horses work below. A little girl in a white dress and bonnet can be seen passing by.] Scanned: April 23, 2010 |
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Miners at Mohawk |
Buildings, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners |
Mohawk Location - group of miners at No. 2 shaft - spring [Miners wearing head gear with candles, take a break in the sunshine.] Scanned: August 24, 2010 |
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White Pine Copper Company |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor |
A long line of men wait for the White Pine buses just outside the gate and time shed of the White Pine Copper Co. As quickly as possible, they board the buses and soon are on their way back to Calumet and Lake Linden via Ontonagon, Mass, Painesdale, South Range, Atlantic and Houghton and Hancock. White Pine employs slightly under 3,000 persons. The company is operated by the Copper Range Company which originally worked mines in the Painesdale - Atlantic region. Copper Range began its White Pine operations in 1953. [Workers with their lunch pails line up outside the building.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Tamarack Mine - Boiler House |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Buildings |
Tamarack Mine Boiler House [Interior view of the boiler house. A man feeds a large piece of wood into the boiler.] Scanned: May 13, 2009 |