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Man Engine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress |
Man Engine designed by J.W. Rawlins [A group of miners ride and wait to ride a man engine out of the mine (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 12)] Scanned: January 17, 2008 |
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Man Car |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Miners, Copper Miners |
Mine shaft team [A way of moving men in and out of the mine using a flat car (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 16)] Scanned: January 17, 2008 |
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Drilling |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Miners, Copper Miners |
Drilling in a Copper Mine [An artistic rendering of underground work in a copper mine (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 17)] Scanned: January 17, 2008 |
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The Ingersol Drill |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, |
The Ingersol Drill ad in The Portage Lake Mining Gazette, 1883 [An artistic rendering of a one man drill operation (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 18)] Scanned: January 22, 2008 |
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Rock Drills |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, |
Rock drills and their uses [An artist's sketch of a drilling operation (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 18)] Scanned: January 22, 2008 |
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Miners |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, |
Underground mining [A group of miners pose for a picture underground (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 18)] Scanned: January 22, 2008 |
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Big Annie |
Persons, Immigrants, Industrial Relations, Labor Disputes, Strikes and Lockouts, Miners, Copper Miners |
Big Annie Clemens [A leader of the 1913-1914 mine strikes (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 62)] Scanned: February 28, 2008 |
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Prehistoric Mining |
Miners, Copper Miners, , |
Indians - Prehistoric Mining. [Artistic view of native american mining, (Michigan Tech Centennial Page xii)] Scanned: December 14, 2007 |
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Mining Accidents |
Persons, Accidents, Miners, Copper Miners |
Accident No. 6. C & H Cons. Mine, January 21, 1930. Michial Medaved came to his death by falling down No. 6 shaft, Hecla Branch of Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Co. The following statement was made by Mine Inspector Matt Ollila after investigating the accident: "Michial Medaved met accidental death in No. 6 shaft of Hecla mine, between the 4th and 5th levels while on an inspection trip. He evidently lost his balance on a slippery sleeper and fell on a descending skip rope that carried him down the shaft to the 15th level. [Account of accident that took Mr. Medaved's life.] Scanned: November 16, 2010 |
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Quincy Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners |
Quincy Mine - Cutting Mass Copper [Underground shot of miners with sledge hammers breaking up a large piece of copper. A candle burns on a rock ledge to left of photo.] Scanned: May 8, 2009 |