| Thumbnail | Subject(s) | Description | Add to Shoebox |
|---|---|---|---|
|
William Paine |
Persons, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
William Paine [A studio posed portrait of William Paine with his signature at the bottom.] Scanned: December 19, 2005 |
|
|
Quincy Mining Company |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Persons |
Last piece of a 300 ton mass of copper 4,000 feet down No. 2 Shaft Quincy. Mr. William Rule in white coat. [Group of miners sit on the mass of copper with their mining equipment.] Scanned: June 5, 2006 |
|
|
Isle Royale Copper Co. |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons |
Isle Royale Copper Co. - No. 5 Dry [Image of the building. Workers stand outside.] Scanned: December 1, 2008 |
|
|
Isle Royale Copper Co. |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons |
Isle Royale Copper Co. - Shops & Warehouse [Image of buildings.] Scanned: December 1, 2008 |
|
|
John Lakner Employment Card, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Employment record for John Lakner, an Austrian trammer employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company from 1899 through his death in 1905. According to the card, Lakner was killed November 13, 1905, in a blast on level 119 of the #5 shaft, due to "miscounting the reports of the firing of three block holes."] Scanned: January 16, 2009 |
|
|
John Pirc Employment Card, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Employment record for John Pirc, a Slovenian trammer employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company from 1906 through his death in 1908. Card indicates Pirc died April 29, 1908, after falling down the Osceola #14 shaft and fracturing his skull.] Scanned: June 23, 2006 |
|
|
Identity Badge for Unknown Employee, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Example of identity badge used by Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. Little is known about the badges, though some researchers have suggested that they may have been used as a security measure during World War I. They do not include any names, only a numbering system which may have referenced a now-lost log book.] Scanned: June 23, 2006 |
|
|
Copper Mines - Ahmeek |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons |
Ahmeek Mine Shops new lockers. J. W. Cole. [A man dressed in business attire looks at an open locker. Lunch pails, clothes, hard hats and boots are scattered on the floor.] Scanned: September 9, 2009 |
|
|
Copper Mines - Ahmeek |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons |
Gordon Hoganson - Ahmeek #3. [Gordon stands next to a locker smoking a cigarette.] Scanned: September 9, 2009 |
|
|
Copper Mines - Ahmeek |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
Ahmeek #2. [A man in shirt and tie appears to be estimating the size or value of two large pieces of ore. Someone has scribbled in chalk? on the piece of equpment above the rocks "Keep this place clean."] Scanned: September 9, 2009 |