
Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
Machinery removal by Sigma Rho. [Underground scene of one of the students inspecting some of the dismantled machinery. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
The steam hoist as it appeared when discovered by Robert "Speed" Burns, Tech grad student in geology. [Underground scene of the hoist. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
Three Sigma Rho members at Copper Falls mine. [Three of the members learn how to operate the generator on the surface. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
Sigma Rho Fraternity removing machinery from Copper Falls mine. [One of the members admires the equipment in an underground scene. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
Sigma Rho Fraternity removing machinery from Copper Falls mine. [Some of the members ride a flatcar through a narrow passageway. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
The steam hoist as it appeared when discovered by Robert "Speed" Burns, Tech graduate student in geology four years ago. It rests 900 feet down in the Copper Falls mine where it has been since the mine closed in 1892. [Image of the intact steam hoist underground. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
Part of the hoist as it looked before being dismantled. Charles Arnold of Saginaw begins to take it apart. [Charles diligently works on disassembling the hoist. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
Part of the hoist as it looked before being dismantled. [Underground image of the hoist resting in a crevice of the mine. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho - Copper Falls Mine |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Societies |
Sigma Rho Fraternity removing machinery from Copper Falls mine. [Underground image of three of the members working on the removal of the hoist. Please see comment section of MTU Neg. 03071 for further details of this project.]
Scanned: August 7, 2008 |
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Quincy No. 1 Dredge |
Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Lakes, |
Quincy Reclamation Plant, Dredge and Pontoons. Wood hull - sand 1955- can still be seen in the lake.
Scanned: July 27, 2012 |
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