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Adventure Tourist Mine - Greenland, MI |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
Mrs. Jack Neph, part owner of the Adventure Mining property, here is crouched near the entrance to one of the early adits dug by miners back as far as 1850. The miners took what copper there was in a highly indescriminate manner. They paid attention only to the metal derived and cared nothing as to how the shafts or adit would appear. Therefore, there is no regularity to the digging. The property was open to tourists as the Adventure Tourist Mine. [Photo of a woman about to enter the mine.] Scanned: January 15, 2007 |
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Engine at Red Jacket Shaft, Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Engines, Persons |
New engine for the Red Jacket Shaft, Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. [View of the impressive piece of machinery. Two men stand on the balcony overlooking the equipment.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Adventure Mine, Ontonagon County |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
A new tourist mine has opened at Greenland in Ontonagon County. Known as the Adventure, it has borne this name since 1850 when it first was opened. It operated, intermittently, until 1898 during which year it was reorganized and operated somewhat steadily until it ceased to operate in 1917. During its post 1900 days, it produced as much as two million pounds of red metal in a single year. It possesses considerable silver for its current tourists but the amount derived is no where near what it was prior to 1898 when some $3,000 worth was taken out in a few days. Here, Frank Shabal, a one time Quincy Mining Co. miner, analyzes the reopened adit for copper samples. Standing and looking on is Jack Neph, owner of the mining property whose tract is 110 acres. [Image of the two men at the mine opening.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Adventure Copper Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
Adventure Copper Mine, John Neph? [A man poses with a piece of copper and his dog] Scanned: March 7, 2007 |
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Adventure Copper Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
Adventure Copper Mine, John Neph, Sr. ? [A man poses with a piece of copper. A sign indicates a mine tour] Scanned: March 7, 2007 |
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Adventure Copper Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Transportation |
Adventure Copper Mine - Tour office and trolly [People ride a miniature replica of a train bearing the sign "Adventure Copper Mine" Scanned: March 7, 2007 |
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Spanish Miners |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, |
Members of the Spanish Copper Mining team are pictured with Calumet and Hecla mining officials before making an underground tour of the Allouez Mine Wednesday. [The mining team poses for a photo. Please see comment section for names of the miners.] Scanned: November 14, 2007 |
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Accidents - Ruth Ann Miller |
Accidents, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons |
Shown here is the open mine pit into which little Ruth Ann Miller, 7, is reputed to have fallen Saturday while playing and picking strawberries with her brother, Gary, 10. The mile deep vertical shaft is cluttered with debris, assorted timbers and pipes, so that these have to be removed before the improvised skip can be lowered. The cap is shown at left. About half of the slab has been broken to permit search operations. The protective barbed wire fence is revealed enclosing the pit opening. Photo was taken Saturday at 7:00 p.m. while miners and other workmen were readying a big Gundlach crane with extensive cable to act as a hoist engine. Location is near Calumet's Legion Field, about a mile distant from the pit. [Image of the shaft the child fell into.] Scanned: March 5, 2009 |
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Accidents - Ruth Ann Miller |
Accidents, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons |
Calumet and Hecla Fire Chief Al Beauchene was the first to enter the hole when the department arrived at the site shortly before noon Saturday. Firemen quickly enlarged the hole and used a ladder to allow Beauchene to enter the shaft. It was was determined soon afterward that part of the concrete cap would have to be removed. [Mr. Beauchene is shown at the opening of the pit.] Scanned: March 5, 2009 |
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Accidents - Ruth Ann Miller |
Accidents, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons |
The extent of company concern was seen Monday night in the arrival at the mine site of Jack Gaffney, right, vice president of administration of Calumet and Hecla, Inc. Gaffney, who flew in from the company's corporate office in Chicago, is briefed by Ralph Sanford, director of employee and public relations, who has spent almost every waking hour at the shaft since the tragedy occured. [One of the men looks at his watch as he speaks to the other.] Scanned: March 5, 2009 |