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Freda Copper Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Freda Copper Mill - Freda. [Two wooden buildings with a wood post and wire fence in the foreground. A large steel smokestack is visible as are two women in fancy dress.]

Scanned: August 19, 2005


Miners Underground

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Miner Underground [A photo of six miners underground. Most of them have their shirts off and they are all wearing helmets with oil lamps. One miner is posing with a sledge.]

Scanned: March 17, 2006


Old Colony Shaft

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Persons Old Colony Shaft [A photo of a wooden headframe with a skip on the skip road. A hoist house is visible in the background and three men, a woman and a dog are posing for the photograph. ]

Scanned: October 7, 2005


Hecla Smith Shop

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Hecla Smith Shop [An exterior photo of a poor rock building with men in front. A shaft-rockhouse with a covered skip road is in the background.]

Scanned: May 11, 2006


Calumet & Hecla Buildings

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Seasons, Winter Winter Scene - Calumet - C & H Buildings [Two ladies dressed in their winter attire stand in the snow. Smoke billows out of the building smokestacks in the background.]

Scanned: June 14, 2006


Centennial shaft house

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Centennial shaft house [A photo of a miner standing in front of a Centennial shaft house. The man is carrying a lunch pail and has a candle on his hat. Several other men also appear in the background.]

Scanned: October 7, 2005


Miners

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Miners at Isle Royale Mine [A group of miners gather for a photo]

Scanned: October 26, 2007


Apron Dumping

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Calumet # 16 Osceola Lode, A man oversees Apron Dumping in the rockhouse.

Scanned: October 26, 2007


Group at Cliff

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Group at Cliff [A group of people looking at the remains of the Cliff Mine. The group is in the foreground of the photo and the mine is off in the distance. A number of structures at the mine are still standing. The original glass negative is broken.]

Scanned: April 21, 2006


College class at Isle Royale shaft rockhouse

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, College class at Isle Royal shaft rockhouse [A group of 75 students posed outside shafthouse, with rock hammers, not dressed for underground; same as T36.]

Scanned: June 14, 2006