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Calumet & Hecla Rock House

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons First Hecla Rock House. [Exterior view of the rock house. A man dressed in a suit leans against one of the ore cars.]

Scanned: September 17, 2009


Head of Franklin Incline

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Woody Plants, Trees, Persons Head of Franklin Incline [A man sits in a ravine looking at the structure.]

Scanned: February 23, 2010


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Woody Plants, Trees Brushing of pole line. [Second in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla Shafts

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons Hecla Shafts from Red Jacket Road down Mine Street. [View of the shafts looking down a barren road devoid of trees and grass.]

Scanned: September 17, 2009


Quincy Mining Company - Technological Support Facilities at the Mine Location (Railroads, Machine Shops, Blacksmith Shops, Dry Houses, Compressor and Boiler Houses Plus General Views of the Mine.

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons Old Pewabic boiler/hoist house revamped in 1907 to serve as QMC's No. 6 dry house. C. 1910.

Scanned: September 24, 2008


Trammer Pushing Tram Car

Miners, Copper Miners, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons C & H Tramming - A mile underground - loading and handling care with copper ore, Calumet-Hecla Mines, Calumet, Mich. [A shirtless trammer is shown pushing a car filled with rock. Two other men are filling cars in the background. They all wear lighted helmets.]

Scanned: March 6, 2006


Quincy Mining Company No. 2 Shaft House

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons [Exterior view of the shaft house showing its many gables.]

Scanned: March 25, 2011