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White Pine Copper Company |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor |
A long line of men wait for the White Pine buses just outside the gate and time shed of the White Pine Copper Co. As quickly as possible, they board the buses and soon are on their way back to Calumet and Lake Linden via Ontonagon, Mass, Painesdale, South Range, Atlantic and Houghton and Hancock. White Pine employs slightly under 3,000 persons. The company is operated by the Copper Range Company which originally worked mines in the Painesdale - Atlantic region. Copper Range began its White Pine operations in 1953. [Workers with their lunch pails line up outside the building.] Scanned: January 17, 2007 |
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Copper Mines - Kingston |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, |
Kingston Miners [Photo of a group of miners on a man car.] Scanned: September 22, 2009 |
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Copper Mining - Calumet and Hecla |
Miners, Copper Miners, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor |
A mine captain and a timber crew lean against square-set timbers in the Calumet and Hecla mine. [Underground shot of the mining captain wearing white and three other miners.] Scanned: March 20, 2009 |
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Iron Mines |
Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Buildings |
Champion Iron Mine - Ishpeming, Michigan [Image showing the mine in operation. A large pile of iron ore pellets can be seen.] Scanned: August 8, 2006 |
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Lake Superior Iron Mines - Norrie Mine |
Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Norrie Mine - Top of Winze [Underground image of a miner standing next to a windlass.] Scanned: May 22, 2009 |
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Lake Superior Iron Mines - Norrie Mine |
Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Norrie Mine - Main Level [Underground photo of four miners.] Scanned: May 22, 2009 |
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Lake Superior Iron Mines - Norrie Mine |
Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Norrie Mine - Rock Fall [A barely visible miner with a candle emerges from an opening. Several broken timbers and rocks surround the opening.] Scanned: May 22, 2009 |
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Lake Superior Iron Mines - Lake Angeline Mine |
Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Lake Angeline Mine (East) "C" Shaft showing cave to ground. [Exterior view of shaft building.] Scanned: May 22, 2009 |
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Lake Superior Iron Mines - Lake Angeline Mine |
Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Lake Angeline Mine - Loading by Hand [Several men with shovels load railroad cars.] Scanned: May 22, 2009 |
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Lake Superior Iron Mines - Lake Angeline Mine |
Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Lake Angeline Mine - Loading with steam shovel. [A steam shovel loads railroad cars with ore.] Scanned: May 22, 2009 |