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Lake Superior Iron Mines - Cleveland Mine

Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Saw Mills, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor Cleveland Mine - Timber Mill [Interior view of mill showing one man who may be operating machinery.]

Scanned: May 26, 2009


Lake Superior Iron Mines - Pewabic Mine

Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Pewabic Mine Shaft House [Exterior view of mining operations showing piles of logs and a barren landscape where they once stood.]

Scanned: May 22, 2009


Lake Superior Iron Mines - Cleveland Mine

Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Saw Mills, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor Cleveland Mine - Timber Mill [Interior view of mill showing some of the workers.]

Scanned: May 26, 2009


Copper Miners - Rockland, Michigan

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Group of copper miners in Rockland, Michigan. Picture throught to be taken before 1900. Name of the mining company is unknown. Back row: Mert Shiroda is the taller of the two men standing in front of the window. Middle row: Fred Shiroda is the fourth man from the right. He has a mustache and is wearing a lighter colored hat.

Scanned: September 23, 2010


Franklin Rock House

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor Franklin Rock House - Interior [Interior view of men at work in the rock house.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Lake Superior Iron Mines - Norrie Mine

Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Norrie Mine - Scrammers at Work [Underground scene of miners with pick axes. Some of the timbers look as though they are about to collapse.]

Scanned: May 22, 2009