Browse Subjects | Copper Country Historical Images

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Gregoryville Saw Mill	Forest Products Industry, Lumbering, Logging, Log Transportation, Log Driving, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Saw Mills, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress	Gregoryville Saw Mill. [A photo of a man standing on logs floating in a holding pond. The logs appear to have been cut to a standard length and an active sawmill is in the background. The glass negative is broken in the upper right-hand corner.] Scanned: September 8, 2005	Add
Man Engine	Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress	Man Engine designed by J.W. Rawlins [A group of miners ride and wait to ride a man engine out of the mine (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 12)] Scanned: January 17, 2008	Add
Man Car	Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Miners, Copper Miners	Mine shaft team [A way of moving men in and out of the mine using a flat car (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 16)] Scanned: January 17, 2008	Add
Drilling	Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Miners, Copper Miners	Drilling in a Copper Mine [An artistic rendering of underground work in a copper mine (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 17)] Scanned: January 17, 2008	Add
C&H #17 Miners	Miners, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining	#17 Amygdaloid, which was south and east of junction of M203 and US41. Note: mixture of oil and carbide lamps. [A group of miners posed for a photograph. One man is dressed in a suit and hat.] Scanned: November 29, 2005	Add
Engine House	Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Engines	The engine house presumably at the Red Jacket Shaft. Richard Hair Nelson pictured at far left. Richard Hair Nelson worked for Calumet & Hecla from 1890-1919. This Photo circa 1905. [A group of men pose by the lift engine in a shaft house] Scanned: November 5, 2007	Add
Captain James Chynoweth	Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining,	[Posed studio portrait of James Chynoweth, 1846-1922. Chynoweth was associated with the early development of a number of Michigan copper mining ventures, including the Centennial, Trimountain, and Allouez. He lived in Calumet for the latter part of his life and served on the boards of several Houghton County banks. Chynoweth was also involved in mining development in Arizona, California and Ontario.] Scanned: November 3, 2006	Add
Tavern	Industries, Service Industries, Hospitality Industry, Taverns (inns), Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress,	Tavern and rooming house with people outside. (Frame building with uphill street running alongside, Schlitz beer sign, women and children looking out). [The negative is damaged on the right side.] Scanned: September 14, 2005	Add
C&H Rock House	Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress	C&H Rock House [Photo of miners posed outside of the Calumet and Hecla Rock House] Scanned: October 16, 2007	Add
Hecla Rock House	Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress	Hecla Rock House [A man leans against rail cars as they wait to be processed at the Calumet & Hecla Rock House] Scanned: October 18, 2007	Add