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Cliff Mine

Engines, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines Engine and boiler house of Cliff Mine's No. 4 Shaft.

Scanned: September 29, 2011


General Map of Mills along Torch Lake

Historic Sites, Historic Districts, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining General Map of Mills Along Torch Lake, scale 1': 200". [Map shows the surface and mineral features of the mills of the mining companies situated on the shores of Torch Lake. The map also shows the stamp sands in relation to Torch Lake.]

Scanned: July 18, 2012


Map- Property of the Isle Royale Copper Company

Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Lakes Map showing the property of the Isle Royal Copper Company. [Map key highlights the surface owned by the company, 57.84 Acres, and the Right of Way only. Attention is also paid to the stamp sands, and how they have extended into Portage Lake over the course of several years.]

Scanned: July 19, 2012


Property Map of the Atlantic Mining Company

Historic Sites, Historical Markers, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Shaded lands are the prperty of the Atlantic Mining Co. in 1889, from Report of the Atlantic Minnig Company for the Year 1888. [Shows the property of the Atlantic Mining Company amidst a numbered grid system of territories and in relation to Lake Superior, Portage Lake and other water features.]

Scanned: October 26, 2011


Atlantic Mining Company Location Map

Historic Sites, Historical Markers, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Atlantic Mining Company Location, 400 Acres and the new purchas of 200 Acres, from Report of the Atlantic Mining Company for the year 1888. [Map shows some of the mines features that are located along the Atlantic Vein, which runs N 50" 30' E.]

Scanned: October 26, 2011


Longitudinal Section of the Workings in the Central Mine

Historic Sites, Historical Markers, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Longitudinal Section of the Workings in the Central Mine, Lake Superior, Michigan, Sec. 23. t.58. R. 31. From the, "Reports of Directors, Superintendent and Treasurer of the Central Mining Company. [Map shows shafts numbers 1 through 4 and the interconnected tunnelings beneath them.]

Scanned: October 28, 2011


Victoria Copper Mining Company, Map of Vein: N-61

Historic Sites, Historical Markers, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Victoria Copper Mining Company, Longitudinal section of Underground Development, Victoria Mine, Dip of Vein: N-51.From Report of the Victoria Copper Mining Company for the year 1909.

Scanned: October 26, 2011


Calumet & Hecla Semi-Centennial Celebration

Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining Overview of C&H semi-centennial celebration in 1916. This view is to the east and shows the area where the speeches and presentations took place. This was the "commons", later Agassiz Park, now apartments for retired folks. Calumet #2 shaft house, Calumet boiler house, Superior engine house, drill shops, Calumet dry, MacNaughton's light tower, the powerhouse, and the C&H office building are in the background. View was probably made from the roof of Vertin's store since Mrs. Fred Haun and Mrs. John Vertin were sisters and Fred Haun had worked for Vertin's during his high school years.

Scanned: March 10, 2011


St. Clair Mine

Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, St. Clair Mine [A photo of an early mine site. A shafthouse, rockhouse, stamp mill and two saltbox dwellings are visible. The site is de-forested and located by a stream. The negative is imprinted with the words "St Clair Mine, 177, Photo by Isler".]

Scanned: May 1, 2006


Phoenix Mine

Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Phoenix Mine [A photo of an early mine site. A number of dwellings are visible in the foreground with an abandoned shafthouse behind. The negative is imprinted with the words "Phoenix Mine, Photo by Isler, 168". The original photo is overexposed and damaged.]

Scanned: May 1, 2006