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Freda Copper Mill |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, |
Freda Copper Mill - Freda. [Two wooden buildings with a wood post and wire fence in the foreground. A large steel smokestack is visible as are two women in fancy dress.] Scanned: August 19, 2005 |
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Miners Underground |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress |
Miner Underground [A photo of six miners underground. Most of them have their shirts off and they are all wearing helmets with oil lamps. One miner is posing with a sledge.] Scanned: March 17, 2006 |
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Miners Wife |
Manners and Customs, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
Miners wife readying dinner on the back porch in Calumet, MI. Every day was worrysome for a miners wife, with mine cave-ins and mine fires happening periodically. Many mines had no compensation for widows. And life was tough enough in the Copper Country even without a family to provide for. However, the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. was unique in compensating many adverse predicaments which gave the miners security. Scanned: November 2, 2010 |
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Old Colony Shaft |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Persons |
Old Colony Shaft [A photo of a wooden headframe with a skip on the skip road. A hoist house is visible in the background and three men, a woman and a dog are posing for the photograph. ] Scanned: October 7, 2005 |
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Hecla Smith Shop |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress |
Hecla Smith Shop [An exterior photo of a poor rock building with men in front. A shaft-rockhouse with a covered skip road is in the background.] Scanned: May 11, 2006 |
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Group of children at the Cliff Mine |
Manners and Customs, Recreation, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining |
Group of children at the Cliff Mine [A large gathering of children at the Cliff Mine. The children are all dressed up and a few adults are also pictured. The remains of the Cliff mine location are in the background.] Scanned: December 16, 2005 |
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Calumet & Hecla Buildings |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Seasons, Winter |
Winter Scene - Calumet - C & H Buildings [Two ladies dressed in their winter attire stand in the snow. Smoke billows out of the building smokestacks in the background.] Scanned: June 14, 2006 |
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Centennial shaft house |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress |
Centennial shaft house [A photo of a miner standing in front of a Centennial shaft house. The man is carrying a lunch pail and has a candle on his hat. Several other men also appear in the background.] Scanned: October 7, 2005 |
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Miners |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, |
Miners at Isle Royale Mine [A group of miners gather for a photo] Scanned: October 26, 2007 |
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Red Jacket Shaft location, with Calumet in the background |
Seasons, Winter, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Winter Sports, Skis and Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining |
Red Jacket Shaft location, with Calumet in the background [Two men on cross country skis standing in front of industrial buildings with town skyline in background.] Scanned: March 7, 2006 |