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Mine Structures

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Industries, Historic Sites, Historic Mines [Structures shown are possibly a part of the Copper Falls Mine.]

Scanned: May 15, 2013


Mining Features

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, [Possibly the Isle Royal Mine. The photo shows a shaft rock house and other mine related buildings. The image seems to have been taken from a larger collection of images that make up a page in a scrap book.]

Scanned: May 16, 2013


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


Historic Sites - Iron Discovery

Historic Sites, Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Woody Plants, Trees Old historical stump where iron was first discovered, Negaunee, MI [A large stump rests between a small tree and a rocky slope.]

Scanned: June 24, 2009


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