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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


Mass Copper

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Rivers, Persons Mass of native copper on the Ontonagon River [Artistic rendering of a group of canoes moving down a river (Michigan Tech Centennial Page xvi)]

Scanned: December 13, 2007


Mount Ripley Ski Hill

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water [Aerial view of the Quincy Smelter taken from a portion of the image of the Mount Ripley Ski Hill]

Scanned: September 23, 2008


Calumet Pond

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Water [Calumet Pond. View of numerous buildings around the pond. Calumet in the distance.]

Scanned: August 13, 2008


Mills - Calumet and Hecla

Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Lakes [Calumet and Hecla Mill, Lake Linden. View from the water of the mill buildings at the Lake Linden site.]

Scanned: August 13, 2008


Cities and Towns - Hancock

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Water, Lakes Hancock [Ships are docked on the waterfront. Several homes are shown on the middle section of the photograph while mining operation can be seen on the top of the hill.]

Scanned: August 25, 2008


Naumkeg Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Transportation, Railroads Naumkeg Mine [View of waterfront and railroad. Three mining buildings, one of them being a tall, narrow structure.]

Scanned: June 3, 2009


Copper Mines - St. Clair

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Rivers, Woody Plants, Trees St. Clair Mine [View of the mine. Image appears to have been snapped from the river.]

Scanned: September 27, 2007


Calumet and Hecla

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water, Lakes, Persons Intake Shaft at C & H Waterworks [A diver, assisted by several men, prepares to investigate the lake.]

Scanned: December 18, 2009


Quincy Smelting Works

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Water Quincy Smelting Works and Mining. [Image from across the Portage showing a barren Quincy Hill and Ripley.]

Scanned: February 18, 2010