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Copper Mining - Calumet and Hecla |
Miners, Copper Miners, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor |
A mine captain and a timber crew lean against square-set timbers in the Calumet and Hecla mine. [Underground shot of the mining captain wearing white and three other miners.] Scanned: March 20, 2009 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Ingersol Drill |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, |
The Ingersol Drill ad in The Portage Lake Mining Gazette, 1883 [An artistic rendering of a one man drill operation (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 18)] Scanned: January 22, 2008 |
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Rock Drills |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, |
Rock drills and their uses [An artist's sketch of a drilling operation (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 18)] Scanned: January 22, 2008 |
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Miners |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, |
Underground mining [A group of miners pose for a picture underground (Michigan Tech Centennial Page 18)] Scanned: January 22, 2008 |
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Quincy Mine |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners |
Quincy Mine - Cutting Mass Copper [Underground shot of miners with sledge hammers breaking up a large piece of copper. A candle burns on a rock ledge to left of photo.] Scanned: May 8, 2009 |
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Tamarack Mine #1 |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners |
Tamarack Mine #1 - Compressed air drillers and machine at work in lode 15th level. [Underground scene with three miners working the drill, another miner and the captain stand in a drift.] Scanned: May 8, 2009 |
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Tamarack Mine #1 |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners |
Tamarack Mine #1 - Compressed air drillers and machine at work in lode 15th level. [Underground scene with three miners working the drill.] Scanned: May 8, 2009 |