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Tamarack Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Tamarack Mine - 16th Level 3100 ft. below surface. Car of rock ready to be put on cage and hoisted to surface. [Several miners accompany a car loaded with rock. One of the miners operates the lever of the cage.]

Scanned: May 12, 2009


C&H #17 Miners

Miners, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining #17 Amygdaloid, which was south and east of junction of M203 and US41. Note: mixture of oil and carbide lamps. [A group of miners posed for a photograph. One man is dressed in a suit and hat.]

Scanned: November 29, 2005


Official Strike Ballot - Calumet and Hecla Copper Workers

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Labor Movements, Miners, Copper Miners Official Strike Ballot of Calumet & Hecla Copper Workers Local 584, C.I.O. [Copy of the strike ballot requesting (a) 12 1/2 cts. per hour increase (b) 6 paid Holidays (c) Hospital plan paid by Company (d) 30 day wage re-opening (e) Otherwise contract to remain as is. John Sitar was listed as Pres. and Leonard Wasberg as Sec'y.]

Scanned: October 22, 2010


Tamarack Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Tamarack Mine - Drill in slope [Underground scene of two miners working the drill.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Kearsarge Mine - Loading Skip

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Kearsarge Mine - loading skip. [Three miners dump a load of ore.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Osceola Mine - Pillar

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Osceola Mine - Pillar [Miners pose for an underground photo.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Osceola Mine - Looking Up Stope

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Osceola Mine - Looking up stope. [Several miners and what may be the mine captain pose for an underground photo.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Quincy Mine - Man Engine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Quincy Mine - Man Engine [Interior view of mine with men wearing candles on their helmets.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Quincy Mine - Man Engine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Quincy Mine - Man Engine [Two men underground in man engine. One wearing a suit and the other dressed in working attire.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Tamarack Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Tamarack Mine - Drill in slope. [Underground image of three miners and drill.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009