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Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Tamarack #5 shaft. 34th S. Lagging stope. [Underground scene of miners lagging logs which is a mining term used to describe material usually plank or split logs, placed on the outside of the main timber sets like a sheathing to keep rock fragments from entering.]

Scanned: November 10, 2009


Ahmeek Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Ahmeek # 1 & 2. 12th Level. Mass from 11th Level. [Underground shot of massive piece of copper and six miners.]

Scanned: June 27, 2006


Isle Royal Number Four Shaft

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Isle Royal, Number Four Shaft, Seventh level North, stoping in the foot.

Scanned: March 18, 2013


Isle Royal Mills

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Unskilled Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Isle Royal Mills, Mineral cars. [Image shows the Isle Royal Mill with cars being filled with stamp sand.]

Scanned: March 18, 2013


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Tamarack #5 shaft. 32nd Level. Landing stull. [Underground scene of miners and timber.]

Scanned: November 9, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Tamarack #5 shaft. Boiler house interior. [Men are pictured shoveling coal.]

Scanned: November 9, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Tamarack #2 Shaft. Stope on 21st South. [Miners fill a car with ore.]

Scanned: November 6, 2009


Franklin Mine

Miners, Copper Miners, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor Franklin Mine [Underground shot of workers in the mine.]

Scanned: May 8, 2009


Copper Miners - Rockland, Michigan

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners Group of copper miners in Rockland, Michigan. Picture throught to be taken before 1900. Name of the mining company is unknown. Back row: Mert Shiroda is the taller of the two men standing in front of the window. Middle row: Fred Shiroda is the fourth man from the right. He has a mustache and is wearing a lighter colored hat.

Scanned: September 23, 2010