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William Paine |
Persons, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
William Paine [A studio posed portrait of William Paine in a suit.] Scanned: December 19, 2005 |
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William Paine |
Persons, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
William Paine [A studio posed portrait of William Paine with his signature at the bottom.] Scanned: December 19, 2005 |
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Quincy Mining Company |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Persons |
Last piece of a 300 ton mass of copper 4,000 feet down No. 2 Shaft Quincy. Mr. William Rule in white coat. [Group of miners sit on the mass of copper with their mining equipment.] Scanned: June 5, 2006 |
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Underground Surveying |
Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Persons, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Iron Mines and Mining |
Underground at Bengal - R3. [Students work with surveing equipment in Bengal Mine in the Menominee Iron Range, in Iron County, Michigan.] Scanned: June 18, 2014 |
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Underground Surveying |
Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Persons, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Iron Mines and Mining |
Students "jiggling ni" at shaft bottom - Mine surveying in Menominee Range Iron Mine. [Program a part of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology.] Scanned: June 18, 2014 |
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Isle Royale Copper Co. |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons |
Isle Royale Copper Co. - No. 5 Dry [Image of the building. Workers stand outside.] Scanned: December 1, 2008 |
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Isle Royale Copper Co. |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons |
Isle Royale Copper Co. - Shops & Warehouse [Image of buildings.] Scanned: December 1, 2008 |
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John Lakner Employment Card, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Employment record for John Lakner, an Austrian trammer employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company from 1899 through his death in 1905. According to the card, Lakner was killed November 13, 1905, in a blast on level 119 of the #5 shaft, due to "miscounting the reports of the firing of three block holes."] Scanned: January 16, 2009 |
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John Pirc Employment Card, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Employment record for John Pirc, a Slovenian trammer employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company from 1906 through his death in 1908. Card indicates Pirc died April 29, 1908, after falling down the Osceola #14 shaft and fracturing his skull.] Scanned: June 23, 2006 |
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Identity Badge for Unknown Employee, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Example of identity badge used by Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. Little is known about the badges, though some researchers have suggested that they may have been used as a security measure during World War I. They do not include any names, only a numbering system which may have referenced a now-lost log book.] Scanned: June 23, 2006 |