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Calumet & Hecla Mining Company - Hecla Mill Machinery Drawings

Engineering, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company Hecla Mill, heads 1 to 6 - flotation 25 feet 3 tray dorr thickeners - details.

Scanned: September 9, 2014


Quincy Machine Shop Plan

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Industries, Engineering "At the Quincy Mine Location, the biggest building boom occurred between 1892 and 1900. During this period the mine sunk several new shafts and greatly expanded its underground workings. Simutaneously, Quincy virtually rebuilt its surface plant to meet the increased demand for support services. In 1899-1900 the company erected this machine shop to augment both its repair and fabricaton facilities." [Architectural drawings for a machine shop, includes the west elevation (front) and the floor plan.]

Scanned: March 10, 2014


Tram Tracks

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Industries, Water [Miner riding tram cars down a hill.]

Scanned: December 15, 2013


Tamarack Reclamation Plant Drawing

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Co. Tamarack Reclamation Plat fire protection system.

Scanned: August 5, 2014


Winter view of Rockhouse

Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining #1 R. House Tamarack (also #1 R.H. Isle Royal)

Scanned: May 9, 2014


Sections of Workings of the Quincy Mine.

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, , Sections of Workings of the Quincy Mine. [Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan. Surface features shown in this drawing are: Shaft No 1, Shaft No 2, Shaft 3, Man Engine Shaft, Shaft No 4 and Shaft No 5. This map also shows the extensive underground systems of shafts, stopes and adits dug out by the miners of Quincy Mine.]

Scanned: April 14, 2014


Drill and Blacksmith Shop

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Industries, Engineering "The following equipment (dotted figures) appears in a blueprint dated March 10, 1908, 'Drill Shop for Quincy Mine," but was moved or disposed of to make way for addictional pushcar tracks laid in 1914. This plan reflects the 1914 layout according to a blueprint dated July 10, 1914, "Plan of Blacksmith Shop as Rearranged 1914." [Floor drawings of a Quincy Blacksmith Shop and Loft.]

Scanned: March 10, 2014


Isle Royale No. 6 Shaft

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Isle Royal No. 6 Shaft, Surface Plant. [Image shows a shaftrock house, hoist house and railroad tracks in between them.]

Scanned: August 16, 2012


Ahmeek Mill Lot Plan

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Buildings Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Companies. Lot plan, location & topography for all buildings of Ahmeek Mill in Hubbell, Michigan. Drawings made by Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

Scanned: August 13, 2014


Two Men Stand on Platform Above Machinery in Quincy Mine

Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons Sam Heather, Bob Mathews [Two men stand on platform above machinery in Quincy Mine Hoist No. 2. Tools are also shown.]

Scanned: October 23, 2014