| Thumbnail | Subject(s) | Description | Add to Shoebox |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor |
[Two miners are shown. One is barely visible standing next to the drill. Another man, who may be the captain sits very close to a timber that looks as though it is ready to snap in half.] Scanned: December 14, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor |
[Two miners are shown working at bracing a portion of rock. Lunch pails are hung on the timbers.] Scanned: December 15, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Loading and hauling timbers into stope to support overhanging rock, Calumet-Hecla Mines, Calumet, Mich. [Several miners push the logs through the narrow opening.] Scanned: December 14, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
[View of some of the timbers used to keep the rock in place.] Scanned: December 14, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Miners, Copper Miners |
[Several miners underground loading an ore car?] Scanned: December 14, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, |
Dumping copper rock from car into skip on 72 level, Calumet-Hecla Mines, Calumet, Mich. Scanned: December 14, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Manpower, Labor |
Jigs, Screens and Tables, Calumet-Hecla Mills, Lake Linden, Mich. [Two men are pictured in the maze of posts and pillars - one is a worker the other wears a suit.] Scanned: December 15, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Manpower, Labor |
Separating pure copper by means of electric current. Calumet-Hecla Electrolytic Plant, Lake Linden, Mich. [An impressive operation showing some of the workers.] Scanned: December 15, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Manpower, Labor |
Cathode plates, 99.9 pure copper, leaving electrolytic plant for smelter, Calumet-Hecla mill, Lake Linden, Mich. [Several railroad flat cars are loaded with the plates ready for shipment. A man holding a cigar looks on.] Scanned: December 15, 2009 |
|
|
Calumet and Hecla |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor |
[Underground scene of two miners on make shift scaffolding. Another man who may be the captain looks on.] Scanned: December 14, 2009 |