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Calumet and Hecla

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Barring down loose rock after blasting for "Safety First" Calumet and Hecla Mines, Calumet, Mich. [A miner pokes at loose rock with what may be a steel pole.]

Scanned: December 14, 2009


Calumet and Hecla

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Men unloading car of copper on dock - 225 tons of copper waiting for shipment. Calumet - Hecla Mills, Lake Linden, Mich. [Several men work at unloading and stacking the ingots.]

Scanned: December 15, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor Calumet and Hecla Stamp Mills 60 ft. Sand Wheel. [A worker stands at a machine that may operate the wheel.]

Scanned: November 4, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Calumet and Hecla Red Jacket Shaft Cage at Collar. [Image of several miners in the cage carrying lunch buckets.]

Scanned: November 6, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor Calumet and Hecla Red Jacket Shaft 72nd Level. Dumping car into pocket. [Underground scene of two miners dumping a load of ore. ]

Scanned: November 6, 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 23rd North. [Three miners are barely visible behind the stope. Another, may be the captain dressed in white, can be seen below.]

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 #1 Shaft. 900 ft. pump. [A man operates machinery.]

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 #3 shaft. Slope. Unloading timber. [Underground scene of miners stuggling with a large timber.]

Scanned: November 9, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Osceola #6 Shaft 45th Level Electric Pump. [View of the room where the pump is housed. A calendar from the Liverpool London Globe hanging on the wall states that it is March, 1916.]

Scanned: November 11, 2009


Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Manpower, Labor Osceola #6 Shaft Boilers [A worker shovels coal in this photo. Massive boilers run the length of the building.]

Scanned: November 11, 2009