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Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Showing first safety timber in place. [Sixth in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Charging holes for blasting in solid rock. [Eighth in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, View of stiff leg derrick used for hoisting of bucket and erection of rock house. [Eleventh in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, View of bearing timbers in place, also cleaning out the foot. [Twelve in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Pouring concrete at base of bearers and tamping 6" of ashes on incline above ledge. [Thirteen in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Showing method of shutes for concreting of incline. [Fourteen in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Showing reinforcement of concrete in incline. [Fifteen in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 14, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Showing planking on set timbers 6" cedar logging blocking between hanging and timber. Fire escape opening is shown in foreground. [Seventeen in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, View of fire escape shaft prior to timbering. [Eighteen in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Loading Copper

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Locomotion, Boats and Boating, Workboats Loading copper for lake shipment at copper dock. [Several men load copper on a ship.]

Scanned: October 15, 2009