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Quincy Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Photo of a mine company building

Scanned: October 22, 2007


Tamarack Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Manpower, Labor Tamarack Mill - Jigs [Interior view of workers, some of them appear to be children, working at the mill.]

Scanned: May 18, 2009


Quincy Mining Company No. 8 Surface Plant

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , [Photograph taken from north of shaft-rockhouse. Other industrial structures are visible. Note from original negative sleeve reads "Quincy #8 Surface Plant, March 5, 1908."]

Scanned: August 18, 2006


Lake Superior Iron Mines - Norrie Mine

Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Norrie Mine - Scrammers at Work [Underground scene of miners with pick axes. Some of the timbers look as though they are about to collapse.]

Scanned: May 22, 2009


Tamarack #1 Hoisting Plant

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Buildings Tamarack #1 Hoisting Plant [A man operates the miniature which indicates the location of skips in the mine shaft.]

Scanned: May 13, 2009


Newport Mine

Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Buildings, Newport Mine, Ironwood, Mich. - K-39-D-4 [A color photo of a shafthouse at an iron mine. The photo is mounted on post card stock.]

Scanned: April 12, 2006