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John Pirc Employment Card, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company

Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, [Employment record for John Pirc, a Slovenian trammer employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company from 1906 through his death in 1908. Card indicates Pirc died April 29, 1908, after falling down the Osceola #14 shaft and fracturing his skull.]

Scanned: June 23, 2006


Identity Badge for Unknown Employee, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company

Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, [Example of identity badge used by Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. Little is known about the badges, though some researchers have suggested that they may have been used as a security measure during World War I. They do not include any names, only a numbering system which may have referenced a now-lost log book.]

Scanned: June 23, 2006


Copper Mines - Ahmeek

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons Ahmeek Mine Shops new lockers. J. W. Cole. [A man dressed in business attire looks at an open locker. Lunch pails, clothes, hard hats and boots are scattered on the floor.]

Scanned: September 9, 2009


Copper Mines - Ahmeek

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons Gordon Hoganson - Ahmeek #3. [Gordon stands next to a locker smoking a cigarette.]

Scanned: September 9, 2009


Copper Mines - Ahmeek

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Ahmeek #2. [A man in shirt and tie appears to be estimating the size or value of two large pieces of ore. Someone has scribbled in chalk? on the piece of equpment above the rocks "Keep this place clean."]

Scanned: September 9, 2009


Copper Mines - Caledonia

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Caledonia rockhouse boarded up. J. Sitar and N. J Foster. [View of the two men boarding up the rockhouse building.]

Scanned: September 16, 2009


Calumet & Hecla Stamp Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons First stamp mill - Lake Linden, Hecla Mill [Exterior view of the mill building. Several wooden barrels in the mill yard are shown.]

Scanned: September 17, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Osceola #6

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Persons Osceola #6 [Exterior view of the mine. A man in a suit walks along the railroad tracks.]

Scanned: September 23, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - White Pine Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Persons White Pine Mill Progress Photo - View of stamp mill looking N.

Scanned: September 24, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - White Pine Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Persons White Pine Mill Progress Photo - View of stamp mill looking N.

Scanned: September 24, 2009