Old Wooden Kibble - Delaware

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Title: Old Wooden Kibble - Delaware
Photographer: J.T. Reeder
Subject Headings: Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings,
Condition: Good
Description: Old Wooden Kibble- Delaware [A great photo of the Delaware mine with 2 water buckets in the foreground and 2 shafthouses in the background.]
Source of Description: Reeder Negative Database [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Harry Reeder
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 10.0 cm x 12.5 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MS042-027-BB-070
Collection Name: Reeder Photograph Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• I don't think these are the kinds of barrels referred to in barrel works." These are almost definitely hoisting kibbles used to lift material (rock, tools, chunks of copper, men, etc.) from the bottom of the mine to the surface. The attachment of the chains is the indication that they were used for hoisting and not for transporting copper."
6/11/2009 2:27:40 PM by Anonymous
• These barrels were used to haul small peices of copper. The barrels are heavily reinforced to haul large amounts of weight. This copper was often referred to as barrel works.
7/26/2008 2:00:11 PM by Anonymous