Title: Mine Shafts
Photographer: Carl Peterson - Gazette photo
Subject Headings: Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining, Persons,
Condition: Good
Description: Students in a Michigan Tech geophysics field course found a sudden change in surface topography when they came upon a cave-in of a shaft of the old Hancock Mine at White, Shafter and Pine streets in Hancock. Art Ettlinger measures the depth to a ledge, which is 25 feet. The diameter of the gaping hole is about 12 feet. The students have been doing preliminary work in the area, mapping the layout of old underground workings that could possibly lead to furture subsidence, and have been walking on top of the shaft a few days earlier. The shafts' cave-in was blamed on its never having been properly sealed. The city has fenced and posted the hazard until steps are taken to correct it.
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Bob Skuggen
Date of Photo: June 23 1978
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 20.5 cm x 25.4 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-056-004-004
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
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