Title: Photographs of the Calumet and Hecla Mines
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining, Miners - Copper Miners, Manpower - Labor
Condition: Good
Description: Tamarack #5 shaft. 34th S. Lagging stope. [Underground scene of miners lagging logs which is a mining term used to describe material usually plank or split logs, placed on the outside of the main timber sets like a sheathing to keep rock fragments from entering.]
Source of Description: Front of photo [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Universal Oil Products
Date of Photo: 1915-1916
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 27.1 cm x 42.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS003-25A-114
Collection Name: Calumet and Hecla Photograph Collection
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