Title: Float Copper
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower - Labor - Skilled Labor, Miners - Copper Miners
Condition: Poor
Description: Great Mesnard Mass Float Copper - Weight 18 Tons. [Several people are mentioned on front of photograph: (1) J. Houghton (2) W. T. Edwards (3) Capt. Camsue (4) John Fleming (5) John H. Forester (6) Writing not legible. Other Cornish miners cutting up mass. [I may not have all the names spelled correctly - very poor negative.]
Source of Description: Front of photo [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Paul HInzmann
Date of Photo: November 1862
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 9 cm x 12 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MTU Neg 02717
Collection Name: Copper Country Vertical Photograph File
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