Box 2
Contains 180 Results:
Putting car in "cage" a mile underground, Copper Country mine
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Riding a "man car" to work, deep in the copper mines, was almost as dangerous as the job itself
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Copper miners equipped with oil fired "sunshine lamps," clay pipes and drill, pose for a picture around 1900
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
The Michigan Smelter, 1906
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Lighting blasting fuse at working face
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Mass copper on flat car, just our of mine, Keweenaw Land of Michigan's Copper Country
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Mass copper, weight 8 tons, as taken from mine, Michigan Copper Country, "In the land of Hiawatha"
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Mass copper, weight 8 tons, as taken from mine Michigan Copper Country, "in the land of Hiawatha"
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Arcadian Copper Mine tours
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).
Mass copper taken from Michigan mine, weight 8 tons
Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).