Chapin Mine

Hamilton Mine Shaft Under Construction, Chapin Location, North Side, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, ca. Late Fall 1883: With the buildings surrounding the Chapin Mine in the background at the foot of Iron Mountain’s Millie Hill serving as a reference point, this view, looking east, shows the Hamilton Mine shaft under construction. This photograph documents early mining construction techniques before steel replaced timber. The photographer probably captured this scene in the late fall of 1883 when the shaft house and tramway were being erected. Notice how few pine trees adorn the crest of Millie Hill. [Menominee Range Historical Museum], Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Abstract/Description: Hamilton Mine Shaft Under Construction, Chapin Location, North Side, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, ca. Late Fall 1883: With the buildings surrounding the Chapin Mine in the background at the foot of Iron Mountain’s Millie Hill serving as a reference point, this view, looking east, shows the Hamilton Mine shaft under construction. This photograph documents early mining construction techniques before steel replaced timber. The photographer probably captured this scene in the late fall of 1883 when the shaft house and tramway were being erected. Notice how few pine trees adorn the crest of Millie Hill. [Menominee Range Historical Museum]
Subject(s): Mines and mineral resources
Mine shafts
Iron Mountain (Mich.)
Date Created: 1883
Title: Chapin Mine.
Name(s): Dickinson County Library, contributor
Cummings, William John, contributor
Menominee Range Historical Museum, contributor
Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1883
Physical Form: photographs
Extent: 1 item
Abstract/Description: Hamilton Mine Shaft Under Construction, Chapin Location, North Side, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, ca. Late Fall 1883: With the buildings surrounding the Chapin Mine in the background at the foot of Iron Mountain’s Millie Hill serving as a reference point, this view, looking east, shows the Hamilton Mine shaft under construction. This photograph documents early mining construction techniques before steel replaced timber. The photographer probably captured this scene in the late fall of 1883 when the shaft house and tramway were being erected. Notice how few pine trees adorn the crest of Millie Hill. [Menominee Range Historical Museum]
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Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Subject(s): Mines and mineral resources
Mine shafts
Iron Mountain (Mich.)
Held by: Dickinson County Library
Restrictions on Access: No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Is Part Of: Dickinson County Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-005
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