Steam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine
Abstract/Description: | Hamilton Mine Steam Shovel, Chapin Location, North Side, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, ca. 1900: The steam shovel was an expensive and vital piece of machinery, particularly for the larger mining companies, and was used to load stockpiled iron ore into the railroad cars. The steam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine are pictured here near the turn of the century. [Menominee Range Historical Museum] |
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Subject(s): | Mines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies Iron Mountain (Mich.) |
Date Created: | 1900 (approximate) |
Title: | Steam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine. |
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Name(s): |
Dickinson County Library, contributor Cummings, William John, contributor Menominee Range Historical Museum, contributor Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | 1900 (approximate) | |
Physical Form: | photographs | |
Extent: | 1 item | |
Abstract/Description: | Hamilton Mine Steam Shovel, Chapin Location, North Side, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, ca. 1900: The steam shovel was an expensive and vital piece of machinery, particularly for the larger mining companies, and was used to load stockpiled iron ore into the railroad cars. The steam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine are pictured here near the turn of the century. [Menominee Range Historical Museum] | |
Note(s): |
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 |
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Subject(s): |
Mines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies Iron Mountain (Mich.) |
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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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