Photos tagged as mines and museums

Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Ore Car

This carried iron ore from the mine to waiting train cars.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Tag Room

Miners had to pick up a tag as they entered the mine, then return it as they left. This way, the manager would know if anyone got left behind.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Starting the Tour

Our tour guide was Joyce. Her grandfather actually worked in the mine, so she had a personal connection to the mine and it's operation.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Marquette, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Bell

This was used by the shaft cage operator (elevator). Different rings for different levels, raise or lower, etc.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Marquette, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Power Room

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Marquette, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Phone Booth

In addition to the mine itself, there is an interesting collection of old phones and equipment on display.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Marquette, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Loader

This is an Overshoot Shovel Loader and Granby Side Dump car

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Marquette, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Mom & Tour Guide at Building

The craftsmen who built the mine buildings were embarrassed at the odd shaped rocks the mine gave them to build with, so covered their work with plaster.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Marquette, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Model of Working Mine

This is a model of how the mine would have looked during it's working days. It is in one of the mineral display rooms

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Marquette, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Layered Jasper

This was a very large rock about two feet across, with this lovely pattern of red & blue. The Smithsonian Institution also has a sample labeled as from Ishpeming, MI, which is the only place this is found.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Jumbo Drill

Another example of the mining equipment on display.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Giant Ore Bucket

I should have had Mom stand in this so you could get an idea how big it is. You can get a little idea from the road and building behind it.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Float Copper

Float copper is a native copper shapped as it is carried by glacial ice and then deposited along with sands and gravels. This piece weighs several hundred pounds.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Entrance & B Shaft

The mine had three shafts, A, B, and C.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, C SHaft Exterior

This was the last and newest of the three shafts used at this mine.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, C Shaft Interior

The Shaft houses a hoist to raise and lower equipment and ore to the surface.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Al with Anvil

This anvil used at the mine was so big, I asked one of the volunteer tour guides to stand by it to help illustrate it's size. He refused to lift it for some reason however.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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Day 19 - Cliffs Shaft Mine, Ore Truck

This is me on the lower right, standing next to a 170 ton ore truck. They are made even larger than this nowdays.

• Date: 20 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Ishpeming, USA: gallery
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