Osceola

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>The Osceola was formed in 1873 and reorganized in 1903 to mine the conglomerate lode just south of the Calumet & Hecla property.</B></div> <div> <B>This company was responsible for the Osceola mines, along with the North and South Kearsarge mines.  Its management was the same as the Tamarack and together they controlled a great portion of the mining operations in the Copper Country.</B></div> <div> <B>The companies holdings were eventually consolidated with C&H in 1923.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Copper Country Reflections</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copper Country Reflections"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id289.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copper Range"><U><B><IMG SRC="0420e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id290.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other companies..."><U><B><IMG SRC="0410e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Twentieth Century 19001967"><U><B><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Click arrows to go through series.  Use the UP arrow to go back to main page.</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Osceola</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="8c2cc2d0.jpg" border=0 width="460" height="301" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8c3e89d0.jpg" border=0 width="488" height="669" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Osceola #6, or Opechee, shaft about 1910.  It reached a depth of about 4000 feet.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="8e11c830.jpg" border=0 width="540" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> South Kearsarge #1 shaft.  Note the number of boys in the crew.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="9661a540.jpg" border=0 width="538" height="340" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8c6195d0.jpg" border=0 width="537" height="349" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Families waiting to identify the dead at Osceola mine carpenter shop following accident.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="8c818320.jpg" border=0 width="536" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Views of the stamp mill above and below.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="8ca15520.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8cc15420.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="322" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8ceffc70.jpg" border=0 width="511" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Samples of obsolete currency issued by the Osceola in its earlier days.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="8d000c80.jpg" border=0 width="512" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>