Mine to Market Postcards

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Scott made a specialty out of capturing the industrial strengths of the copper industry.  One of the collections he created was a series of postcards showing the movement </div> <div> of copper from underground, through  to final shipment.   He titled this the Mine to Market series.   I was never able to find a complete set, but using the cards that I do have, I was able to fill in the missing pieces with appropriate replacements.   Below is an interesting view of the Copper Country, one that shows how vertically integrated the area was when it came to copper production.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c1568f90.jpg" border=0 width="872" height="505" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An early underground view, titled 25th level drift and stope, North Kearsarge Mine.   Probably dates to ~1900.</div> <div> It all starts at this stage.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="be767110.jpg" border=0 width="871" height="529" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A 1920's era view of a miner with his 1-man, compressed-air powered, drill.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="be968230.jpg" border=0 width="872" height="547" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Once the mineral and rock is hoisted to the surface, you can see the rail cars ready to be filled.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="beb67580.jpg" border=0 width="871" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The first card in the D.D. Scott series, showing another view of the #2 shaft.   On the left, you can see the watch tower used to</div> <div> gain a visual sighting of the northern end of the property.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bed68210.jpg" border=0 width="872" height="545" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Looking south from Red Jacket Road, with the Hecla shafts on the left, and the casting/foundry on the right.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bef6b170.jpg" border=0 width="875" height="535" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Looking north along Mine Street, with the machine shop on the left.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bf16f210.jpg" border=0 width="879" height="545" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A great view of a train load of mineral heading to Lake Linden.   These tracks are located near where the 6th Street extension is today</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bf371ee0.jpg" border=0 width="881" height="494" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another view looking south, from about where Pamida is located today.   These shafts were all located south of the Swedetown Road.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bf573ff0.jpg" border=0 width="883" height="511" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> All mineral rock made its way to the great stamp mills in Lake Linden, where the product was crushed down to a sand-like</div> <div> consistency.   From here the mineral was shipped to the smelter.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bf77a170.jpg" border=0 width="890" height="535" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here is a view of the Michigan Smelter, owned by the mines in the South Range area.   The copper was refined and cast into ingots,</div> <div> bars, rods, plates and other shapes here.   This large facility was located west of Houghton, along the canal road.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bf97e310.jpg" border=0 width="894" height="561" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> These next 3 cards from the series show the smelting works of C&H, located in Hubbell.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bfb82410.jpg" border=0 width="898" height="577" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c0e85210.jpg" border=0 width="901" height="545" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bfd84690.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="617" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This is a view of a cupola located at the base of the smelter.   Pure molten copper was funneled down to this area,</div> <div> where it was tapped off for casting.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bff8a440.jpg" border=0 width="906" height="580" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another view of ingots being cast.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c0190440.jpg" border=0 width="912" height="580" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The next cards all show the tons and tons of copper being docked and loaded for shipment east.  Most, if not all major</div> <div> manufacturing was done on the east coast.   In fact, C&H had a smelter in Buffalo, NY that was used to refine the large amounts</div> <div> of mass copper produced.   Since these masses were almost pure copper, it probably made economic sense to ship these items</div> <div> east, closer to the market, for final refining.</div> <bR> <div> Copper, copper, and more copper everywhere you look.  It's an amazing site to see.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c0395470.jpg" border=0 width="917" height="583" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c05994a0.jpg" border=0 width="921" height="586" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c079e760.jpg" border=0 width="926" height="630" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c099ba70.jpg" border=0 width="923" height="679" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c0ba2330.jpg" border=0 width="930" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c13a9670.jpg" border=0 width="937" height="615" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>