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Steam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine

Dickinson County Library

Mines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies

AF01a131

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

Photograph of the steam shovel, an expensive and vital piece of machinery, particularly for the larger mining companies, used to load stockpiled iron ore into railroad cars. The steam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine are pictured here near the turn of the century.