The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company was a major copper-mining company based within Michigan's Copper Country. From 1869 until 1909, the company paid dividends totaling $110,550,000
Calumet and Hecla Mine shaft No. 2, c. 1906
Main office of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company (now the headquarters of the Keweenaw National Historical Park)
Warehouse of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in Calumet, Michigan.
The company library and bathhouse for its employees.
The Copper Country strike of 1913–1914 was a major labor strike affecting all copper mines in the Copper Country of Michigan. The strike, organized by the Western Federation of Miners, was the first u
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
…of strikers surrounded the Calumet and Hecla mine shafts to prevent others from reporting to work. All Calumet and Hecla mines shut down during the Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, although the workers were said to be sharply divided on the strike question. The union demanded an 8-hour day, a minimum wage of $3 per day, an end…
A one-man drill in operation