Petersen, Max S.2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03http://hdl.handle.net/11124/6075Date scanned: 2002-6-6.USBM #60609; Sliding cage door in "open" position. Counterweights are in pipes at rear of cage. Wauseca Mine, The M. A. Hanna Company, Iron River, Michigan. - M. S. Petersen - June 1945.Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.Donor: United States Bureau of Mines.The Wauseca Mine (also Homer-Wauseca Mine?) was an underground iron mine near Iron River, Michigan that was operated from about 1915 to 1969. The M. A. Hanna Company, an operator of the Wauseca Mine, was one of the large mining companies that moved into the Michigan iron area in the early 1900s, consolidated smaller properties, and engaged in exploration for other economic deposits. It was dissolved in 1965, then resurrected in 1985.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlM. A. Hanna CompanyIron mines and miningMiningUnderground miningStillImage