The Red Jacket Shaft, Calumet & Hecla (C&H) Mining Co Calumet Mich Postcard 1930 For Sale

This is a vintage linen-era postcard depicting the Red Jacket Shaft in Calumet, Michigan. Based on the publisher, style, and historical context, here is the full description and estimated value.

​Full Description

• ​Subject: The Red Jacket Shaft of the Calumet & Hecla (C&H) Mining Company. At the time of this postcard\'s printing, it was celebrated as the \"Deepest Vertical Shaft in the World,\" reaching a depth of over 4,900 feet initially and eventually over 9,000 feet via sub-shafts.

• ​Publisher: W. H. Forster, Calumet, Mich. (indicated on the left edge of the back). Forster was a prolific local publisher of Copper Country postcards in the early 20th century.

• ​Era: This is a Linen Postcard (produced roughly between 1930 and 1945). You can identify this by the high-rag content paper that has a fabric-like texture and the vibrant, saturated \"technicolor\" inks.

• ​Visual Elements:

• ​The large brick building in the center is the Shaft House.

• ​To the right is the iconic 260-foot smokestack.

• ​Other buildings visible include the boiler house, hoist house, and the \"dry house\" (where miners changed clothes).

• ​Historical Significance: The Red Jacket Shaft was an engineering marvel started in 1889 to access deep copper lodes and provide a fire-safe vertical exit for miners. Most of these structures were scrapped for metal during World War II (c. 1943), making this image a valuable record of a lost industrial landscape.

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