WAUHadleySmelterPHColl850.xml Hadley Smelter Photograph Collection 1906 Hadley Smelter Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2009 (Last modified: 4/13/2018)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0850 Hadley Smelter Photograph Collection 1906 .03 cubic feet (1 folder) 6 photographic prints ; 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 Collection materials are in English. Photographs of the Hadley copper smelter in Hadley, Alaska

Hadley is a former smelter and sawmill town on Lyman Anchorage on the north side of the Kasaan Peninsula on Prince of Wales Island. The town was named for "uncle" John Hadley who built the first cabin on the site and was said to have been the first man to stake a mining claim on the Kasaan Peninsula. Settlers built a sawmill there in 1903. The smelter at Hadley belonged to the Alaska Smelting and Refining Company. It consisted of a blast furnace, sampling mill, coal and coke bins, ore bunkers, boiler room, engine house and an electric-light plant. Smelting operations began December 5, 1905. The plant was closed in September, 1907 however ore continued to be shipped through Hadley to smelters elsewhere. The sawmill burned in 1915 and a fire closed the principal mine in 1918.

Photographs from the copper smelter in Hadley, Alaska. Photographs show the aerial tramway as well as the tramway terminal at the smelter and the blasting furnace.

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Processed by Sarah Julsonnet; processing completed in 2009

Photographs were transferred from the Alaska subject file in 2009.

 Alaska Smelting and Refining Company Hadley (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs Aerial tramways--Alaska--Photographs Mine haulage--Alaska--Photographs Smelting furnaces--Alaska--Photographs Photographic prints Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Mines and Mineral Resources Alaska Photographs

 

1 1 Aerial tramway from Mamie and Stevenstown Mines to Hadley Smelter 1906

The aerial tramway was 5,500 feet in length and was used to transport raw ore from the mines to the smelter.

 1 2 Tramline as seen from the Hadley smelter 1906 1 3 Receiving end of the copper smelter tramway 1906 1 4 Tramway terminal at the Hadley Smelter 1906 1 5 Copper furnace at the Hadley Smelter 1906

The Hadley copper blast furnace had a production capacity of 350 tons daily. In 1906, the furnace was in blast about twenty days each month.

 1 6 Stump of a spruce tree growing over a fallen tree 1906

The area was cleared to make room for the smelter as well as aerial and horse drawn tramway. The horse-drawn tramway was 7,700 feet long and connected with the beach. It was used to carry supplies.