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Quincy Mining Company

 Organization

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Quincy Mining Company Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-001
Abstract Collection, 1848-1988, of the Quincy Mining Company of Hancock, Michigan. Documents the development of the company from its humble start in 1846 through the cessation of underground mining in 1931 and the sale and disbursement of its Michigan properties in the 1970s and 1980s. Includes corporate records, administrative correspondence, financial and legal documentation, employment and medical records, property and miners’ housing records, as well as operational records from the company’s...
Dates: 1848-1988

Quincy Mining Company Engineering Drawings Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-012
Abstract

Collection, 1860-1979, of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan. Drawings include commercial, domestic, industrial, and public buildings, machinery, subterranean maps, surface maps, transportation systems, utilities, and tools.

Dates: 1860-1979

Quincy Mining Company Ephemera

 Collection — sc_box: MS 2, Folder: 23-32
Identifier: MS-629
Abstract

Ephemera, undated, of the Quincy Mining Company, includes clubhouse bath coupons, instructions and rules, blank checks, scrip and safety posters and announcements. Material in this collection complements The Quincy Mining Company Collection (MS-001).

Dates: undated

Quincy Mining Company Glass Plate Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1-3A
Identifier: MS-541
Abstract

Photograph collection, circa 1908-circa 1912, of the Quincy Mining Company in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Oversize glass plate negatives include images of shaft houses, dwellings, drawings, plat maps, and scenes in the Hancock, Michigan area.

Dates: Circa 1908-Circa 1912

Quincy Mining Company Housing Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-707
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1998, black-and-white photographs taken in 1998 by Nancy Fisher documenting the remaining Quincy Mining Company housing in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. Also includes photocopies of maps showing the different housing locations on Quincy Hill including Limerick, Pewabic, Lower Pewabic, and Sing Sing.

Dates: 1998

Quincy Mining Company Newspaper Clippings

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-698
Abstract

Newspaper clippings, 1909-1918, about the Quincy Mining Company, collected by Tenney de Sollar, an alumni of the Colorado School of Mines and an assistant engineer at Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1909-1918

Quincy Mining Company Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-400
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1913-1914, assembled by Louis G. Koepel, long-time employee of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1913-1914

Quincy Mining Company Smelter Theft Letters

 Collection — sc_box: MS 4, Folder: 18
Identifier: MS-771
Abstract

Letters, 1923-1924, series of correspondence between a Quincy Mining Company Smelter superintendent and a former worker, Charles Heikkinen, regarding the theft of copper and repayment. Heikkinen contacts the Quincy Mining Company Smelter 16 years after the theft in order to repay the value of 16 pounds of copper.

Dates: 1923-1924

Robert Wood Photograph Collection

 Collection — sc_box: MS 2, Folder: 12-13
Identifier: MS-583
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1911-1915, of Robert Wood, a 1906 Michigan College of Mines alumni. Images were taken during his employment at the Quincy Smelter in Ripley, Michigan and include photographs of the smelting machinery and process as well as the end product - copper ingots, ingot bars, wire bars and cakes. Also included are two scrapbook pages with photographs of the Copper Harbor Lighthouse and surrounding area.

Dates: 1911-1915

Wilbert Salmi Collection

 Collection — Box: 1-1B
Identifier: MS-601
Abstract

Collection, 1864-1953, of Wilbert Salmi, a resident of Toivola and Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1864-1953

Additional filters:

Subject
Hancock (Mich.) 12
Photographs 12
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 9
Correspondence 9
Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) 5
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Maps (Documents) 5
Negatives (Photographic) 5
Copper mines and mining -- Employees 4
Houghton County (Mich.) 4
Industrial housing -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 4
Upper Peninsula (Mich.) 4
Blueprints (Reprographic copies) 3
Calumet (Mich.) 3
Clippings (Information artifacts) 3
Company towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 3
Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914 3
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 3
Corporation reports 3
Houghton (Mich.) 3
Mine buildings -- Michigan -- Hancock 3
Printed ephemera 3
Research (Document genres) 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Company town architecture 2
Copper Country (Mich.) 2
Copper Country (Mich.) -- History 2
Copper industry and trade 2
Copper mines and mining 2
Drawings (Visual works) 2
Financial records 2
Industrial sites -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 2
Keweenaw County (Mich.) 2
Medical records 2
Memorabilia 2
Mine railroads -- Michigan -- Hancock 2
Minutes 2
Receipts (Financial records) 2
Reports 2
Ripley (Mich.) 2
Accident reports 1
Account books 1
Announcements 1
Autobiographies 1
Biographies 1
Blueline prints 1
Bylaws (Administrative records) 1
Case files 1
Church buildings -- Michigan -- Houghton County 1
Church buildings -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Commencement ceremonies -- Michigan -- Houghton 1
Copper Harbor (Mich.) 1
Copper industry and trade -- Michigan 1
Copper industry and trade -- United States 1
Copper miners -- Crimes against -- 20th century -- Michigan 1
Copper miners -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Copper miners -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Copper mines and mining -- Design and construction -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Copper mines and mining -- History -- Michigan 1
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan 1
Copper mines and mining -- Working conditions -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Copper smelting -- Michigan -- Ripley 1
Crime 1
Data 1
Documents 1
Employee theft 1
Employees 1
Equipment and supplies 1
Ethnic groups -- Michigan -- Hancock 1
Family recreation -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Feasibility studies 1
Feasibility studies -- Tourism -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Field notes 1
Flash Drives 1
Fort Wilkins (Mich.) 1
Genealogies 1
Germans -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Heritage tourism -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Historic preservation -- Michigan -- Copper Country 1
Hospitals -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Indexes (Reference sources) 1
Industrial housing -- Michigan -- Hancock 1
Industries -- Michigan 1
Invitations 1
Invoices 1
Iron industry and trade 1
Iron mines and mining 1
Italian Hall Disaster, Calumet, Mich., 1913 1
Landscapes -- Michigan -- Copper Country 1
Laurium (Mich.) 1
Legal documents 1
Local history -- Michigan -- Copper Country 1
Machinery -- Designs and plans 1
Marquette (Mich.) 1
Mine buildings -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Mine shafts 1
Mines and mineral resources -- History -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Mines and mineral resources -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Mining corporations -- Executives -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Mining corporations -- Executives -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Mining machinery -- Designs and plans 1
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