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Isle Royale Copper Company Time Book

 Collection — sc_box: MS 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-579

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Time book, 1901-1902, for shafts number 1 and number 2 of the Isle Royale Copper Company. Includes the names of the workers, their time and their pay.

Dates

  • 1901-1902

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

Following unsuccessful attempts at mining in Copper Harbor and on the island of Isle Royale, the Isle Royale Mining Company relocated south of Houghton in 1852. It was one of many small mines working the “South Portage Range,” including the Portage, Dodge, and Huron mines. Some of these companies also developed communities around their mines, including the present towns of Dodgeville and Hurontown. By 1909, the properties were consolidated into the Isle Royale Copper Company, a subsidiary of the famed Calumet and Hecla Company. Calumet and Hecla operated the properties profitably for many decades and built a short line railroad to carry copper ore to a stamp mill near the mouth of the Pilgrim River. Remnants of this mill include extensive deposits of stamp sands. The mining properties continued in operation by Calumet and Hecla until 1946, with some later work attempted by the Copper Range Company.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Time book, 1901-1902, for shafts number 1 and number 2 of the Isle Royale Copper Company. Includes the names of the workers, their time and their pay.

General Physical Description note

0.23 cubic feet1 manuscript box

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,11/18/2009

Title
Isle Royale Copper Company Time Book
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date
11/18/2009
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is in English

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

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