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Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Geological Map Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-045

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Map collection, circa 1896-circa 1966, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes geological maps of surface and underground mines and properties owned by the company as well as properties owned by other entities. Also includes some mechanical drawings of machinery and building plans for company-owned buildings.

Dates

  • Circa 1896-Circa 1966 Circa 1896-Circa 1966

Language of Material

English

Conditions Governing Access

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

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Historical Note

The Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company was the most successful corporation to have mined native copper in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Through nearly a century of mining activity, the company produced in excess of 4.5 billion pounds of refined copper and issued over $200 million in shareholder dividends. Unlike many of its competitors along the Keweenaw Peninsula, Calumet and Hecla successfully expanded its operations over several separate mineral bodies, developed capital-intensive ancillary industrial facilities, explored diversified non-mining enterprises, and remained a significant mining corporation at the national and international level well past the district’s most productive era.

Extent

36 Cubic Feet (44 map drawers)

Abstract

Map collection, circa 1896-circa 1966, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes geological maps of surface and underground mines and properties owned by the company as well as properties owned by other entities. Also includes some mechanical drawings of machinery and building plans for company-owned buildings.

Acquisition

A gift of 44 drawers of flat file records was made to Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections by the International Paper Company on November 24, 2003.

Related Material

Archival material related to MS-045 includes:

MS-002 Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection MS-003 Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Photograph Collection MS-004 Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Media Collection MS-005 Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Drawings Collection MS-078 Calumet and Hecla Inc. and Quincy Mining Company Project Records MS-109 Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company Blueprint Collection MS-263 Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Smelter Correspondence MS-638 Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Stereographs MS-711 Red Metal: The Calumet and Hecla Story Manuscript MS-736 Calumet and Hecla Employee Database MS-790 Unprocessed Material from the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Library Building MS-808 Edwin Hulbert Papers

Title
Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Geological Map Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert
Date
8/25/2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Repository Details

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

Contact:
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton 49931 U.S.A. US