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Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Ontonagon County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Adventure Mine Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-882
Abstract

Adventure mine surface map including mine limits, no date or title. Adventure mining company reports, claims, business letters, newspaper clippings, permits, contracts, maps, books, and payroll information.

Dates: 1845-2003

Algomah Mining Company Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-714
Abstract

Records, 1913-1920, of the Algomah Mining Company of Mass City, Michigan.

Dates: 1913-1920

J. Robert Van Pelt Copper Range Company Research Collection

 Collection — Box 1-17
Identifier: MS-028
Abstract Dr. John Robert ("Bob") Van Pelt was Michigan Tech's sixth president, serving the campus from 1956 to 1965. After he stepped down, Van Pelt began work on a history of the Copper Range Company (whose board he had joined in 1961). The manuscript was unfinished when the Copper Range Company was acquired by Louisiana Land and Exploration in 1977. The collection contains files related to Van Pelt's incomplete manuscript about the history of the Copper Range Company. The bulk of the material...
Dates: 1840s-1977

Lake Copper Company Ledger (ADDED TO MS-080)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-240
Abstract

Ledger, 1906-1910, of the Lake Copper Company, a company operating in Ontonagon County, Michigan. Includes invoices pasted into a ledger, documenting the company's operating expenses.

Dates: N/A

Larry Chabot Papers

 Collection — Box 1-6
Identifier: MS-076
Abstract

Papers, 1953-2008, compiled and written by Larry Chabot, document the history of the White Pine Copper Company located in Ontonagon County and operated by the Copper Range Company. Includes newspapers, clippings, photocopies, newsletters, reports and correspondence related to the history of the White Pine Copper Company from the time the mine opened in 1953 to its closure in 1995.

Dates: 1953-2008

Rockland and Victoria Digital Photographs

 Collection — Sc_box 5, Folder: 38
Identifier: MS-928
Abstract

Digital photographs, approximately 2010, of Rockland and Victoria, Michigan.

Dates: 2010

Victoria Copper Mining Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-869
Abstract

The Victoria Copper Mining Company operated the Victoria Mine and Mill in Ontonagon County's Rockland Township. The records consist of correspondence, engineering, financial, and injury records, and detailed supply records from the Victoria Mine Office. The material covers the operations of the mine, mill, and dams operated by the company.

Dates: 1866 - 1931; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1923

White Pine Slide Collection

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-989
Abstract

Collection of 389 color slides, 1950-1959, of White Pine Mine and the township of White Pine in the 1950s.

Dates: 1950-1959

White Pine Solution Mining Papers

 Collection — Box 1-5
Identifier: MS-021
Abstract

Papers, 1995-1997, for the proposed acid solution mining project by the Copper Range Company in White Pine, Michigan. Includes environmental aspect and impact studies, permit applications, work plans for the remedial investigation, stockholder review drafts, lawsuit records, reports, and closure plans and reports.

Dates: 1995-1999