Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Ontonagon County
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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