Abstract Autobiography, 1878-1950, by Ocha Potter, a native of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, head of the Keweenaw Road Commission and superintendent of the Ahmeek mine. Two versions found in collection. The expanded version includes photographs, newspaper clippings and additional material added by his descendants. Also includes an epilogue written twelve years after the initial memoir detailing the intervening years. The second version is a typescript copy shared by the National Park Service and is an...

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Progress reports, 1929-1930, of the Phoenix Mine. Consists of weekly progress reports by the Geological Division of Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company.

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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.

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Preservation study, 2002-2003, by the National Park Service of the Quincy Mining Company Smelting Works in Hancock, Michigan. The study produced a preservation and rehabilitation plan for the site. Includes a Historic Land Use Survey by Michigan Technological University as well as critical safety and preservation needs assessment documents, condition and stabilization studies, and alternative use studies.

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Manuscript, before 1952, for the book "Red Metal: The Calumet and Hecla Story" by C. Harry Benedict. Includes 20 unopened copies of the printed book as well as printer's plates for the book's illustrations.

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Artwork, 1955-1956, created by Lauri Leskinen, an artist and native of Mohawk, Michigan. Includes graphic material for reproduction, composed only of black and white as well as photographs of Calumet and Hecla mining operations. Created for "The Red Metal News," a monthly newsletter published by and for the employees of the Calumet Division of Calumet and Hecla, Inc.

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Papers, 1904-1911, of Walter G. Swart, a mining engineer associated with the American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company. Includes correspondence between Swart and Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, as well as reports to stockholders for companies in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, including Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, Osceola Consolidated Mining Company and Seneca Mining Company.

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Papers, 1900-1925, of William J. Uren of Houghton, Michigan. Includes photographs of the Ahmeek Mill construction, building of the Douglas Houghton Memorial in Eagle River, Michigan as well as other mining related images. Also includes postcards, newspaper clippings and two legal briefs on the proceedings of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company acquisition of the Bigelow group of mines, including the Ahmeek, Isle Royale, Osceola Consolidated, Seneca and Tamarack Mining Companies.