Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Copper Range Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-080
Abstract
The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's southern communities and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to endure past the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) and the Copper Range Motor Bus Company (1925-1955). Materials in the Copper Range Company Records document the history of the...
Dates:
1851 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1970
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
James Chynoweth Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-843
Abstract
Papers, 1899-1979, of James Chynoweth, an early developer of Michigan copper mining. Includes correspondence relating to his mining and business interests. Also includes a reminiscence from his granddaughter, Elizabeth Viola Boersma.
Dates:
1899-1979