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Surface time book, 1884-1889, for the Conglomerate Mining Company of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Contains records for surface workers at the Conglomerate mine, including occupation, name, days, rate and remarks.

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Time book, 1901-1902, for shafts number 1 and number 2 of the Isle Royale Copper Company. Includes the names of the workers, their time and their pay.

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Collection, circa 1863-circa 1883, of mining company records compiled by Lawrence J. Remington of Houghton, Michigan. Includes stock certificates, insurance policies, indenture letters, bills and receipts, correspondence, inventories and other printed ephemera from the South Pewabic Copper Company, Sheldon Mining Company of Lake Superior, Columbian Mining Company, Quincy Mining Company and Douglass Houghton Mining Company.

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Records, 1942-1976, of fire reports for the Michigan Department of Conservation, kept by Sulo Levanen, a long-time employee of the department in Keweenaw and Houghton counties. In addition to field reports of fires, there are daily log books, payroll reports, maps and drawings of the Upper Peninsula, fire summary reports and burning permit records.

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Time books, 1904-1914, from Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Amygdaloid Shaft #13 mine captain William Harvey, Ojibway Mining Company mine captain Richard Trevarthen and three unidentified mining companies.

Abstract Records, 1910-1937, of the North Lake Mining Company as well as the South Lake Mining Company and the Franklin Mining Company. Includes minutes of stockholder meetings, directors meetings and by-laws for the North Lake Mining Company, stockholder meetings, stock and accounting records for the South Lake Mining Company and cost records of the Franklin Mining Company. Also includes a division of time and labor ledger that records the amount of time spent on various tasks such as timbering,...

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Time books, 1871-1876, from the copper mining company Schoolcraft Mining Company in Calumet, Michigan and the lead mining company Elevator Mine in Wisconsin.

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Records, 1935-1948, of the Work Projects Administration (WPA), previously Works Progress Administration, projects in Houghton County, Michigan.