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Copper mines and mining -- Employees

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Calumet and Hecla Employee Database

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-736
Abstract

Database, before 2004, transcription of information from "small format" employment cards in the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection. Includes full name, employee number, date of hire, position, union membership, birth date and place, marital status, spouse name, number of children and death date, cause and place.

Dates: Before 2004

Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-002
Abstract Collection, 1855-1973, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes corporate records, administrative correspondence, financial and legal documentation, employment and medical records, property and miners’ housing records, as well as operational records from the company’s underground, surface, stamp mill, reclamation, railroad, and smelting operations. Also includes records of numerous subsidiary and related companies operating in the Michigan copper...
Dates: 1855-1973

Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1-33
Identifier: MS-003
Abstract Photograph collection, 1892-1967, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. Images document all aspects of mining company activity: rocks, drilling and blasting, timbering, tramming, rockhouses, milling, smelting, electrolytic, dredge, leaching, docks and shipping, engines and compressors, pumps, surface shops, and power plants. Also includes photographs from more than twenty Calumet and Hecla companies, including the mines (Calumet and Hecla, Ahmeek, Allouez, Centennial, Isle Royale,...
Dates: 1892-1967

Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Stereographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-638
Abstract

Stereographs, circa 1910, produced by the Keystone View Company depicting the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company operations in Calumet, Michigan.

Dates: Circa 1910

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

Delaware Copper Mining Company Contract Book

 Collection — Sc_box MS 5, Folder: 22
Identifier: MS-894
Abstract

Contract book for the Delaware Copper Mining Company, 1876.

Dates: March 15, 1876-May 10, 1876

Hanchette & Lawton Case Files on the Copper Miners' Strike

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-854
Abstract The Copper Miners' Strike of 1913-1914 in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was marred by several acts of violence, notably the Italian Hall disaster and the Seeberville shootings. Swaby L. Lawton of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton represented the Quincy Mining Company during the strike and the Copper Range Company during the appeals against the conviction of deputes for the Seeberville shootings. This collection consists of the files of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton of Hancock...
Dates: 1913 - 1915

Mihelcic and Reagan Family Papers

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-911
Abstract

Papers, 1911-1979, of the Mihelcic and Reagan families of Houghton County, Michigan.

Dates: 1911-1979

Quincy Mining Company Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-001
Abstract Collection, 1848-1988, of the Quincy Mining Company of Hancock, Michigan. Documents the development of the company from its humble start in 1846 through the cessation of underground mining in 1931 and the sale and disbursement of its Michigan properties in the 1970s and 1980s. Includes corporate records, administrative correspondence, financial and legal documentation, employment and medical records, property and miners’ housing records, as well as operational records from the company’s...
Dates: 1848-1988

Quincy Mining Company Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-400
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1913-1914, assembled by Louis G. Koepel, long-time employee of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1913-1914