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