Abstract Inventory, 1998, of the underground metallic mines in Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, and Ontonagon Counties. Under the direction of the Mineral Technology Research Group of the Michigan Technological University Mining Engineering Department, researchers and students worked on a project to produce an inventory of the abandoned underground metallic mines in Michigan. Over 800 mines were identified and over 2,000 shafts cataloged. Field inspections prioritized...

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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.

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Report, 2003, pertaining to the Minor/Miner Houses exhibit at the Keweenaw Heritage Center in Calumet, Michigan.

Abstract Collection, 1874-2004, of the 2004 Old Settlers Ball and the Copper Country Homecoming events in Michigan's Keweenaw County. Includes contents of a time capsule including information about the first and second Old Settlers balls in 1874 and 1890 as well as the third Old Settlers Ball and Copper Country Homecoming held in 2004. Also includes programs, committee documents, financial records, press releases, clippings, and other printed ephemera from the 2004 organizing committee and...

Abstract Collection, 1917-2016, from the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Includes board of directors' records, photographs, negatives, clippings, postcards, correspondence, blueprints, publications and other printed ephemera related to Quincy Mining Company as well as the establishment of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Also includes slides of the paintings by James K. Lawton of various Quincy Mining Company buildings hanging in the museum. James Lawton is the nephew of Charles Lawton, a Quincy...

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Business papers, 1982-1984, created by Rural Ventures, Inc. in support of a tentatively named Snow Country Produce Cooperative, a proposed produce co-op in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Includes a market study and two drafts of a business plan.

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Collection, 1853-1978, of the St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company of Boston, Massachusetts, a land holder with mineral rights on property along the Lake Superior copper region. Includes correspondence, financial records, land deeds and holdings, field journals and reports. Material in this collection complements material in the Copper Range Company Collection.

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Collection, before 1989, consisting of aperature cards produced by the United States Bureau of Mines. Contains microfilmed underground maps, primarily from Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan. Also includes an index for the aperature cards.

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Photograph collection, circa 1947, taken by Wendell J. Kraft with preservation help by his wife, M. Jean Kraft. Photographs and negative include aerial images of Houghton and Keweenaw Counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Also includes some historic mine site photographs.