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Microfilm collection, 1825-1987, includes copies of selected archival collections and indexes held by the Iron County Museum in Caspian, Michigan.

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Photograph collection, undated, compiled by the Mining Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan for use in classroom instruction. Includes glass lantern slides, photographic negatives, and photographic prints of Michigan copper and iron mining, as well as mining from other parts of the world.

Abstract Reports, 1847-1920, from mining companies operating in Michigan submitted to the Corporation and Securities Commission as required by the State of Michigan. Information compiled includes name of firm, post office address, character of business, places of operation, amount of authorized capital stock, value of property owned, cash on hand, and other assets. Also included is information on all debts and liabilities, names and post office addresses of corporate directors, and occasionally, the...

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One photograph, undated, of underground timbering at the Newport Mine in Gogebic County, part of Michigan's iron range.

Abstract Photograph collections, 1910-1944, of Newton C. Marshall, a 1913 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes mining and smelting images from Michigan's Copper Country and Iron Range as well as images from the Columbian mining operations of the South American Gold and Platinum Co. Also includes reels of film from the South American operations. Marshall was employed by the company from 1915 through his retirement in the...

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Papers, undated, of R. A. Brotherton, a civil engineer with the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company and with the City of Negaunee, Michigan. Includes correspondence, field notebooks, timber cruise cards, and maps as well as the personal papers of Mary, Helen, and Walter Brotherton.