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Photograph collection, undated, featuring glass plate negatives of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan and the Huron Mining Company in Houghton, Michigan. Both mine and mill sites are depicted, as well as other Copper Country locations.

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...

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Collection, 1860-1979, of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan. Drawings include commercial, domestic, industrial, and public buildings, machinery, subterranean maps, surface maps, transportation systems, utilities, and tools.

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Ephemera, undated, of the Quincy Mining Company, includes clubhouse bath coupons, instructions and rules, blank checks, scrip and safety posters and announcements. Material in this collection complements The Quincy Mining Company Collection (MS-001).

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Photograph collection, circa 1908-circa 1912, of the Quincy Mining Company in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Oversize glass plate negatives include images of shaft houses, dwellings, drawings, plat maps, and scenes in the Hancock, Michigan area.

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Newspaper clippings, 1909-1918, about the Quincy Mining Company, collected by Tenney de Sollar, an alumni of the Colorado School of Mines and an assistant engineer at Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan.

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

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Preservation study, 2002-2003, by the National Park Service of the Quincy Mining Company Smelting Works in Hancock, Michigan. The study produced a preservation and rehabilitation plan for the site. Includes a Historic Land Use Survey by Michigan Technological University as well as critical safety and preservation needs assessment documents, condition and stabilization studies, and alternative use studies.

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Survey, circa 1978, of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan for the Historic American Engineering Record. Includes narrative report detailing business and economic history, technological changes, housing and community service. Also includes photographs taken for the survey and measured drawings, detailing not only the structures but the processes of mining as well.

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Collection, 1934-2014, of Roland Bruce Burgan, a resident of Hancock, Michigan with interests in photography and local history.