Enoch Hjalmar Furuhjelm was a mining engineer for the Russian-American Co. He went on a round-the-world expedition, including Alaska, stopping at Sitka for a summer and then English Bay on the Kenai Peninsula where he set up a coal mining enterprise and stayed for 9 years. Furuhjelm returned to Finland in 1862; he continued to survey, prospect, and open new mines. He married in 1865 and had 5 children. He died Dec. 30, 1886 at the age of 63.
The Furuhjelms were one of the leading noble families of Finland; they served both in Finland and Russia as soldiers, naval officers, civil authorities, and scientists; brother Johan Hampus became governor-general of Alaska in 1859.
From the description of Alaska's first coal mine and the man who opened it, 1959. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42066865
