E.J. Longyear Company records. 1883-1990 (bulk 1890-1975).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

E.J. Longyear Company records. 1883-1990 (bulk 1890-1975).

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00360.xml

Correspondence, leases, mining and drilling reports,proposals, consulting files and reports, mine production and shipping statements,maps, letter books, minute books, and financial records of a family-owned miningcompany incorporated in 1911 by mining entrepreneur Edmund Joseph Longyear toencompass his exploration and drilling activities on Minnesota iron ranges andelsewhere. The name of the corporation was later shortened to Longyear Company (ca.1970) and, in 1988, the corporate offices were moved to Salt Lake City.

Minnesota Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6646710

Related Entities

There are 18 Entities related to this resource.

Longyear family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t78wh (family)

Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wt4vm3 (corporateBody)

American Institute of Mining Engineers.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69d1mz4 (corporateBody)

E.J. Longyear Company (Minneapolis, Minn.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fc14cm (corporateBody)

Edmund J. Longyear was born in Grass Lake, Michigan, November 6, 1864. After attending the University of Michigan for two years, he entered the office of his cousin, John Munro Longyear, Marquette, Michigan. He worked in John Munro Longyear's office for a few months and in 1886 became a rodman on the survey for the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad. In 1887 he became a timber and iron ore cruiser for Edward G. Kingsford. After this he entered the Michigan Mining School at H...

Longyear Robert D. (Robert Davis), 1892-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67v3jqs (person)

Longyear, John Munro, 1850-1922

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v9c80 (person)

Michigan Upper Peninsula real estate agent. From the description of John Munro Longyear reminiscences, 1912. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420780 The Longyear Fund was established by J. M. Longyear, a member of the Board of Control of the Michigan Mining School. It was awarded to students in need of financial aid and was to be repaid to the school, with interest, as soon as practicable after graduation. From the description of Longyear Fund Cash...

Bennett, Russell Meridan, 1865-1934.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6613z6f (person)

Walker, Archie Dean, 1882-1971.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb639z (person)

Keewatin Mining Company (Hibbing, Minnesota).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t59b7p (corporateBody)

Hartley, Guilford G., 1853-1922.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qn94x2 (person)

Meriden Iron Company (Hibbing, Minnesota).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f8cc0 (corporateBody)

Lake Superior Iron Ore Association

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f3mdt (corporateBody)

Congdon, Chester Adgate, 1853-1916.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g6h6t (person)

Longyear, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph), 1864-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6611s1c (person)

Armstrong, Lee C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns3s5j (person)

Inland Steel Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w130t4 (corporateBody)

Steel Company founded in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois; Inland Steel operated a fleet of bulk freighters for ore transport on the Great Lakes. From the description of Records 1978-1981. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 588915836 Wheelwright, located in eastern Kentucky's Floyd County, is a town created by the coal industry. Initially developed as a coal camp by Elk Horn Coal Corporation, Wheelwright began to take shape in 1911. It was incorporat...

Hodge, John E., 1914-1996

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs5snq (person)

Donovan, Percy W. (Percy William), 1879-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65p22rq (person)