Frederick P. Burrall Diary, 1908-1909.

Michigan college of mines

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In 1901 Michigan Mining School (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan received funding for two additional buildings. The Civil and Mining Engineering Building, was built at a cost of $28,880, was a two-story hip-roofed structure with a five-story tower centered on the front. The brick building had a high sandstone basement and a number of round-arched windows, adding to the Italian Renaissance Revival feel. In 1925, an addition was added to the building. The building was r...

Burrall, Frederick P.

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Frederick P. Burrall was a graduate of the Michigan School of Mines before becoming the company manager of the Arctic Coal Company from 1908-1910 in Longyearbyen on the Norwegian island Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. As company manager, Burrall was responsible for the mining and loading operations.<CR>Burrall brought a breadth of real-world experience to the job. Following his completion of a mining degree at Michigan College of Mines in 18...

Arctic Coal Company

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